AMR Corporation announces President and CEO of American Eagle; regional may be sold

AMR Corporation, parent company of American Airlines and American Eagle, named (10-Jun-2010) Daniel Garton President and CEO of American Eagle. Mr Garton returns to American Eagle after 12 years with American Airlines, most recently as Executive Vice-President - Marketing since 2002.

AMR also announced plans to re-evaluate whether to sell or separate from its American Eagle subsidiary almost 23 months after taking the carrier off the market (Bloomberg, 10-Jun-2010). [more]