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American Airlines Details Flight Cuts
June 25, 2008 3:15 PM
American Airlines revealed details today about which areas of the country will be hit by upcoming flight reductions come fall. Cities and airports that will lose service entirely include:
Oakland: The airport is the only U.S. airport that will completely lose American Airlines service, as the carrier announced in May. Internationally, London Stansted airport and Barranquilla, Colombia airport will also lose American's service.
Albany, N.Y., Providence, R.I., Harrisburg, Pa., and San Luis Obispo, Calif. will lose service entirely from American Eagle. Overseas, American Eagle will also stop serving Samana, Dominican Republic as announced earlier.
"American and American Eagle regret the potential impact these schedule changes will have on its people," a Wednesday statement from the carrier said. "The company is in the process of determining the overall impact on its employees, and it is the company's intent to offer voluntary programs before moving to involuntary separations."
Several other major airports and cities will still have service from American Airlines and American Eagle, but less of it. Scaled-back service is in the cards for:
New York's LaGuardia: Starting in November, the airport will have five fewer American Airline flights and 37 fewer American Eagle departures.
Chicago: 28 fewer American flights and 34 fewer American Eagle departures will service the Windy City.
St. Louis: The city will have 8 fewer American Eagle flights and 35 AmericanConnection departures.
Dallas/Fort Worth: The airport will have 19 fewer American departures and 23 fewer American Eagle flights in its schedules.
All major U.S. air carriers are trimming their operations in hopes of finding ways to afford doing business as fuel prices rise, and cities of all sizes are feeling the airline crisis hit home. Continental recently released details of its own about which cities and airports would lose services as the carrier scales back.
American had announced some of its cuts in May. Those announced last month are scheduled to take effect in September, while those announced today will begin in November.
What do you think about the cutbacks?
Kate Barrett
June 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (7)
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I have lifetime AAdvantage platinum status and while I understand the necessity of cutting back, if I can't find reasonably priced convenient flights and I am pretty flexible, i won't fly and then they will cut back some more. A viscious cycle.
Posted by: Don | Jun 25, 2008 4:34:43 PM
Don - How do you get lifetime status on American? Don't you have to earn this year over year?
If they want to cut back and squeeze as many people as they can into fewer flights then there is nothing we can do to stop them. What this will do is send a lot of people to other airlines so the days of business travelers using one single airline as a preference is virtually over. Hopefully to combat this more airlines will get into those alliances so we can pool the frequent flier miles and status points so this wont even be an issue.
Posted by: Eddie | Jun 25, 2008 4:57:32 PM
you've seen one airline, you've seen them all....no loss as there are others to take AA's place. maybe AA, Continental and United are better off just calling it quits....they can't compete with Southwest or Jetblue......these airlines face the same issues as AA, United and Continental, yet they seem to make it work but with these characters, every other week it seems they're filing for some sort of concessions or on the verge of bankruptcy....do the industry a favor and get out....the executives obviously dont know what they are doing...
Posted by: JIM | Jun 25, 2008 6:18:10 PM
As a wife of an American Eagle Pilot, I find it appalling that people truly do not take the time to understand and know what is happening to the airline industry. Airlines like JetBlue, have had deferred payments on their aircrafts, therefore profitting while not paying. It is my belief that JetBlue is more unstable then the legacy carriers as a whole and we could more likely see them fold up rather than just furlough or cut service.
I also wish that people would relaize how little Regional Carrier employees make and how many more hours they fly. Yet they are the first to be impacted by this. CEOs and management for American and American Eagle have taken bonuses for work that I do not believe they desereve. While, they received their $50,000+ bonuses we only saw a whopping $200 bonus given for ensuring the safety and comfort of Eagle flights. What looks good on paper is not always what it seems. Please pray for all Airline Employees and their families.
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