American Airlines to Discontinue Daily Flight Between New York JFK and London Stansted
Posted on: Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 09:00 CDT
LONDON, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines today announced that it will discontinue service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and London's Stansted Airport, effective July 2. The service was launched in October 2007.
American Airlines will continue to offer its full schedule of flights between JFK and London's Heathrow Airport.
This decision is among a number of first-round reductions to American's flight schedule as part of the airline's previously announced plans to reduce capacity in an effort to significantly reduce costs and create a more sustainable supply-and-demand balance in the marketplace. These actions come in the face of skyrocketing fuel prices and a softening economy.
Customers impacted by the schedule changes will be contacted starting next week and re-accommodated on alternative flights.
In the coming weeks, AMR will continue to make additional schedule reductions in other markets and will assess the location- and route-specific impacts of those changes. This will be done to achieve plans to reduce AMR's fourth quarter mainline domestic capacity by 11 percent to 12 percent compared to 2007 levels and its fourth quarter regional affiliate capacity by 10 percent to 11 percent compared to 2007. Fourth quarter consolidated system capacity is expected to decline 7 percent to 8 percent year over year, including capacity reductions that were announced earlier this year.
To effect these changes, AMR plans to retire 40-45 mainline aircraft (mostly MD-80s and some Airbus A300s) and 35-40 regional jets. In an effort to significantly reduce costs, American Eagle also will retire its Saab fleet by the end of the year.
Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet.
The address is http://www.aa.com/
American Airlines
CONTACT: Charley Wilson, Corporate Communications, Fort Worth, Texas,+1-817-967-1577, or Anneliese Morris, Corporate Communications, London,+44 20 8577 4804, corp.comm@aa.com, both of American Airlines
Web site: http://www.aa.com/
Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall
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