American Airlines Cancels Hundreds of Flights*
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 04.09.08 | 9:57 AM ET
If you’re flying American today, check to ensure your flight is still scheduled. The airline canceled nearly 500 flights Tuesday, affecting tens of thousands of travelers, and additional cancellations are expected into Thursday. The reason: inspections of MD-80s to comply with FAA orders. According to The Wall Street Journal, American’s 300 MD-80s “are used primarily on routes out of American’s hubs in Dallas and Chicago.”
* Update, 10:26 a.m. ET: Yikes, the airline has cancelled a whopping 850 flights today. That’s huge.
* Update: 3:20 p.m. ET: Word now is that more than 1,000 American flights have been cancelled today. Que feo.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
