American to Comply With Latest Federal Aviation Administration Order Regarding Chicago O'Hare International Airport Congestion FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines today issued the following statement: "American Airlines intends to comply with the Federal Aviation Administration's latest order outlining flight reductions for American effective Nov. 1 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. As evidence of American's support to improve the dependability of operations at O'Hare, this marks the third schedule reduction by American and American Eagle since February of this year. "We appreciate the role of the FAA and the U.S. Department of Transportation in developing this latest order to provide near-term improvement at O'Hare. However, long-term solutions need to focus on increasing capacity at O'Hare rather than restricting schedules. Reducing schedules adversely affects smaller cities that are dependent on access to the nation's air transportation system through O'Hare. "American supports the O'Hare Modernization Program, which will increase capacity. "American has not yet completed work on its late Fall 2004 and Winter 2005 schedule and therefore will not yet be able to provide information on which flights will be affected by this latest FAA order." DATASOURCE: American Airlines CONTACT: Mary Frances Fagan, Chicago, Corp. Comm., +1-773-686-5614, or Headquarters, Corp. Comm., +1-817-967-1577, all of American Airlines Web site: http://www.aa.com/

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