American to Comply With Latest Federal Aviation Administration Order Regarding Chicago O'Hare International Airport Congestion
19 August 2004 - 5:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
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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