1,000 Flights Canceled By American Airlines

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American Airlines, the world’s largest carrier, canceled at least 1,000 flights yesterday to reinspect jets grounded two weeks ago for checks on wiring.

An estimated 110,000 travelers were left stranded, and parent AMR Corp. fell the most in a month in New York trading as the airline parked its 300 Boeing Co. MD-80 jets for another review of their compliance with a federal safety order.

American said it would have “significant” costs from the groundings.

Yesterday’s cancellations followed 460 from yesterday and affected more than 45% of American’s flights, excluding its regional partners.

More flights will be taken off today’s schedule, and perhaps on the next day, too, American said. “The safety system has been broken, and it will take some time for it to be repaired,” the managing partner of Hall & Associates LLC in Washington and former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jim Hall, said. “Unfortunately it’s going to happen on the backs of passengers.”


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