American Returns To Regular Air Schedule
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AMR Corp.’s American Airlines returned to its regular flight schedule yesterday as it completed the final inspections on its fleet of Boeing Co. jets.
More than 3,300 flights were canceled, including 200 Saturday, and 360,000 passengers were stranded during five days as American conducted wiring inspections and repairs on its MD-80 aircraft. “All the aircraft are being returned to service and positioned around the system to resume a full schedule late today and Sunday,” spokesman Tim Smith said in a taped statement Sunday.
The chief executive officer, Gerard Arpey, said winning travelers’ confidence again “will not be easy” after the cancellations linked to the MD-80s, which account for 46% of American’s fleet.
