American Airlines Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey to Host Media Briefing at 1 P.M., CDT
April 10 2008 - 12:40PM
PR Newswire (US)
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American
Airlines Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey will host a media briefing
today at 1 p.m., CDT, at the company's headquarters to discuss the
status of inspections for American's MD-80 fleet and to provide an
update on the airline's re-accommodating customers who have been
inconvenienced by this activity. Other important information today:
-- American has canceled 922 flights. -- 100 of American's 300
MD-80s had completed the inspection process and were back in
service this morning. -- By 4 p.m., American expects an estimated
130 MD-80s to be in service. -- By Friday night, American plans to
have approximately 210 aircraft in service. -- By Saturday night,
all 300 MD-80s are expected to be in service. Customers who were
scheduled on a flight that was canceled may request a full refund
or apply the value of their ticket toward future travel on American
Airlines. Additionally, customers scheduled to travel on any MD-80
flight April 8-11, even if their flight has not been canceled, may
rebook without a change fee to any AA flight with availability in
the same cabin as long as their travel begins by April 17.
Customers who were inconvenienced with overnight stays should go to
AA.com, where a link has been established to request information
about compensation. Customers also are encouraged to continue to
check AA.com or to contact their travel agents for flight status
information. American apologizes for the inconvenience this
activity has created for our customers. Current AMR Corp. releases
can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/
DATASOURCE: American Airlines CONTACT: Corporate Communications of
American Airlines, +1-817-967-1577, Web site: http://www.aa.com/
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