Update: American Airlines Cancels Approximately 570 Flights on Friday as MD-80 Aircraft...

Update: American Airlines Cancels Approximately 570 Flights on Friday as MD-80
Aircraft Inspections Continue

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines
has canceled approximately 570 flights on Friday, April 11, as it works to
complete the inspections of its MD-80 fleet. The airline continues efforts to
re-accommodate customers affected by this week's activity.
As of Thursday afternoon, 132 MD-80 aircraft were returned to service.
Inspections will continue overnight, with approximately 170 MD-80s expected to
be available for service on Friday morning.
These inspections were conducted to ensure compliance with a Federal
Aviation Administration directive related to the bundling of wires in the
wheel well of the MD-80 aircraft. American Airlines apologizes for any
inconvenience this activity has created for our customers.
On Thursday American Airlines canceled over 930 flights related to the
MD-80 inspections. That follows the cancellation of 1,094 flights on Wednesday
and 460 canceled flights on Tuesday.
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 8-13, 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. Current AMR Corp.
releases can be accessed on the Internet.
The address is http://www.aa.com
SOURCE American Airlines

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