• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

CORRECTION: American rushing to repair more planes: report

Fri May 9, 2008 4:23pm EDT

(Corrects to say “3,000 flights” in paragraph 4)

U.S.  |  Stocks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AMR Corp's American Airlines is rushing to complete wiring repairs on a group of A300 jets, but this time the carrier is not canceling any flights, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Mechanics have done maintenance work on some of American's A300s, but Federal Aviation Administration managers approved an alternate timetable under which the airline can keep flying those planes while it slowly fixes them, the report said.

The work is being done overnight at American's hub at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Journal said.

American grounded more than 3,000 flights last month over problems with wiring systems on MD-80 planes, leaving over 300,000 passengers stranded.

American Airlines was not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Aarthi Sivaraman; editing by Sue Thomas)
U.S.
Stocks


More from Reuters

Photo

Senate races the clock on health bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the clock ticking toward a self-imposed Christmas deadline, Senate Democrats kept a wary eye on the weather on Friday as they scrambled to line up the 60 votes needed to pass a healthcare reform bill.

» More Top News
A woman shops at a Sam's Club store, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

The food-stamp economy

On the last day of every month, shoppers at Walmart load their carts with food and household items and wait for the midnight hour. Is this the new normal in America?  Full Article 

U.S.
Two men shake hands in a file photo. REUTERS/File

Let's make a deal

The battered M&A sector will make a tepid recovery in the coming year and three hot sectors will lead the way, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis.  Full Article 

Global Deals Review