American Airlines, AA Eagle to End Flights to 8 Airports, Cut Flights at Hubs, Axe Jobs

[marmar]

from Bloomberg:




American Air, Eagle to End Flights to Eight Airports (Update1)

By Mary Schlangenstein

June 25 (Bloomberg) -- American Airlines and its American Eagle regional unit will end service to eight airports and drop flights at each hub as the carriers ground airplanes and lay off workers because of rising fuel prices.

American, the world's largest airline, and Eagle will trim 62 departures from Chicago, 43 from St. Louis and 42 each from Dallas-Fort Worth and New York's LaGuardia airport, according to a statement today. The AMR Corp. carriers provided details of fourth-quarter seating-capacity reductions of 12 percent at American and 11 percent at Eagle initially announced May 21.

U.S. airlines are trimming at least 11,850 jobs and taking 413 aircraft out of service as a 35 percent jet-fuel price surge this year erases profits. Carriers are also boosting fares and adding fees for checking bags or choosing aisle or window seats.

American will end flights to Barranquilla, Colombia, in addition to previously announced plans to drop service to Oakland, California, and London's Stansted airport.

Eagle will end flights at Albany, New York; Providence, Rhode Island; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and San Luis Obispo, California; in addition to Samana, Dominican Republic, which was announced earlier. Eagle will close a maintenance base at San Luis Obispo.

The company, based in Fort Worth, Texas, has yet to detail the ``thousands'' of jobs Chief Executive Officer Gerard Arpey has said will be part of the cutbacks.

AMR rose 23 cents, or 4 percent, to $5.94 at 1:33 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0gOr4kHVLGU&refer=home

[Crazy Dave]

1. 12,000 jobs here, another 10,000 there

I really couldn't believe one dip-shit on here a couple of weeks ago said that since things were going great for him that meant the rest of the nation was doing good too and we were all just exaggerating about how bad things were. Like there's enough Home Depot and Wal-Mart jobs for 10,000 auto factory workers when their plant shuts down or a new factory will magically open and they can all go there.

Dumbest post I've ever read.

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. Someone at these airlines should go talk to the execs at Southwest.

The airline that knows how to operate without taking government bailouts and remain profitable.

No government bailouts after 9/11. No lays offs either. EVERYONE from the top down took a pay cut, with the CEO taking a 70% cut, so ALL employees could continue working. And it worked! Imagine that?

Southwest has a statement on their web site about add on fees, saying that they hate fees as much as the other airlines seem to love them. :evilgrin:

No fee increases of any kind at Southwest. Good for them!

[bdamomma]

3. sickening.

[KamaAina]

4. First job to axe: Rogue flight attendant who provoked a child with autism into tantrumming.

Child and mom were eventually kicked off the plane!

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5238571&page=1

But Farrell told "GMA" she allowed the flight attendant to place her bag in an overhead compartment. And, even though Farrell said she explained Jarret's autism to the flight crew, they only made the situation worse by reprimanding and yelling at the toddler.

"(The flight attendant) kept coming over and tugging his seatbelt to make it tighter, 'This has to stay tight.' And then he was wiggling around and trying to get out of his seatbelt. And she kept coming over and reprimanding him and yelling at him" Farrell told ABC News' Raleigh-Durham affiliate WTVD.

Farrell said that a pilot came into to the cabin and told Jarret, "You have to get in your seat, young man."...

That's when the pilot turned the plane around and headed back to the terminal, where Farrell and her son were escorted off the plane.

:grr:

Way to treat your few remaining customers, American Eagle! :sarcasm:

[LuckyLib]

5. And this is the tip of the iceberg. Look for no air service to your community soon!

You wanted cheap flights? Unregulated airlines? Here they are! Only the flights won't be cheap any more, and you'll have to drive 5 hours to get to an airport that will serve you.