American Airlines has announced it will temporarily cut some New York area flights this summer, joining other carriers.

American is reducing the frequency of flights between LaGuardia Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, Kansas City and St. Louis and the Newark-Chicago O’Hare route accordin g to Reuters.

This follows the FAA’s decision to temporarily return 10% of slots at New York LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as a result of air traffic controller shortages. The U.S. carriers agreed to the cuts provided they did not backfill the slots.

In other news, according to Reuters, the Allied Pilots Association (APA) is near to reaching a new contract agreement with the company.

Top Copyright Photo: American Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 N313SB (msn 44469) MIA (Bruce Drum). Image: 105922.

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