American Airlines cuts flights in Charlotte, nationwide to avoid potential strains

American Airlines is cutting flights in Charlotte and across the country, not long after boosting its summer schedule.

A spokesperson told Channel 9 that they’ve dealt with unprecedented weather at several hubs, including Charlotte.

They have also dealt with disruptions in employee schedules and a labor shortage among vendors.

American Airlines said it’s adjusting just a fraction of its flights through mid-July. While some of them are in Charlotte, the majority affects the airlines’ home base in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

The Wall Street Journal reported that American Airlines is cutting flights in markets where there are multiple other flight options for customers.

This weekend, it scrubbed more than 300 flights nationwide. Despite this, American Airlines’ schedule in July is roughly 20% larger than Delta Air Lines’ and United Airlines’.

Full Statement from American Airlines:

“The first few weeks of June have brought unprecedented weather to our largest hubs, heavily impacting our operation and causing delays, canceled flights and disruptions to crew member schedules and our customers’ plans. That, combined with the labor shortages some of our vendors are contending with and the incredibly quick ramp up of customer demand, has led us to build in additional resilience and certainty to our operation by adjusting a fraction of our scheduled flying through mid-July. We made targeted changes with the goal of impacting the fewest number of customers by adjusting flights in markets where we have multiple options for re-accommodation.

“Our focus this summer — and always — is on delivering for our customers no matter the circumstance. We never want to disappoint, and feel these schedule adjustments will help ensure we can take good care of our customers and team members and minimize surprises at the airport.”

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