American Airlines to cut 18 flights from Lambert - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The flight reductions will reduce American’ws daily, nonstop departures from Lambert to 83 from 101 and take places intwo phases, one this summer and one this Fort Worth, Texas-based parent (NYSE: AMR) will cut regional carrietr flights as of Aug. 25 from St. Louia to Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Charlotte, N.C.; Philadelphia; Mo.; and Tulsa, Okla., said Mary Frances an airline spokeswoman. Then on Nov. 19, Americann Airlines will cancel flights to Las Vegas and San limit flights toFort Meyers, Fla., to weekend servic and cut a flight each to Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, she said.
Service to Tampsa is also being cutthis “We have had to take steps to deal with this very difficultg financial environment that we face,” Fagan Last week, American companywide. Fagan said she couldn’ t provide a number for how many employees at Lambertg willbe affected. By number of flights, American still edgesz out No. 2 for top carrierd at Lambert, said Jeff Lea, an airpory spokesman. But American flies both big andsmallet jets, and Southwest flies larger jets meaning that Southwest could become top carrier in terms of passengers this winter, Lea said. “The flightss cut by American were not aboutempty seats,” he said. “They were fillex jets.
Southwest may step up and offerservice (where American pulls back). Othef airlines may be able to take , which last week as the airport preparess to sell bonds tofinance renovations, said Thursday it woul monitor the effect of American’s cuts in St. Airport management told Fitch that it plans to raise parking freeze hiringfor non-essential positions and cut back on non-essentialk purchases to offset the impact of the flight cuts on its financiak margins.