American Air says raised $617 mln in bond financing = = Wednesday September 25, 1:41 PM EDT = FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept 25 (Reuters) - American Airlines, a unit of AMR C= orp. (AMR), on Wednesday said it had raised $617 million Tuesday through = an aircraft-secured bond financing in the public capital markets. The world's largest air carrier said the bonds sold were structured as en= hanced equipment trust certificates (EETC) and were credit-wrapped by an = AAA-rated insurance provider, MBIA Insurance Corporation (MBI). Earlier on Wednesday, AMR Chairman Donald Carty said American will cut it= s capacity by about 2 percent beyond announced plans over the next few mo= nths as it aims for about $3 billion in structural cost savings. American slashed capacity by about 20 percent after the Sept. 11, 2001, a= ttacks and announced an additional 9 percent capacity cut about two month= s ago, but Carty said on Wednesday he expected the latest figure to be cl= oser to 10 or 11 percent. AMR shares were up 45 cents, or 12.5 percent, at $4.05 on the New York St= ock Exchange on Wednesday. = =A92002 Reuters Limited. = Roger EWROPS