American Airlines signals service cuts

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Tuesday July 1, 3:30 PM EDT =


CHICAGO, July 1 (Reuters) - American Airlines on Tuesday signaled that bi=
g changes to its service will be coming soon, saying it cannot continue t=
o fly all of the same nonstop routes it now runs nor provide the same ser=
vice level in unprofitable markets.

American, the world's largest airline and a unit of AMR Corp. (AMR), said=
 in a statement its ongoing infrastructure review includes everything fro=
m the performance of key routes to the space it occupies at major airport=
s as well as the structure of its Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and St. Loui=
s hubs.

Chief Executive Gerard Arpey also said Fort Worth-based American is looki=
ng at the efficiency of its other major facilities including how it assig=
ns work at its three U.S. maintenance bases in Fort Worth, Kansas City, M=
o., and Tulsa.

The airline said the review is also looking at the volume and nature of r=
eservations calls that are distributed among its eight U.S. reservations =
offices in Cincinnati; Dallas/Fort Worth area (two offices); Hartford, Co=
nn.; Honolulu; Raleigh/Durham, N.C.; St. Louis and Tucson, Ariz. =



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