American Airways cuts some worldwide flights citing Boeing delays

American Airlines on Friday mentioned Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner supply delays are forcing it to chop some long-haul flights within the second half of the 12 months and into early 2025, the latest carrier to vary its schedule tied to the plane-maker’s manufacturing issues.

American expects to obtain three Dreamliners this 12 months, down from six, it mentioned in a filing Thursday. Boeing mentioned earlier this week that parts shortages will forestall it from ramping up manufacturing of the wide-body planes.

“We’re making these adjustments now to ensure we’re able to re-accommodate customers on affected flights,” American mentioned in an announcement. “We’ll be proactively reaching out to impacted customers to offer alternate travel arrangements. We remain committed to our customers and team members and mitigating the impact of these delays while continuing to offer a comprehensive global network.”

American will droop some routes to Europe on the finish of the summer time. Here is what’s altering:

• Flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport to Athens shall be suspended on Sept. 3. The seasonal route was beforehand scheduled to finish Oct. 26.
• Flights from New York to Barcelona shall be suspended Sept. 3. The route was beforehand year-round, and can resume subsequent 12 months.
• Flights from Dallas/Fort Value Worldwide to Dublin and to Rome, which have been each scheduled as year-round flights, will now be suspended on Oct. 26, and return subsequent 12 months.
• Flights from Chicago O’Hare to Paris will finish Sept. 3 and resume subsequent 12 months.

American can even supply only a single day by day flight between New York and Rome, as a substitute of twice day by day, beginning Aug. 5, and repair between Dallas/Fort Value Worldwide Airport and Kona, Hawaii, will not function this winter.

American mentioned it would proceed to supply 55 long-haul worldwide routes this winter and that it’ll add nonstop service between Philadelphia and Barcelona every day beginning in January, in addition to seasonal service between Miami and Montevideo, Uruguay. It’ll additionally add three-times-a-day flights between Miami and Sao Paulo.

The airline is additional evaluating its schedule due to Boeing’s 737 Max delays, it mentioned.

Boeing did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

Correction: American Airways will add three-times-a-day flights between Miami and Sao Paulo. A earlier model of this story mischaracterized the schedule.