American Airlines announced Saturday that it would cut the number of international flights out of the U.S. by 75 percent until May, some of the most drastic action taken yet by the airline industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The company will also reduce domestic flight capacity by about one-fifth, according to a statement on American Airlines’s website.
“American Airlines…will implement a phased suspension of additional long-haul international flights from the U.S. starting on March 16,” the company’s statement read. “This suspension will last through May 6. This change is in response to decreased demand and changes to U.S. government travel restrictions due to coronavirus (COVID-19).”
“In addition to the international changes, the airline anticipates its domestic capacity in April will be reduced by 20% compared to last year and May’s domestic capacity will be reduced by 30% on a year over year basis,” American Airlines continued.
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When the airlines claim bankruptcy in a few months, are WE the taxpayers going to have to bail them out?
WE the taxpayers have to do everything possible to minimize Coronas escaping to other countries and false flags retaliation.
Would you rather that all airlines go bust, and then you have to take the ship from New York to Israel?
No. But if we do bail them out, then we become partners. If I’m a partner I shouldn’t pay more than cost price for a flight. Why should we bail them out, including the billionaire CEO’s, and then be made a profit off of us? That’s not fare. Once we become partners, we should have a say in what the salaries should be for “our” employees. You can’t just steal our hard earned money and then turn around and run roughshod over us. That’s not how business works.