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AMERICAN AND AMERICAN EAGLE ANNOUNCE THEY WILL ADD
A TOTAL OF 70 DEPARTURES AT DFW BY SUMMER 2005
Expansion Will Include 35 Flights With Mainline AA Jets
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- On the strength of a growing North Texas
economy and the continued success of its Dallas/Fort Worth hub, American
Airlines today announced that it and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, will add
a total of 70 departures at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport by the summer of 2005.
American said 35 of the new flights will be operated with mainline
American Airlines jets. American Eagle regional jets will be used for the
remainder of the DFW schedule expansion. Overall, the new flights will increase
the American and American Eagle presence at DFW by almost 10 percent, one
of the largest expansions by the carriers at DFW in many years. The increase
also will bring American's total jet departures at DFW to 540, the largest in
American's history at the airport.
"This is our home and Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is a key to the long-term
success of our company in an extremely difficult industry environment," said
Gerard J. Arpey, American's Chairman and CEO. "We have taken a number of
steps to strengthen our DFW hub over the past few years, and this expansion is
another important initiative as we continue to transform our company. The new
services will further expand our network at DFW and increase the availability of
our competitive fares."
Under the DFW expansion, American will increase the frequency of its
service to a number of major cities, and in some cases substitute larger mainline
jet aircraft for American Eagle regional jet flights. Cities identified for an increase
in mainline frequencies include:
Albuquerque 1
Nashville* 1
Washington Reagan 1
Fort Lauderdale 2
Wichita* 1
Los Angeles 1
Memphis* 2
Phoenix 1
Seattle 1
Tampa 1
Atlanta 1
Boston 1
Denver 1
Huntsville, Ala.*1
Indianapolis 1
New York LaGuardia 1
New Orleans 1
Puerto Vallarta 1
San Francisco 1
Tucson 1
Austin 2
Colorado Springs 1
El Paso 1
Houston Intercontinental* 1
Jacksonville, Fla. 1
Kansas City 1
Oklahoma City* 1
Raleigh/Durham 1
Cabo San Lucas 1
Northwest Arkansas*2
San Antonio 1
*Indicates market currently served by both AA and American Eagle
At the same time, American Eagle recently launched service to Torreon,
Mexico, and will begin new service to Pensacola, Fla., beginning Oct. 1.
American Eagle has also applied to the Department of Transportation to serve
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and plans further expansion in Mexico in the months to
come. In addition, the carrier will add more flights from DFW to such destinations
as Amarillo, Lubbock and Fort Smith, Ark., among others.
Detailed schedule plans are still being made final by American and
American Eagle.
Today, American and American Eagle operate more than 700 flights a day
at DFW to more than 140 cities. These include a total of 29 international
destinations.
AMR Corporation, the parent company of both American and American
Eagle, has about 25,000 employees in DFW Airport and pumps more than $9
billion a year into the local economy.
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