If true, this is good news. Of course, there will be those who see nothing but bad news when good news like this is announced.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003-1...10-desert_x.htm
Let's hope it happens. And bring back the 762s so that AFS service can be reinstated on routes where it was dropped.
New American CEO Gerard Arpey says the world's largest airline is "through running from competition with low-cost carriers."
Its capacity will grow at least 7% in 2004. To do that, it is re-installing two rows of seats in its Boeing (BA) 757s and Airbus A300s that were removed in 2001 to give passengers more legroom. It also will fly its planes more hours each day.
But American also is quietly making preparations to bring 28 McDonnell Douglas MD-80s and 14 Boeing 767s back into service earlier than the 2005 and 2006 time frame envisioned when they were parked in the desert. A decision has not been made, but American officials indicate that they are leaning toward an early return of the MD-80s, the first of which could be flying by summer.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003-1...10-desert_x.htm
Let's hope it happens. And bring back the 762s so that AFS service can be reinstated on routes where it was dropped.