- American Airlines is reducing flight schedules on some international routes and in Hawaii.
- These changes are the result of delivery delays of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
- American Airlines will receive only 3 of the 6 Dreamliners that Boeing expects to deliver this year.
American Airlines is reducing services and adjusting flight schedules on a dozen routes due to a shortage of Boeing 787 Dreamliners needed to operate them, it announced Friday.
The changes primarily affect seasonal routes between the continental United States and destinations in Europe, South America and Hawaii.
“We are making these adjustments now to ensure we are able to reaccommodate customers on affected flights,” an American Airlines spokesperson told Business Insider.
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New York (JFK) – Rome (FCO) will go from two daily flights to just one daily flight starting August 5.
The New York (JFK) – Athens (ATH) seasonal route will suspend operations ahead of schedule on September 3.
New York (JFK) – Barcelona (BCN) will suspend service on September 3 and resume operations in summer 2025.
New York (JFK) – Buenos Aires (EZE) will be reduced to one daily flight on October 27.
The Philadelphia (PHL) – Venice (VCE) seasonal route will suspend operations ahead of schedule on October 5.
Chicago (ORD) – Paris (CDG) will suspend service on September 3 and resume operations in summer 2025.
The Dallas (DFW) – Kona (KOA) seasonal route will not operate this winter.
Dallas (DFW) – Dublin (DUB) will suspend service on October 26 and resume operations in summer 2025.
Dallas (DFW) – Rome (FCO) will suspend service on October 26 and resume operations in summer 2025.
The resumption of the seasonal route Miami (MIA) – Montevideo (MVD) is delayed until November 18.
Miami (MIA) – Rio de Janeiro (GIG) will reduce to 10 weekly flights for the winter season, except between December 16, 2024 and January 6, 2025.
The Phoenix (PHX) – Honolulu (HNL)/Kahului (OGG) flight will be operated with a smaller Airbus A321neo instead of the Dreamliner, except between November 16 and December 2. American announced it would operate a second daily flight using the A321neo starting in mid-2018. December.
Boeing is only expected to deliver half of the six 787 Dreamliners American initially expected in 2024. Additionally, American will only receive 16 instead of the 20 Boeing 737MAXs expected this year.
Instead, the airline expects increased utilization of its regional fleet to be able to offset much of the disruption created by Boeing’s delivery delays, Chief Financial Officer Devon said last week May to analysts.
Boeing has struggled to deliver the 787 over the past two years for a variety of reasons ranging from parts shortages to quality control issues that halted plane deliveries for 15 months. The 737MAX family has also been troubled recently by ongoing production quality issues following the mid-flight failure of a plug-in door on a recently delivered Alaska Airlines 737 MAX9 in January.
Boeing’s production woes have forced several of the company’s other major customers to take similar measures.
Southwest Airlines, the 737’s largest customer, announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs by the end of 2024 to offset losses created by the delays. United Airlines asked a number of its pilots to take unpaid leave in May, citing a reduction in flights due to fewer planes available due to Boeing production delays.
Beyond the schedule reductions, American announced it will launch daily flights between Philadelphia and Barcelona in January 2025, as well as increased service frequency on select routes to Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Boeing did not respond to a request for comment.
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