American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller U.S. cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends. The airline blamed low demand during the coronavirus pandemic, which has triggered a massive slump in air travel and huge losses for the carriers. American said its schedule covering October 7 through November 3 will drop flights to cities including Sioux City, Iowa; New Haven, Connecticut; and Springfield, Illinois. More than half of the cities that American is dropping have no other airline service. “I’m confident that we will see other carriers here once the industry bounces back from the coroanviruas regardless of what happens with American,” Scanlon said.-AP

Source: The Standard August 21, 2020 04:30 UTC