American Airlines to temporarily suspend route due to Boeing dreamliner delays

Boeing Co.’s delays successful delivering 787 Dreamliners are again rippling into American Airlines Group Inc.’s flying schedule.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based bearer said Friday it would suspend its Philadelphia-Madrid way for a fewer weeks successful May and early June, citing transportation delays for nan jets. American said it was cutting nan flights now to guarantee it could thief customers put different recreation plans.

"We stay committed to our customers and squad members and mitigating nan effect of nan 787 transportation delays while continuing to connection a robust world network this summer," an American Airlines spokesperson said. 

An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 takes disconnected from Los Angeles world Airport connected January 13, 2021 successful Los Angeles, California.  ((Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images) / Getty Images)

A Boeing spokeswoman said nan level shaper remains focused connected stableness successful its accumulation strategy arsenic it useful pinch its suppliers. 

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"We proceed to activity pinch our customers, including American Airlines, connected transportation timing and profoundly regret nan effect to their operations," she said.

American’s move marked astatine slightest nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth that Boeing Dreamliner delays person affected nan airline’s flying schedule. In 2022, American trimmed its summertime flying schedule much extensively successful nan midst of a protected halt successful Dreamliner deliveries while Boeing dealt pinch various manufacturing and regulatory problems.

A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 takes disconnected from Los Angeles world Airport connected July 30, 2022 successful Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images / Getty Images)

Deliveries resumed successful August of past year. Earlier this twelvemonth they were concisely halted again owed to what nan Federal Aviation Administration said was a archiving issue, earlier nan regulator allowed them to resume earlier this month. 

American is slated to person 3 much 787 Dreamliners this year. One of nan planes has a contractual transportation day stretching backmost to April 2021, and a revised transportation day of March 2022, according to nan airline. 

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The American spokesperson said nan recreation disruption could beryllium contained if location aren’t further delays successful Boeing’s Dreamliner deliveries. 

Airlines person said they can’t get caller planes quickly capable to support up pinch recreation demand, pinch proviso concatenation snarls and different setbacks that person affected deliveries of aggregate craft types. Executives person said that those delays, on pinch an industrywide shortage of pilots, person constrained airlines’ maturation and helped support fares high.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by American Airlines takes disconnected from Leonardo da Vinci airdrome successful Fiumicino, Italy October 11th, 2021. (Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images / Getty Images)

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American’s move comes up of what airlines expect will beryllium a surge successful request for flights crossed nan Atlantic this summer. Executives person said flights are filling up, moreover pinch sky-high fares. Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. earlier this period said they expect grounds profit margins successful nan trans-Atlantic marketplace this summer. 

 Alison Sider contributed to this article.