Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, from American Airways firm, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on twenty fourth February 2023.Â
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American Airways on Friday mentioned Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner supply delays are forcing it to chop some long-haul flights within the second half of the yr and into early 2025, the most recent service to vary its schedule citing the producer’s manufacturing issues.
American expects to obtain three Dreamliners this yr, down from six, it mentioned in a submitting Thursday. Boeing mentioned earlier this week that components shortages will forestall it from ramping up manufacturing of the wide-body planes.
“We’re making these changes now to make sure we’re in a position to re-accommodate clients on affected flights,” American mentioned in a press release. “We’ll be proactively reaching out to impacted clients to supply alternate journey preparations. We stay dedicated to our clients and group members and mitigating the influence of those delays whereas persevering with to supply a complete world community.”
American will droop some routes to Europe on the finish of the summer season. Here is what’s altering:
- Flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport to Athens shall be suspended on Sept. 3. The seasonal route was beforehand scheduled to finish Oct. 26.
- Flights from New York to Barcelona shall be suspended Sept. 3. The route was beforehand year-round, and can resume subsequent yr.
- Flights from Dallas/Fort Price Worldwide to Dublin and to Rome, which had been each scheduled as year-round flights, will now be suspended on Oct. 26.
- Flights from Chicago O’Hare to Paris will finish Sept. 3 and resume subsequent yr.
American may also supply only a single every day flight between New York and Rome, as an alternative of twice every day, beginning Aug. 5, and repair between Dallas/Fort Price Worldwide Airport and Kona, Hawaii, will not function this winter.
American mentioned it should proceed to supply 55 long-haul worldwide routes this winter and mentioned it should add nonstop service between Philadelphia and Barcelona every day beginning in January, in addition to seasonal service between Miami and Montevideo, Uruguay. It would additionally add three-times-a-week flights between Miami and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The airline is additional evaluating its schedule due to Boeing’s 737 Max delays, it mentioned.
Boeing did not instantly remark.
