DALLAS
- American Airlines is reducing flights to and from
Haiti, citing seasonal patterns in travel to the Caribbean
nation.
American said that beginning Wednesday, it will cancel one
of two daily nonstop between New York's Kennedy Airport and
Port-au-Prince. On July 15, the airline will cancel one of its
four flights between Miami and Port-au-Prince, and cancel
another on Aug. 23.
The airline also flies between Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and
Haiti.
An airline spokeswoman said security was not a factor in
the schedule changes, which she described as seasonal.
Early last year, American suspended flights from New York
and Miami to Haiti for about a week because of violence in
Haiti, which made it difficult for the airline's local
employees to report for work.
American, the nation's largest airline, is a unit of Fort
Worth-based AMR Corp.
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