American Airlines Flight 718 will take off from Miami, Florida on December 29, 2020, after a 20-month grounding in November.
Marco Bello | Reuters
American Airlines expects the impact of the coronavirus epidemic to continue on demand and on schedule until 2021, the carrier president said Tuesday.
The Texas-based aircraft Fort Worth is flying about 45% of its 2019 schedule this month, Robert Isome told reporters at Miami International Airport. The flight began with commercial passengers, as it was grounded almost two years later. Before.
“We expect that it will last something until January and February. We hope the vaccine will show a little promise,” he said.
American and its rivals have warned investors in recent weeks that an increase in Covid-19 cases and new travel bans have hurt fourth-quarter revenue despite an increase in tourists around the end of the year holidays.
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