American suspends numerous flights to Europe and Latin America

American Airlines has extended the suspension and cancellation of numerous international flights, including to regions that have not yet been severely impacted by the coronavirus, such as Latin America. The Fort-Worth-based airline says on 10 March that it is cutting summer international capacity by about 10% and April domestic capacity by 7.5% in response to decreasing demand. The airline, which reduced service to several destinations in Asia several weeks ago as the crisis began to develop, has now announced its routes from the USA to Montevideo, Uruguay and Santiago, Chile will also be stopped. As of Tuesday, Chile reported 13 cases of coronavirus and Uruguay has none. American will also suspend many of its flights between the USA and Rome and Milan.In addition, non-Italy European destinations Paris and Madrid will also see a reduction in service for parts of May and June. It is also delaying the seasonal resumption of flights from the US to Barcelona and Venice. The airline says that its widebody aircraft will be redeployed on domestic routes. American says it will also introduce new seasonal service between Chicago and Honolulu this summer on a Boeing 787.<br/>