American Airline's Envoy to close New York City bases, memo shows

American Airline's wholly-owned carrier Envoy is closing its bases at La Guardia and John F. Kennedy airports in New York, the regional airline told employees in a memo on Thursday. An Envoy spokeswoman confirmed the plan that will affect flight crew and maintenance teams at the New York bases, which have been closed since March due to COVID-19. Envoy, one of three regional carriers owned by American, did not say whether any jobs were at risk because of the closure. “It is important not to draw any conclusions about other American Eagle carriers and their operations due to this announcement,” Envoy’s Dee Temples said in the memo. The announcement follows news in July that American was teaming up with JetBlue Airways to boost flying options in New York and Boston. Under that agreement, American is expected to shift some JFK and LaGuardia airport slots to JetBlue and in return JetBlue will help feed traffic to American’s international destinations next year.<br/>