AMR Starts Fleet Restructuring By Rejecting Leases On 20 MD-80s

Just hours into its court-protected reorganization, AMR Corp. has started overhauling its fleet and, as expected, its MD-80s are the primary target. The operator’s Nov. 29 initial bankruptcy filing clearly stated that its cost structure forced the company into Chapter 11, and that labor and fleet...

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