American Capacity Down Five Percent For Year

American, once the largest U.S. airline, shrank in 1994, as planned. Its systemwide capacity fell 5.1% from 1993, but its traffic increased 1.8%, driving its load factor up 4.4 percentage points to 64.8%. American parent AMR Corp. is downsizing the airline in an effort to cut costs and has said it...

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