American is shutting its aircraft doors five minutes ahead of time

American is shutting its aircraft doors five minutes ahead of time and closing the ramp and cargo operations two minutes early on some flights to better its on-time performance during the summer. Chief Executive Donald Carty said the airline's dependability has been "less than extraordinary" lately...

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