American's Traffic Plunges 14 Percent After Pilot Disruptions

American's passenger traffic dropped 13.9% year-over-year in February after a sickout by pilots caused it to cancel thousands of flights. The airline carried 5 million passengers during the month, 870,000 fewer than in February 1998. Capacity fell 11% and the load factor dropped 2.1 percentage...

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