FORT WORTH, Texas—American Airlines has canceled 595 more flights, bringing this week’s total to nearly 3,100 as inspections continue on the wiring of its MD-80 jets.
Fort Worth-based American on Friday announced the latest cancellations and that it expected to operate about half of its MD-80 schedule through much of the day.
At Denver International Airport, company officials say six incoming and six outgoing flights were canceled, all of them to or from the airline’s hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth or Chicago. Two inbound and outbound flights were canceled out of Colorado Springs Airport.
Since Wednesday, the company has canceled at least 35 flights at DIA.
The company’s chief executive has said this week’s flight cancellations will cost American Airlines tens of millions of dollars but the carrier can withstand the losses.
CEO Gerard Arpey said he takes full responsibility for the airline’s failure to comply with a federal safety rule on the bundling of wires in MD-80 wheel wells.
