American cancels 300 flights this week

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DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and American Eagle say they will cancel 300 flights this week to cope with a high number of pilots reporting sick and an increase in maintenance reports filed by crews.

That’s 1.25 percent of the 24,000 flights that were scheduled by the two airlines, which are owned by AMR Corp.

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