American Airlines increases the number of flights to Venezuela

November 15, 2011 — American Airlines

American Airlines Boeing 757-223 N624AA (msn 24582) MIA (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) announced it is expanding its Venezuela service by increasing the number of weekly flights between New York and Caracas .
Beginning on November 18 , American will add three flights per week between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York and Simon Bolivar International Airport (CCS) in Caracas , offering flights on the route five days per week, up from two days per week. American flies the route with a Boeing 757-200 aircraft with 188 seats.

American first began service to Venezuela , its first destination in South and Central America , on August 1, 1987 , with flights between San Juan, Puerto Rico and Caracas . The airline currently has 48 weekly flights into and out of Venezuela , with flights to Caracas from Miami , San Juan , Dallas/Fort Worth and New York /JFK, and to Maracaibo from Miami.

In other news, American announced it and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) have reached a tentative agreement in principle for the Dispatcher workgroup.

Details about the tentative agreement will be shared with the TWU-represented Dispatchers and Operational Coordinators in the coming days.

American has been in negotiations with the TWU Dispatch group since May 2006 . Both parties worked collaboratively to reach a tentative agreement that addresses the interests of our TWU-represented Dispatchers and the company.
American Airlines has more than 50,000 employees represented by unions, including approximately 180 under this tentative agreement.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum.

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