There are 15 cities without American Airlines service this morning. A total of 255 aircraft — all MD80s — are grounded. That translates into 991 flights canceled today, resulting in hundreds of thousands of passengers jamming the phone lines at the world’s largest air carrier.
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There are two things we know about New York’s new aviation ‘czar’, who was named today. And we know them simply because an online search of Marie Kennington-Gardiner’s name reveals it.

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