American Airlines said that it will cut back on its passenger capacity through the first half of November and has canceled hundreds of flights, Reuters reported yesterday. The carrier, which filed for chapter 11 protection last year, said that it was cutting its flight schedule through the first part of November by 1 percent to give it more flexibility to organize crews and planes to return to a more normal pattern. American said the move would not affect holiday travel. Spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said that American is canceling about 31 flights a day out of about 3,500 daily trips between now and mid-November, adding that American has canceled about 400 flights since September.
