American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, will add five to seven minutes to the time scheduled for each flight at its largest airports this fall to reduce delays plaguing U.S. travel.
The airline, a unit of Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp., will begin operations earlier and fly later each day to avoid dropping any flights from its schedule, said David Cush, senior vice president of global sales.
American ranked 13th of 19 carriers in on-time arrivals for the year ending in June.