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American Airlines News
(Continued) The carrier's percentage of seats occupied set record highs each month in 2005, reflecting growing demand and tighter capacity industrywide. American is trying to boost revenue and cut costs after the company had losses of $8.12 billion in the past five years. ``It just makes sense to take out something we are not using and put in more seats to accommodate customers,'' Wagner said. MD-80s make up 47% of American's fleet. The change will increase the number of seats to 140 per plane, including 124 in coach. American hasn't served hot meals to coach passengers on U.S. flights since December 2001. Most major U.S. airlines, including American, now offer or sell snacks and boxed meals to coach passengers on domestic flights. Removing the galleys won't affect beverage service, the airline said.
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