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AMR, Parent Company of American Airlines, Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization

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AMR, Parent Company of American Airlines, Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization

The parent company of American Airlines said on Tuesday that it has filed for
bankruptcy protection, in an effort to reduce labor costs and shed its heavy
debt load.

American’s parent, the AMR Corporation, was the last major airline in the United
States to resist filing for Chapter 11 in an effort to shed contracts, a move
that analysts said left it less nimble than many of its competitors.

AMR intends to operate normally throughout the bankruptcy process, as previous
airlines have done.

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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/american-airlines-parent-files-for-bankruptcy/?emc=na




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