American Airlines reduces presence at former San Juan hub

By 2014, departures had dropped significantly to just over 4,000 annually with approximately 700,000 seats available—a sharp decline compared to previous years. Despite this reduction in operations by 2015 there were signs of recovery; American Airlines increased capacity year-on-year by 7.7%, surpassing one million seats again in 2016.

In April 2017 however they made another strategic move: canceling their service between New York John F Kennedy Airport (JFK) and San Juan which had been operating since March1971 when acquired from Trans Caribbean Airlines."We have made the difficult decision to cancel our service," said spokesperson LeKesha Boewn in USA Today."We continually evaluate our network looking at supply-demand for each route we serve."

Although ending JFK-SJU flights on August22nd did not mean ceasing all connections with Puerto Rico altogether; currently maintaining21 daily flights between SJU five other hubs including Charlotte Chicago O'Hare Dallas/Fort Worth Miami Philadelphia remains part of their scaled-back schedule focusing high-demand leisure routes maintaining ties local market

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