American Airlines has cut 60 percent of its total capacity for April and plans to cut as much as 80 percent of its capacity in May, the carrier announced.
Those cuts include international capacity cuts of 80 to 90 percent for both months. American is reducing domestic capacity by 60 to 70 percent for April and by 70 to 80 percent for May. The announcement reflects a deeper cut than the planned April cuts announced last week of 75 percent for international flying and 30 percent for domestic.
American will update its schedules to reflect the cuts for April on Sunday, and it will load in the new May schedule the following Sunday.
Service to Hawaii is one of the biggest cuts, as travelers to the islands now face a 14-day quarantine order. American will be operating a single daily flight between Los Angeles and Honolulu, and service into Kona, Lihue and Maui has been suspended.
Additionally, American has extended its change fee waiver to apply to tickets purchased through April 15.