AA discontinues Stansted - JFK flights

American Airlines is to cease its service between London Stansted and New York JFK from this July. The US carrier says the cutback is "among a number of first-round reductions to American’s flight schedule as part of the airline’s previously announced plans to reduce capacity in an effort to significantly reduce costs and create a more sustainable supply-and-demand balance in the marketplace." In March AA announced it would be postponing its second daily Stansted - JFK service (see online news March 4), and this latest decision leaves Stansted without any services to New York, following the failure of all-business class carriers Maxjet and Eos (see online news January 2 and April 28). For more information visit aa.com. Report by Mark Caswell