In a significant attempt to cope with the increasing oil prices, American Airlines has announced earlier this month that it has decided to axe several flights later during this year at several US airports including some of its main hubs namely Chicago and Dallas. 

Following the announcement made earlier, the largest carrier of the U.S. offered more details during this week pertaining to the reductions in capacity elaborating over the previous announcement.

American has decided to bring down the number of departures from Chicago O'Hare Airport, axing about 28 flights. Also in addition to this, its sister airlines American Eagle has decided to cut 34 flights with effect from September.

Similarly, as part of the reduction exercise at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, the airline will roll back not less than 19 departures, while Eagle will cut about 23 flights.

American also has plans to cut around eight daily departures at the St. Louis airport and five departures at the LaGuardia Airport of New York. In addition, American Eagle and American Connection will bring down the capacity by 35 flights, while Eagle will roll back 37 at LaGuardia.

Earlier the carrier decided to close all its operations at Oakland, California, in addition to Stansted Airport in London with effect from this September. In addition, the airline has indicated that it would also roll back its services to Barranquilla, Colombia.

Last month, American's chairman and chief executive, Gerard Arpey told that the carrier is most likely to eliminate thousands of jobs, due to this reduction in capacity. However, the authorities have not disclosed any actual figures.