Chicago service axed

American Airlines have announced they are to stop running their summer service between Glasgow and Chicago.

The route between Scotland and the mid-west city, which has been in operation for 16 years, has become "unprofitable" according to American Airlines with passenger numbers having fallen in recent years, the Herald reports.

The last American Airlines service to Chicago will leave Glasgow on September 30th.

A spokesperson for the airline stated: "American Airlines will continue however to provide travel options between the US and Scotland in conjunction with our one world partner, British Airways, as it does now throughout the year."

The airline announced that there would be no staff redundancies following the cancellation of the Scottish service as the staff involved were based in Manchester and had transferred up to Glasgow just for the summer season.

American Airlines, which is part of the oneworld group, also recently announced in plans for its new next-generation business class which they hope to have in place by early 2007.

The new style business class, which will include ergonomically-advanced seating and tray tables, in-flight entertainment on-demand and real-time broadband connectivity, will be available on many transatlantic routes.

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