American Airlines Files For Bankruptcy

By Wade Goodwyn
Published November 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM MST
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American Airline's parent company AMR has filed for bankruptcy protection. American will continue to operate its flights as usual. The airline will use bankruptcy to off-load some of the debt that is weighing it down.

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Wade Goodwyn is an NPR National Desk Correspondent covering Texas and the surrounding states.
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