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DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 15, 1993                   TAG: 9309150291
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                 LENGTH: Short

AMERICAN AIRLINES TO TRIM 5,000 JOBS

American Airlines plans to accelerate its shrinkage by cutting 5,000 jobs by the end of next year, retiring more jets and eventually selling assets such as maintenance bases, the company's chairman said Tuesday.

The overall job cuts, to be made between now and the end of next year, include elimination of up to 650 workers in management, announced earlier this summer, Chairman and Chief Executive Robert L. Crandall told reporters and Wall Street analysts.

The airline is scheduled to reduce its capacity to fly passengers by 4.5 percent by next year, Crandall said. - Associated Press

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