American Airlines Chief Operating Officer, David Seymour, is now telling customers that the airline's overall holiday operations will be effectively back to normal after weeks of shutdown-related disruptions have kept passengers stranded. In a new Thanksgiving-focused update, American Airlines says it has delivered industry-leading on-time departures and arrivals among the three major US network carriers since November 9.

The airline anticipates that this performance will continue throughout the holidays. With the FAA's shutdown flight-reduction order now terminated, American Airlines plans to operate its full schedule over Thanksgiving and frame the period as a stress test of its overall recovery. The message is very clear. After government-driven chaos, the airline wants travelers to

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