American Airlines expects its domestic and international seat capacity during the summer travel season to be within 10% and 20% of levels seen in the same period of 2019, the airline said in a statement on April 14, mirroring bullish sentiment seen in the jet fuel derivatives market. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The Fort Worth-based airline expects domestic seat capacity to amount to over 90% of the 2019 summer travel season and is even introducing 17 new routes within the US. RELATED: Global air travel on multi-track recovery as vaccines hang over jet demand outlook According to data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, American operated approximately 710,000 domestic flights between May and August of 2019, accounting for 25.6% of the domestic market share. In 2019 the American’s market share edged up to 26.8% though operated domestic flights were halved on […]