UPDATE -- American Airlines Assists Customers That May be Affected by Winter Weather

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Airlines is offering customers flexibility to change their travel plans due to anticipated extreme winter weather conditions.

Customers ticketed on American Airlines or American Eagle flights between Jan. 21 and Jan. 24 to, from, or through the cities listed below may change flights without penalty, have the ticket-reissue charge waived for one ticket change, and begin travel as early as Jan. 20 or as late as Jan. 27 under this travel waiver.

The list of affected airports:

Connecticut:

Bradley International Airport (BDL)
Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN)

Kentucky:

Blue Grass Airport (LEX)

Maryland:

Baltimore–Washington International Airport (BWI)
Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)

Massachusetts:

Logan International Airport (BOS)

New Hampshire:

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT)

New Jersey:

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

New York:

Albany International Airport (ALB)
Elmira/Corning Regional Airport (ELM)
Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM)
Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH)
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP)
Stewart International Airport (SWF)
Westchester County Airport (HPN)

North Carolina:

Asheville Regional Airport (AVL)
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)
Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU)

Pennsylvania:

Harrisburg International Airport (MDT)
Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE)
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
University Park Airport (SCE)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP)
Williamsport Regional Airport (IPT)

Rhode Island:

T. F. Green Airport (PVD)

South Carolina:

Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (GSP)

Tennessee:

McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)
Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI)

Virginia:

Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport (CHO)
Lynchburg Regional Airport (LYH)
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF)
Norfolk International Airport (ORF)
Richmond International Airport (RIC)
Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)

West Virginia:

Tri-State Airport (HTS)
Yeager Airport (CRW)

Many customers can change their travel plans at aa.com by retrieving their reservation. Customers may also contact American Airlines reservations at +1-800-433-7300 in the U.S. or Canada. Customers calling from outside the U.S. or Canada should check aa.com for our worldwide reservation phone numbers.

About American Airlines Group

American Airlines and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a founding member of the oneworld alliance, whose members and members-elect serve nearly 1,000 destinations with 14,250 daily flights to 150 countries. Shares of American Airlines Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL. In 2015, its stock joined the S&P 500 index. Connect with American on Twitter @AmericanAir and at Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.

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