American, Northwest Cancel XNA Flights
by October 1, 2001 12:00 am 69 views
Three of the 46 round-trip flights leaving the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) were canceled permanently in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, said Scott Van Laningham, executive director of the airport in Highfill. All flights were grounded for two days following the incidents.
American Eagle, the local carrier for American Airlines, canceled two of its 11 round-trip flights to Dallas a week after terrorists crashed American Airlines jetliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Two United Airlines jetliners were also used in the attacks, crashing into the other World Trade Center tower and in rural Pennsylvania.
In addition to nine round-trip flights to DFW, American Eagle operates two round-trip flights from XNA to New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, and American Airlines has three round-trip flights from XNA to Chicago.
Van Laningham said Northwest Airlines planned to cancel one round-trip flight from XNA to Memphis. Although Northwest didn’t specify which flight that would be, Van Laningham said it would likely be one that leaves XNA daily at either 4:40 p.m. or 9:15 p.m.