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American Airlines Cancels 4 St. Croix Flights In Wake Of 737 Max 8 Grounding; Normal Service To Resume Friday

ST. CROIX -- At least four American Airlines flights either to or from St. Croix were canceled late Wednesday following the grounding of the 737 Max 8 airplanes in the United States. Government House provided the information following a Department of Tourism release on Wednesday evening. The latest notification from the local government arrived to The Consortium's inboxes about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Below, the cancellations: Wednesday, March 13: AA 2317 inbound to STX from MIA is cancelled Thursday, March 14: AA 2227 outbound from STX to MIA is cancelled Thursday, March 14: AA 1293 inbound to STX from MIA will resume normal operations with a different 737 Thursday, March 14: AA 2317 inbound to STX from MIA will resume normal operations with a different 737 Regular American Airlines flights to St. Croix are expected to resume Friday, the airline has advised. The list did not include any St. Thomas flights. President Donald Trump, following mounting international pressure to ground...