AMR <AMR> UNIT TO BUY NINE SMALL PLANES
AMR Corp said its Nashville
Eagle Inc subsidiary will acquire nine 19-seat Metro III
airplanes in separate agreements with Fairchild Industries
Inc's <FEN> Fairchild Aircraft Corp unit and <Midstate Airlines
Inc>.
    Terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
    The company said the pre-owned airplanes will begin during
the fourth quarter of this year.
    Nashville operates more than 100 commuter flights daily to
16 cities that connect to AMR's American Airlines' daily
flights at the Nashville terminal in Fort Worth, Texas.
 Reuter
