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An American Airlines flight from Seattle to Chicago was forced to return after its compressor stalled and the crew shut down an engine.

American flight 526 was scheduled to leave Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday at 11:26 p.m. The plane was in the air for about 26 minutes when it returned to Sea-Tac.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier put nearly all of the 136 passengers on a different airplane, which left Sea-Tac on Tuesday at 1:52 a.m. The flight landed in Chicago at 5:39 a.m., Seattle time.

source: seattlepi.com

The airline industry across the world is making progress in delivering non-fuel cost efficiencies, International Air Transport Association (IATA) airline business confidence index for June has stated.

This is despite the confidence in airline business shrinking considerably since March this year in the wake of 25% increase in the fuel prices over the period.

Amidst soaring prices, nearly 45% of the players have managed to reduce total input costs over the past three months and nearly 60% expect to witness no change or lower total input costs over the next year.

source: Financial Express