American Airlines

Airline of the United States

This article is about the US-based airline named "American Airlines". For its parent company, see American Airlines Group. For a full list of all US-based airlines, see List of airlines of the United States.

American Airlines, Inc.

An American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

| IATA | ICAO | Call sign

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AA[1] | AAL[1] | AMERICAN[2]
Founded| April 15, 1926; 99 years ago (1926-04-15)
(as American Airways, Inc.)[3]
Commenced operations| June 25, 1936; 89 years ago (1936-06-25)
AOC #| AALA025A[4]
Hubs|

* Charlotte
* Chicago–O'Hare
* Dallas/Fort Worth
* Los Angeles
* Miami
* New York–JFK
* New York–LaGuardia
* Philadelphia
* Phoenix–Sky Harbor
* Washington–Reagan

Frequent-flyer program| AAdvantage
Alliance| Oneworld
Fleet size| 992
Destinations| 353[5]
Parent company| American Airlines Group
Headquarters| Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.[6]
Key people|

* Robert Isom (CEO)
* Greg Smith (chairman)

Revenue|  US$49.6B (2024)[7]
Operating income|  US$2.6 billion (2024)[7]
Net income|  US$.8bn (2024)[7]
Total assets|  US$61.8bn (2024)[7]
Total equity|  US$−5.0bn (2024)[7]
Employees| 103,440 (2024)[7]
Website| aa.com

American Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and is the largest airline in the world in terms of passengers carried and daily flights.[8] American, along with its regional subsidiaries and contractors operating under the brand name American Eagle, operate an extensive international and domestic network with almost 6,800 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in 48 countries.[9][10] The airline is also a founding member of the Oneworld alliance, one of the world's three major airline alliances.

American Airlines and American Eagle operate out of ten hubs, with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) being the largest. The airline serves more than 200 million passengers annually, and averages more than 500,000 daily. As of 2024[update], the company employs 103,440 staff members.

## History

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Main article: History of American Airlines

DC-3 "Flagship" American's chief aircraft type during the World War II period

American Airlines was started in 1930 as a union of more than eighty small airlines.[11] The two organizations from which American Airlines originated were Robertson Aircraft Corporation and Colonial Air Transport. The former was first created in Missouri in 1921, with both being merged in 1929 into holding company The Aviation Corporation. This, in turn, was made in 1930 into an operating company and rebranded as American Airways. In 1934, when new laws and attrition of mail contracts forced many airlines to reorganize, the corporation redid its routes into a connected system and was renamed American Airlines. The airline fully developed its international business between 1970 and 2000. It purchased Trans World Airlines in 2001.[12]

American had a direct role in the development of the Douglas DC-3, which resulted from a marathon telephone call from American Airlines CEO C. R. Smith to Douglas Aircraft Company founder Donald Wills Douglas Sr., when Smith persuaded a reluctant Douglas to design a sleeper aircraft based on the DC-2 to replace American's Curtiss Condor II biplanes. (The existing DC-2's cabin was 66 inches (1.7 m) wide, too narrow for side-by-side berths.) Douglas agreed to proceed with development only after Smith informed him of American Airline's intention to purchase 20 aircraft. The prototype DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) first flew on December 17, 1935, the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Its cabin was 92 in (2.3 m) wide, and a version with 21 seats instead of the 14–16 sleeping berths of the DST was given the designation DC-3. There was no prototype DC-3; the first DC-3 built followed seven DSTs off the production line and was delivered to American Airlines.[13] American Airlines inaugurated passenger service on June 26, 1936, with simultaneous flights from Newark, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois.[14]

Passengers exiting plane at the El Paso Airport in 1957

American also had a direct role in the development of the DC-10, which resulted from a specification from American Airlines to manufacturers in 1966 to offer a widebody aircraft that was smaller than the Boeing 747, but capable of flying similar long-range routes from airports with shorter runways. McDonnell Douglas responded with the DC-10 trijet shortly after the two companies' merger.[15] On February 19, 1968, the president of American Airlines, George A. Spater, and James S. McDonnell of McDonnell Douglas announced American's intention to acquire the DC-10. American Airlines ordered 25 DC-10s in its first order.[16][17] The DC-10 made its first flight on August 29, 1970,[18] and received its type certificate from the FAA on July 29, 1971.[19] On August 5, 1971, the DC-10 entered commercial service with American Airlines on a round-trip flight between Los Angeles and Chicago.[20]

In 2011, due to a downturn in the airline industry, American Airlines' parent company, the AMR Corporation, filed for bankruptcy protection. In 2013, American Airlines merged with US Airways but kept the American Airlines name, as it was the better-recognized brand internationally; the combination of the two airlines resulted in the creation of the largest airline in the United States, and ultimately the world.[21]

In December 2023, the company was added to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.[22]

## Network

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### Destinations

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As of September 2024[update], American Airlines flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:

Country or Territory  | City  | Airport  | Notes  | Refs

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American Samoa | Pago Pago | Pago Pago International Airport | Terminated |
Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | V. C. Bird International Airport |  |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | Ministro Pistarini International Airport |  |
Córdoba | Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport | Terminated | [23]
Aruba | Oranjestad | Queen Beatrix International Airport |  |
Australia | Brisbane | Brisbane Airport | Seasonal | [24][25]
Sydney | Sydney Airport |  | [26]
Bahamas | Nassau | Lynden Pindling International Airport |  |
Freeport | Freeport International Airport |  |
Barbados | Bridgetown | Grantley Adams International Airport |  |
Belgium | Brussels | Brussels Airport | Terminated | [27]
Belize | Belize City | Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport |  |
Bermuda | Hamilton | L.F. Wade International Airport |  |
Bolivia | La Paz | El Alto International Airport | Terminated | [28]
Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Viru Viru International Airport | Terminated | [29]
Bonaire | Kralendijk | Flamingo International Airport |  | [30]
Brazil | Belo Horizonte | Tancredo Neves International Airport | Terminated |
Brasília | Brasília International Airport | Terminated | [31]
Campinas | Viracopos International Airport | Terminated |
Curitiba | Afonso Pena International Airport | Terminated | [32]
Fortaleza | Pinto Martins International Airport | Terminated |
Manaus | Eduardo Gomes International Airport | Terminated | [33]
Porto Alegre | Salgado Filho International Airport | Terminated | [34]
Recife | Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport | Terminated | [35]
Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport |  |
Salvador da Bahia | Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport | Terminated | [35]
São Paulo | São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport |  |
Canada | Calgary | Calgary International Airport |  |
Montreal | Montréal–Trudeau International Airport |  |
Toronto | Toronto Pearson International Airport |  |
Vancouver | Vancouver International Airport |  |
Cayman Islands | George Town | Owen Roberts International Airport |  |
Chile | Santiago | Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport |  |
China | Beijing | Beijing Capital International Airport | Terminated |
Beijing Daxing International Airport | Suspended | [36]
Shanghai | Shanghai Pudong International Airport |  | [37]
Colombia | Barranquilla | Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport |  |
Bogotá | El Dorado International Airport |  |
Cali | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport |  |
Cartagena | Rafael Núñez International Airport |  |
Medellín | José María Córdova International Airport |  |
Pereira | Matecaña International Airport |  |
San Andres | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport |  |
Costa Rica | Liberia | Guanacaste Airport |  |
San José | Juan Santamaría International Airport |  |
Croatia | Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik Airport | Terminated | [31]
Cuba | Camagüey | Ignacio Agramonte International Airport |  | [38][39]
Havana | José Martí International Airport |  | [40][41]
Holguín | Frank País Airport |  | [38][42][39]
Santa Clara | Abel Santamaría Airport |  | [38][42][39]
Santiago de Cuba | Antonio Maceo Airport |  | [43][42][39]
Varadero | Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport |  | [38][42][39]
Curaçao | Willemstad | Curaçao International Airport |  |
Czech Republic | Prague | Václav Havel Airport Prague | Terminated | [44][45]
Denmark | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Airport |  | [46][47]
Dominican Republic | La Romana | La Romana International Airport | Terminated |
Puerto Plata | Gregorio Luperón International Airport |  |
Punta Cana | Punta Cana International Airport |  |
Santiago de los Caballeros | Cibao International Airport |  |
Santo Domingo | Las Américas International Airport |  |
Ecuador | Guayaquil | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport |  |
Quito | Mariscal Sucre International Airport |  |
El Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador International Airport |  |
Finland | Helsinki | Helsinki Airport | Terminated |
France | Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport |  |
Orly Airport | Terminated |
Nice | Côte d'Azur Airport |  | [46][47]
Germany | Berlin | Berlin Tegel Airport | Airport Closed |
Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf Airport | Terminated | [27]
Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport |  |
Munich | Munich Airport |  |
Greece | Athens | Athens International Airport | Seasonal |
Grenada | St. George's | Maurice Bishop International Airport |  |
Guadeloupe | Pointe-à-Pitre | Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport | Terminated |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | La Aurora International Airport |  |
Guyana | Georgetown | Cheddi Jagan International Airport |  | [48]
Haiti | Cap-Haïtien | Hugo Chávez International Airport | Terminated | [49][50]
Port-au-Prince | Toussaint Louverture International Airport (Suspended) |  |
Honduras | Roatán | Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport |  | [51]
San Pedro Sula | La Mesa International Airport |  |
Tegucigalpa | Comayagua International Airport |  |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport | Terminated | [37][52]
Hungary | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport | Terminated | [31]
Iceland | Reykjavík | Keflavík International Airport | Terminated | [53][45]
India | Delhi | Indira Gandhi International Airport |  | [54][55]
Ireland | Dublin | Dublin Airport |  | [56]
Shannon | Shannon Airport | Terminated | [56]
Israel | Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | Suspended | [57]
Italy | Bologna | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport | Terminated | [58]
Milan | Milan Malpensa Airport |  | [37]
Naples | Naples International Airport |  | [46][47]
Rome | Rome Fiumicino Airport |  |
Venice | Venice Marco Polo Airport | Seasonal | [56][47]
Jamaica | Kingston | Norman Manley International Airport |  |
Montego Bay | Sangster International Airport |  |
Japan | Nagoya | Chubu Centrair International Airport | Terminated | [59]
Komaki Airport | Terminated |
Osaka | Kansai International Airport | Terminated |
Tokyo | Haneda Airport |  | [60]
Narita International Airport |  |
Martinique | Fort-de-France | Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport | Terminated |
Mexico | Cancún | Cancún International Airport |  |
Cozumel | Cozumel International Airport |  |
Guadalajara | Guadalajara International Airport |  |
Mexico City | Mexico City International Airport |  |
Morelia | General Francisco Mujica International Airport |  |
León | Bajío International Airport |  |
Oaxaca | Oaxaca International Airport |  |
Puebla | Puebla International Airport | Terminated |
Puerto Vallarta | Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport |  |
San José del Cabo | Los Cabos International Airport |  |
Zihuatanejo | Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport |  |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |  |
New Zealand | Auckland | Auckland Airport |  |
Christchurch | Christchurch Airport | Terminated |
Nicaragua | Managua | Augusto C. Sandino International Airport |  |
Panama | Panama City | Tocumen International Airport |  |
Paraguay | Asunción | Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | Terminated |
Peru | Lima | Jorge Chávez International Airport |  |
Cuzco | Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport | Terminated |
Portugal | Lisbon | Lisbon Airport | Seasonal |
Qatar | Doha | Hamad International Airport |  | [61]
Russia | Moscow | Domodedovo International Airport | Terminated | [62]
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport |  |
Saint Lucia | Vieux Fort | Hewanorra International Airport |  |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | Argyle International Airport |  | [63]
Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | Princess Juliana International Airport |  |
South Korea | Seoul | Incheon International Airport |  | [64]
Spain | Barcelona | Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport |  | [47]
Madrid | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport |  |
Suriname | Paramaribo | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | Terminated | [65][66]
Sweden | Stockholm | Stockholm Arlanda Airport | Terminated |
Switzerland | Zürich | Zurich Airport |  |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | Piarco International Airport |  |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Providenciales | Providenciales International Airport |  |
South Caicos | Norman B. Saunders Sr. International Airport |  |
United Kingdom | Birmingham | Birmingham Airport | Terminated | [27]
Edinburgh | Edinburgh Airport | Seasonal |
Glasgow | Glasgow Airport | Terminated | [67]
London | Gatwick Airport | Terminated |
Heathrow Airport |  |
Stansted Airport | Terminated |
Manchester | Manchester Airport | Terminated | [45]
United States (Alabama) | Birmingham | Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport |  |
Huntsville | Huntsville International Airport |  |
Mobile | Mobile Regional Airport |  |
Montgomery | Montgomery Regional Airport |  |
United States (Alaska) | Anchorage | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | Seasonal |
Fairbanks | Fairbanks International Airport | Terminated | [68]
United States (Arizona) | Phoenix | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Hub |
Tucson | Tucson International Airport |  |
Yuma | Yuma International Airport |  |
United States (Arkansas) | Bentonville | Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport |  |
United States (California) | Burbank | Hollywood Burbank Airport |  |
Fresno | Fresno Yosemite International Airport |  |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles International Airport | Hub |
Oakland | Oakland International Airport | Terminated | [69]
Ontario | Ontario International Airport |  |
Palm Springs | Palm Springs International Airport |  |
Sacramento | Sacramento International Airport |  |
San Diego | San Diego International Airport |  |
San Francisco | San Francisco International Airport |  |
San Jose | San Jose Mineta International Airport |  |
Santa Ana | John Wayne Airport |  |
Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport |  |
United States (Colorado) | Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Airport |  |
Denver | Denver International Airport |  |
Stapleton International Airport | Airport Closed |
Eagle/Vail | Eagle County Regional Airport |  |
Hayden/Steamboat Springs | Yampa Valley Airport | Seasonal |
Montrose | Montrose Regional Airport |  |
United States (Connecticut) | Hartford | Bradley International Airport |  |
United States (District of Columbia) | Washington, D.C. | Dulles International Airport |  |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | Hub |
United States (Florida) | Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport |  |
Fort Myers | Southwest Florida International Airport |  |
Jacksonville | Jacksonville International Airport |  |
Miami | Miami International Airport | Hub |
Orlando | Orlando International Airport |  |
Sarasota | Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport |  |
Pensacola | Pensacola International Airport |  |
Tampa | Tampa International Airport |  |
West Palm Beach | Palm Beach International Airport |  |
United States (Georgia) | Atlanta | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport |  |
United States (Hawaii) | Honolulu | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |  |
Kahului | Kahului Airport |  |
Kailua-Kona | Kona International Airport |  |
Lihue | Lihue Airport |  |
United States (Idaho) | Boise | Boise Airport |  |
United States (Illinois) | Chicago | O'Hare International Airport | Hub |
United States (Indiana) | Indianapolis | Indianapolis International Airport |  |
United States (Iowa) | Des Moines | Des Moines International Airport |  |
United States (Kansas) | Wichita | Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport |  |
United States (Kentucky) | Louisville | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport |  |
United States (Louisiana) | Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport |  |
New Orleans | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport |  |
United States (Maine) | Portland | Portland International Jetport |  |
United States (Maryland) | Baltimore | Baltimore/Washington International Airport |  |
United States (Massachusetts) | Boston | Logan International Airport |  |
Worcester | Worcester Regional Airport |  |
United States (Michigan) | Detroit | Detroit Metropolitan Airport |  |
United States (Minnesota) | Minneapolis | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport |  |
United States (Mississippi) | Jackson | Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport |  |
Gulfport | Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport |  |
United States (Missouri) | Kansas City | Kansas City International Airport |  |
St. Louis | St. Louis Lambert International Airport |  |
United States (Montana) | Bozeman | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport |  |
Missoula | Missoula International Airport |  |
United States (Nebraska) | Omaha | Eppley Airfield |  |
United States (Nevada) | Las Vegas | Harry Reid International Airport |  |
Reno | Reno–Tahoe International Airport |  |
United States (New Hampshire) | Manchester | Manchester-Boston Regional Airport |  |
United States (New Jersey) | Newark | Newark Liberty International Airport |  |
United States (New Mexico) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque International Sunport |  |
Santa Fe | Santa Fe Municipal Airport |  |
United States (New York) | Albany | Albany International Airport |  |
Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara International Airport |  |
New York City | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Hub |
LaGuardia Airport | Hub |
Rochester | Greater Rochester International Airport |  |
Syracuse | Syracuse Hancock International Airport |  |
Watertown | Watertown International Airport |  |
United States (North Carolina) | Charlotte | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Hub |
Greensboro | Piedmont Triad International Airport |  |
Raleigh | Raleigh–Durham International Airport |  |
Wilmington | Wilmington International Airport |  |
United States (North Dakota) | Bismarck | Bismarck Municipal Airport |  |
Fargo | Hector International Airport |  |
United States (Ohio) | Akron | Akron–Canton Airport |  |
Cincinnati/Covington | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport |  |
Cleveland | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport |  |
Columbus | John Glenn Columbus International Airport |  |
Dayton | Dayton International Airport |  |
Toledo | Toledo Express Airport |  |
United States (Oklahoma) | Oklahoma City | Will Rogers World Airport |  |
Tulsa | Tulsa International Airport |  |
United States (Oregon) | Portland | Portland International Airport |  |
Redmond | Redmond Municipal Airport |  |
United States (Pennsylvania) | Harrisburg | Harrisburg International Airport |  |
Philadelphia | Philadelphia International Airport | Hub |
Wyoming Valley | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport |  |
Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh International Airport |  |
United States (Puerto Rico) | Aguadilla | Rafael Hernández Airport | Terminated | [70]
Ponce | Mercedita Airport | Terminated | [70]
San Juan | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport |  |
United States (Rhode Island) | Providence | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport |  |
United States (South Carolina) | Charleston | Charleston International Airport |  |
United States (Tennessee) | Knoxville | McGhee Tyson Airport |  |
Memphis | Memphis International Airport |  |
Nashville | Nashville International Airport |  |
United States (Texas) | Austin | Austin–Bergstrom International Airport |  |
Dallas | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | Hub |
El Paso | El Paso International Airport |  |
Houston | George Bush Intercontinental Airport |  |
McAllen | McAllen Miller International Airport |  |
San Antonio | San Antonio International Airport |  |
United States (U.S. Virgin Islands) | Saint Croix | Henry E. Rohlsen Airport |  |
Saint Thomas | Cyril E. King Airport |  |
United States (Utah) | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City International Airport |  |
United States (Virginia) | Norfolk | Norfolk International Airport |  |
Richmond | Richmond International Airport |  |
United States (Washington) | Seattle | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport |  |
Spokane | Spokane International Airport |  |
United States (Wisconsin) | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport |  |
United States (Wyoming) | Jackson | Jackson Hole Airport |  |
Uruguay | Montevideo | Carrasco International Airport | Seasonal | [71]
Venezuela | Caracas | Simón Bolívar International Airport | Terminated | [72][73]
Maracaibo | La Chinita International Airport | Terminated | [73]
Valencia | Arturo Michelena International Airport | Terminated | [citation needed]

### Hubs

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American operates its largest hub at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

American currently operates ten hubs.[74]

* Charlotte: American's hub for the southeastern United States and secondary Caribbean gateway.
* Chicago–O'Hare: American's hub for the Midwest.
* Dallas/Fort Worth: American's hub for the southern United States and largest hub overall.
* Los Angeles: American's hub for the West Coast and secondary transpacific gateway.
* Miami: American's primary Latin American and Caribbean hub.
* New York–JFK: American's secondary transatlantic hub mainly serves destinations with high demand from local New York traffic.
* New York–LaGuardia: American's New York hub for domestic flights with a few exceptions.
* Philadelphia: American's primary transatlantic hub.
* Phoenix–Sky Harbor: American's southwestern hub.
* Washington–National: American's hub for the capital of the United States.

### American Eagle

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This section is an excerpt from American Eagle (airline brand).[edit]

American Eagle Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by PSA Airlines American Eagle is an American Airlines brand, encompassing regional carriers including wholly-owned affiliates Envoy Air, PSA Airlines, and Piedmont Airlines, as well as third-party carriers like Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines. These regional carriers serve smaller markets, facilitating connections to American Airlines hubs, and supporting operations in mainline markets. All American Eagle carriers share similar logos, uniforms, and aircraft paint schemes as American Airlines’ mainline operations. In 2023, 46 million passengers flew on American Eagle regional flights, with about 45% connecting to or from mainline flights. These flights operate under capacity purchase agreements with both third-party and wholly-owned regional carriers, controlling all aspects of marketing, scheduling, ticketing, pricing, and seat inventories. American Airlines pays fixed fees for operating specified aircraft and cover certain variable costs, such as fuel, landing fees, and insurance.[75]

### Alliance and codeshare agreements

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American Airlines is a member of the Oneworld alliance and have codeshares with the following airlines:[76]

* Aer Lingus
* Air Tahiti Nui
* Alaska Airlines
* British Airways
* Cape Air
* Cathay Pacific
* China Southern Airlines
* Etihad Airways
* Finnair
* Fiji Airways
* Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
* Hawaiian Airlines
* Iberia
* IndiGo
* Japan Airlines
* JetSmart
* LAM Mozambique Airlines
* Malaysia Airlines
* Philippine Airlines[77]
* Qantas
* Qatar Airways
* Royal Air Maroc
* Royal Jordanian
* Silver Airways
* SriLankan Airlines

### Joint ventures

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American Airlines has established three joint ventures with fellow Oneworld alliance members, expanding beyond basic codesharing to include coordinated route planning, scheduling, and revenue sharing on jointly operated routes.[78] The Atlantic Joint Business covers transatlantic flights with Aer Lingus, British Airways, Finnair and Iberia.[79][80] The Pacific Joint Business encompasses transpacific flights with Japan Airlines.[81] A joint venture with Qantas covers routes between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.[82][83]

### Interline agreements

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American Airlines have interline agreements with the following airlines:

* Singapore Airlines

## Fleet

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This section is an excerpt from American Airlines fleet.[edit]

American Airbus A320 family aircraft at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

As of May 2025[update], American Airlines fleet includes 992 mainline aircraft, making it the second largest commercial airline fleet in the world. The fleet consists of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body aircraft, and Boeing wide-body aircraft. American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s until July 20, 2011, when American announced the largest combined aircraft order in history for 260 Airbus A320 family and 200 Boeing 737 aircraft.[84] As of June 2025, American has 310 Airbus and Boeing aircraft on order along with 20 orders and 40 options for Boom Overture supersonic aircraft.[85][86] The average age of the American mainline fleet is 14.1 years as of June 2025.[87]

As of 2024, American Airlines has four maintenance bases: Tulsa International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.[88]

## Cabins

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Flagship First
Flagship First on an Airbus A321

Flagship First is American's international and transcontinental first class product. It is offered only on Boeing 777-300ERs and select Airbus A321s, which American designates "A321T". The seats are fully lie-flat and offer direct aisle access with only one on each side of the aisle in each row.[89] As with the airline's other premium cabins, Flagship First offers wider food and beverage options, larger seats, and lounge access at certain airports.[90] American offers domestic Flagship First service on transcontinental routes between New York–JFK and Los Angeles, New York–JFK and San Francisco, New York-JFK and Santa Ana, Boston and Los Angeles, and Miami and Los Angeles, as well as on the standard domestic route between New York-JFK and Boston.[91] The airline will debut new Flagship Suite premium seats and a revamped aircraft interior for its long-haul fleet with fresh deliveries of its Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 787-9 aircraft, beginning in 2024.[92]

Flagship Business
Flagship Business on an Airbus A321

Flagship Business is American's international and transcontinental business class product. It is offered on all Boeing 777-200ERs, Boeing 777-300ERs, Boeing 787-8s, and Boeing 787-9s, as well as select Airbus A321s. All Flagship Business seats are fully lie-flat.[93] The amenities in Flagship Business include complimentary alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages, multi-course meals, and lounge access.

First and Business
First/Business on a Boeing 737 MAX 8

First class is the highest class of service on domestically configured aircraft. When such aircraft are used on international services this cabin is branded as business class. Seats range from 19–21 inches (48–53 cm) in width and have 37–42 inches (94–107 cm) of pitch.[93] Dining options include complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages on all flights as well as standard economy snack offerings, enhanced snack basket selections on flights over 500 miles (800 km), and meals on flights 900 miles (1,400 km) or longer.[94]

Premium Economy

Premium Economy is American's economy plus product. It is offered on all widebody aircraft. The cabin debuted on the airline's Boeing 787-9s in late 2016[95] and is also available on Boeing 777-200s and -300s, and Boeing 787-8s. Premium Economy seats are wider than seats in the main cabin (American's economy cabin) and provide more amenities: Premium Economy customers get two free checked bags, priority boarding, and enhanced food and drink service, including free alcohol. This product made American Airlines the first U.S. carrier to offer a four-cabin aircraft.[93]

Main Cabin
Main Cabin on an Airbus A321neo

Main Cabin (economy class) is American's economy product found on all mainline and regional aircraft in its fleet. Seats range from 17–18.5 inches (43–47 cm) in width and have 30–32 inches (76–81 cm) of pitch. American markets several rows within the main cabin immediately behind Main Cabin Extra as "Main Cabin Preferred", which requires an extra charge to select for those without status.[93]

Main Cabin Extra

Main Cabin Extra seats are located in the front few rows and exit rows of the economy cabin on all aircraft and have additional pitch, complimentary alcoholic beverages and boarding one group ahead of the main cabin.[96] It is available on all of the mainline fleet and American Eagle aircraft.[93]

Basic Economy

American also offers Basic Economy, the airline's lowest main cabin fare on many routes. Basic Economy consists of a Main Cabin ticket with numerous restrictions, including waiting until check-in for a seat assignment, no upgrades or refunds, and boarding in the last group.[97] Originally Basic Economy passengers could only carry a personal item. Later, American revised their Basic Economy policies to allow for a carry-on bag.[98]

In May 2017, American announced it would add more seats to some of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets and reduce overall legroom in the basic economy class. The last three rows were to lose 2 inches (5.1 cm), going from the current 31 to 29 inches (79 to 74 cm). The remainder of the main cabin was to have 30 inches (76 cm) of legroom. This "Project Oasis" seating configuration has since been expanded to all 737 MAX 8s as well as standard Boeing 737-800 and non-transcontinental Airbus A321 jets. New Airbus A321neo jets have been delivered with the same configuration. This configuration has been considered unpopular with passengers, especially American's frequent flyers, as the new seats have less padding, less legroom, and no seatback entertainment.[99][100]

## Reward programs

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### AAdvantage

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Main article: AAdvantage

AAdvantage is the frequent flyer program for American Airlines. It was launched on May 1, 1981, and remains the largest frequent flyer program, with over 115 million members as of 2021.[101] Miles accumulated in the program allow members to redeem tickets, upgrade service class, or obtain free or discounted car rentals, hotel stays, merchandise, or other products and services through partners. The most active members, based on the accumulation of Loyalty Points with American Airlines, are designated AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum Pro, and AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite members, with privileges such as separate check-in, priority upgrade, and standby processing, or free upgrades. AAdvantage status corresponds with Oneworld status levels allowing elites to receive reciprocal benefits from American's Oneworld partner airlines.[102][better source needed]

AAdvantage co-branded credit cards are also available and offer other benefits. The cards are issued by CitiCards, a subsidiary of Citigroup, Barclaycard, and Bilt card in the United States,[103] by several banks including Butterfield Bank and Scotiabank in the Caribbean,[104][105] and by Banco Santander in Brazil.[106] In December 2024, it was announced that American would be cutting ties with Barclays and would instead be rolling members into its partnership with Citigroup starting in 2026.[107]

AAdvantage allows one-way redemption, starting at 7,500 miles.[108]

### Admirals Club

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The Admirals Club was conceived by AA president C.R. Smith as a marketing promotion shortly after he was made an honorary Texas Ranger. Inspired by the Kentucky colonels and other honorary title designations, Smith decided to make particularly valued passengers "admirals" of the "Flagship fleet" (AA called its aircraft "Flagships" at the time).[109][better source needed] The list of admirals included many celebrities, politicians, and other VIPs, as well as more "ordinary" customers who had been particularly loyal to the airline.[citation needed]

There was no physical Admirals Club until shortly after the opening of LaGuardia Airport. During the airport's construction, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia had an upper-level lounge for press conferences and business meetings. At one such press conference, he noted that the entire terminal was being offered for lease to airline tenants; after a reporter asked whether the lounge would be leased as well, LaGuardia replied that it would, and a vice president of AA immediately offered to lease the premises. The airline then procured a liquor license and began operating the lounge as the "Admirals Club" in 1939.[110]

The second Admirals Club opened at Washington National Airport. Because it was illegal to sell alcohol in Virginia at the time, the club contained refrigerators for the use of its members so they could store their liquor at the airport.[111] For many years, membership in the Admirals Club (and most other airline lounges) was by the airline's invitation. After a passenger sued for discrimination,[112] the club switched to a paid membership program in 1974.[113][114]

### Flagship Lounge

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Though affiliated with the Admirals Club and staffed by many of the same employees, the Flagship Lounge is a separate lounge designed explicitly for customers flying in first class and business class on international flights and transcontinental domestic flights.[115]

## Corporate affairs

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### Business trends

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The key trends for American Airlines are (as of the financial year ending 31 December):[116]

| Revenue
(US$ m)[a] | Net income
(US$ m)[a] | Number of
employees
(FTE, k)[b] | Passenger
enplanements
(m)[a] | Passenger
load factor
(%)[a] | Fleet size[b] | References

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2015  | 40,990  | 7,610  | 99  | 201  | 83.0  | 946  | [117]
2016  | 40,142  | 2,676  | 101  | 198  | 81.7  | 930  | [118]
2017  | 42,622  | 1,919  | 103  | 194  | 81.9  | 948  | [119]
2018  | 44,541  | 1,412  | 102  | 203  | 82.0  | 956  | [120]
2019  | 45,768  | 1,686  | 104  | 215  | 84.6  | 942  | [121]
2020  | 17,337  | −8,885 | 78  | 95  | 64.1  | 855  | [122]
2021  | 29,882  | −1,993 | 97  | 165  | 75.3  | 865  | [123]
2022  | 48,971  | 127  | 102  | 199  | 82.9  | 925  | [124]
2023  | 52,788  | 822  | 103  | 210  | 83.5  | 965  | [125]
2024  | 54,211  | 846  | 103  | 226  | 84.9  | 977  | [126]

### Ownership and structure

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American Airlines, Inc., is publicly traded through its parent company, American Airlines Group Inc., under NASDAQ: AAL Nasdaq: AAL, with a market capitalization of about $11 billion as of 2024, and is included in the S&P 500 index.[47]

American Eagle is a network of six regional carriers that operate under a codeshare and service agreement with American, operating flights to destinations in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Mexico. Three of these carriers are independent, and three are subsidiaries of American Airlines Group: Envoy Air Inc., Piedmont Airlines, Inc., and PSA Airlines Inc.[47]

### Headquarters

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Image of the signs of the former headquarters

American Airlines is headquartered across several buildings in Fort Worth, Texas that it calls the "Robert L. Crandall Campus" in honor of former president and CEO Robert Crandall. The 1,700,000-square-foot (160,000 m2), five-building office complex called was designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.[127] The campus is located on 300 acres, adjacent to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, American's fortress hub.[128]

Before it was headquartered in Texas, American Airlines was headquartered at 633 Third Avenue in the Murray Hill area of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.[129][130] In 1979, American moved its headquarters to a site at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which affected up to 1,300 jobs. Mayor of New York City Ed Koch described the move as a "betrayal" of New York City.[131] American moved to two leased office buildings in Grand Prairie, Texas.[132] On January 17, 1983, the airline finished moving into a $150 million ($474,000,000 when adjusted for inflation), 550,000-square-foot (51,000 m2) facility in Fort Worth; $147 million (about $464,000,000 when adjusted for inflation) in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport bonds financed the headquarters. The airline began leasing the facility from the airport, which owns the facility.[132] Following the merger of US Airways and American Airlines, the new company consolidated its corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, abandoning the US Airways headquarters in Phoenix, AZ.

As of 2015, American Airlines is the corporation with the most significant presence in Fort Worth.[133]

In 2015, American announced it would build a new headquarters in Fort Worth. Groundbreaking began in the spring of 2016, and occupancy was completed in September 2019.[134] The airline plans to house 5,000 new workers in the building.[133]

It will be located on a 41-acre (17 ha) property adjacent to the airline's flight academy and conference and training center, west of Texas State Highway 360, 2 miles (3.2 km)[134] west from the current headquarters. The airline will lease 300 acres (120 ha) from Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport, and this area will include the headquarters.[133] Construction of the new headquarters began after the demolition of the Sabre facility, previously on the site.[134]

The airline considered developing a new headquarters in Irving, Texas, on the old Texas Stadium site, before deciding to keep the headquarters in Fort Worth.[133]

### Corporate identity

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American Airlines' fourth logo, used until 2013

#### Logo

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In 1931, an American employee, Goodrich Murphy designed the AA logo as an entry in a logo contest. The eagle in the logo was copied from a Scottish hotel brochure.[135] The logo was redesigned by Massimo Vignelli in 1967.[136][137] Thirty years later, in 1997, American Airlines was able to make its logo Internet-compatible by buying the domain AA.com. AA is also American's two-letter IATA airline designator.[138]

On January 17, 2013, American launched a new rebranding and marketing campaign with FutureBrand dubbed "A New American". This included a new logo, which includes elements of the 1967 logo.[139]

American Airlines faced difficulty obtaining copyright registration for their 2013 logo. On June 3, 2016, American Airlines sought to register it with the United States Copyright Office,[140] but in October of that year, the Copyright Office ruled that the logo was ineligible for copyright protection, as it did not pass the threshold of originality, and was thus in the public domain.[140] American requested that the Copyright Office reconsider. Still, on January 8, 2018, the Copyright Office affirmed its initial determination.[140][141] After American Airlines submitted additional materials, the Copyright Office reversed its decision on December 7, 2018, and ruled that the logo contained enough creativity to merit copyright protection.[142]

#### Aircraft livery

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American's early liveries varied widely, but a standard livery was adopted in the 1930s, featuring an eagle painted on the fuselage.[143] The eagle became a symbol of the company and inspired the name of American Eagle Airlines. Propeller aircraft featured an international orange lightning bolt running down the length of the fuselage, which was replaced by a simpler orange stripe with the introduction of jets.[144]

In the late 1960s, American commissioned designer Massimo Vignelli to develop a new livery. The original design called for a red, white, and blue stripe on the fuselage and a simple "AA" logo, without an eagle, on the tail; instead, Vignelli created a highly stylized eagle, which remained the company's logo until January 16, 2013.[145]

American's previous livery on an MD-83 at O'Hare International Airport in May 2012

On January 17, 2013, American unveiled a new livery.[146] Before then, American had been the only major U.S. airline to leave most of its aircraft surfaces unpainted. This was because C. R. Smith would not say he liked painted aircraft and refused to use any liveries that involved painting the entire plane. Robert "Bob" Crandall later justified the distinctive natural metal finish by noting that less paint reduced the aircraft's weight, thus saving fuel costs.[147]

In January 2013, American launched a new rebranding and marketing campaign dubbed "The New American." In addition to a new logo, American Airlines introduced a new livery for its fleet. The airline calls the new livery and branding "a clean and modern update".[148] The current design features an abstract American flag on the tail, along with a silver-painted fuselage, as a throw-back to the old livery. The new design was painted by Leading Edge Aviation Services in California.[149] Doug Parker, the incoming CEO, indicated that the new livery could be short-lived, stating that "[the] only reason this is an issue now is that they just did it right in the middle [of the merger], which kind of makes it confusing, so that allows us, actually, to decide if we are going to do something different because we have so many airplanes to paint".[150] The current logo and livery have had mixed criticism, with Design Shack editor Joshua Johnson writing that they "boldly and proudly communicate the concepts of American pride and freedom wrapped into a shape that instantly makes you think about an airplane",[151] and AskThePilot.com author Patrick Smith describing the logo as a linoleum knife poking through a shower curtain'.[152] Later in January 2013, Bloomberg asked the designer of the 1968 American Airlines logo (Massimo Vignelli) on his opinion over the rebranding.[153]

Boeing 737-800 in the current livery at Boston Logan International Airport in June 2013US Airways livery at Las Vegas - McCarran International Airport (LAS / KLAS) USA - Nevada taken October 24, 2015

In the end, American let their employees decide the new livery's fate. On an internal website for employees, American posted two options, one the new livery and one a modified version of the old livery. All of the American Airlines Group employees (including US Airways and other affiliates) were able to vote.[154] American ultimately decided to keep the new look. Parker announced that American would keep a US Airways and America West heritage aircraft in the fleet, with plans to add a heritage TWA aircraft and a heritage American plane with the old livery.[155] As of September 2019, American has heritage aircraft for Piedmont, PSA, America West, US Airways, Reno Air, TWA, Allegheny, and AirCal in their fleet.[156][157] They also have two AA branded heritage 737-800 aircraft, an AstroJet N905NN,[158] and the polished aluminum livery used from 1967 to 2013, N921NN.[159]

#### Customer Service

[edit]

American, both before and after the merger with US Airways, has consistently performed poorly in rankings. The Wall Street Journal's annual airline rankings have ranked American as the worst or second-worst U.S. carrier for ten of the past twelve years, and in the bottom three of U.S. Airlines for at least the past twelve years. The airline has persistently performed poorly in the areas of losing checked luggage and bumping passengers due to oversold flights.[160]

### Worker relations

[edit]

The main representatives of key groups of employees are:

* The Allied Pilots Association is an in-house union which represents the nearly 15,000 American Airlines pilots; it was created in 1963 after the pilots left the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).[161] However the majority of American Eagle pilots are ALPA members.[162]
* The Association of Professional Flight Attendants represents American Airlines flight attendants, including former USAirways flight attendants.[163]
* Flight attendants at wholly owned regional carriers (Envoy, Piedmont, and PSA) are all represented by Association of Flight Attendants – Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA). US Airways flight attendants were active members of AFA-CWA before the merger, and they are honorary lifetime members. AFA-CWA is the largest flight attendant union in the industry.[164]
* The Transport Workers Union-International Association of Machinists alliance (TWU-IAM) represents the majority of American Airlines employed fleet service agents, mechanics, and other ground workers.[165]
* American's customer service and gate employees belong to the Communications Workers of America/International Brotherhood of Teamsters Passenger Service Association.[166]
* PAFCA-AAL represents the nearly 550 FAA-certificated Aircraft Dispatchers and Operations Specialists at American Airlines. This specialized group, many of whom are licensed pilots, former Air Traffic Control personnel, and military airmen share equal responsibility with the Pilot-in-Command for the safe conduct of each the flight.[167]

### Subsidiary companies

[edit]

#### Sky Chefs

[edit]

In 1942, American Airlines established Sky Chefs, a wholly-owned subsidiary, as a catering company to serve their fleet.[168] In 1986, Sky Chefs was sold to Toronto-based Onex Capital Corporation for $170 million.[168][169] Sky Chefs became a subsidiary of Onex Food Services Inc.[170][citation needed] Since 2001, it has been fully owned by the LSG Group.[171][172]

#### Flagship Hotels / Americana Hotels

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In the late-1960s, American Airlines established the Flagship Hotels chain as a subsidiary of Sky Chefs. On July 21, 1972, American Airlines leased four hotels from the Loews Corporation, three of them branded as Americana Hotels, for a period of thirty years. American merged the hotels with their Flagship Hotels, and rebranded the entire chain as Americana Hotels.[173] In 1980, American Airlines sold Americana Hotels to Bass Brothers Enterprises of Fort Worth, Texas.[174]

## Concerns and conflicts

[edit]

### Environmental violations

[edit]

Between October 1993 to July 1998, American Airlines was repeatedly cited for using high-sulfur fuel in motor vehicles at 10 major airports around the country, a violation of the Clean Air Act.[175]

### Lifetime AAirpass

[edit]

Main article: AAirpass

In 1981, as a means of creating revenue in a period of loss-making, American Airlines offered a lifetime pass of unlimited travel for the initial cost of $250,000.[176][177] This entitled the pass holder to fly anywhere in the world. Twenty-eight were sold. However, after some time, the airline realized they were making losses on the tickets, with the ticketholders costing them up to $1 million each. Ticketholders were booking large numbers of flights with some ticketholders flying interstate for lunch or flying to London multiple times a month. AA raised the cost of the lifetime pass to $3 million, and then finally stopped offering it in 2003. AA then used litigation to cancel two of the lifetime offers, saying the passes "had been terminated due to fraudulent activity".[178]

### Cabin fume events

[edit]

* In 1988, on American Airlines Flight 132's approach into Nashville, flight attendants notified the cockpit that there was smoke in the cabin. The flight crew in the cockpit ignored the warning, as on a prior flight, a fume event had occurred due to a problem with the auxiliary power unit. However, the smoke on Flight 132 was caused by improperly packaged hazardous materials. According to the NTSB inquiry, the cockpit crew persistently refused to acknowledge that there was a serious threat to the aircraft or the passengers, even after they were told that the floor was becoming soft and passengers had to be reseated. As a result, the aircraft was not evacuated immediately on landing, exposing the crew and passengers to the threat of smoke and fire longer than necessary.[179][180]
* On April 11, 2007, toxic smoke and oil fumes leaked into the aircraft cabin as American Airlines Flight 843 taxied to the gate. A flight attendant who was present in the cabin subsequently filed a lawsuit against Boeing, stating that she was diagnosed with neurotoxic disorder due to her exposure to the fumes, which caused her to experience memory loss, tremors, and severe headaches. She settled with the company in 2011.[181]
* In 2009, Mike Holland, deputy chairman for radiation and environmental issues at the Allied Pilots Association and an American Airlines pilot, said that the pilot union had started alerting pilots of the danger of contaminated bleed air, including contacting crew members that the union thinks were exposed to contamination based on maintenance records and pilot logs.[182]
* In a January 2017 incident on American Airlines Flight 1896, seven flight attendants were hospitalized after a strange odor was detected in the cabin. The Airbus A330 involved subsequently underwent a "thorough maintenance inspection", having been involved in three fume events in three months.[183][184]
* In August 2018, American Airlines flight attendants picketed in front of the Fort Worth company headquarters over a change in sick day policy, complaining that exposure to ill passengers, toxic uniforms, toxic cabin air, radiation exposure, and other issues were causing them to be sick.[185][186]
* In January 2019, two pilots and three flight attendants on Flight 1897 from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale were hospitalized following complaints of a strange odor.[187][188]

### Discrimination complaints

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On October 24, 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for American Airlines urging African Americans to "exercise caution" when traveling with the airline. The NAACP issued the advisory after four incidents. In one incident, a black woman was moved from first class to coach while her white traveling companion was allowed to remain in first class. In another incident, a black man was forced to give up his seats after being confronted by two unruly white passengers.[189] According to the NAACP, while they did receive complaints on other airlines, most of their complaints in the year before their advisory were on American Airlines.[190] In July 2018, the NAACP lifted their travel advisory saying that American has made improvements to mitigate discrimination and unsafe treatment of African Americans.[191]

## Accidents and incidents

[edit]

This section is an excerpt from List of American Airlines accidents and incidents.[edit]

As of January 2025, American Airlines has had almost 60 aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of a Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931.[192][193] Of the hull losses, most were propeller-driven aircraft, including three Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft (of which one, the crash in 1959 of Flight 320, resulted in fatalities).[193] The two accidents with the highest fatalities in both the airline's and U.S. aviation history were Flight 191 in 1979 and Flight 587 in 2001.[194]

Out of the 17 hijackings of American Airlines flights, two aircraft were hijacked and destroyed in the September 11 attacks: Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.[195] Flight 11, which is responsible for an estimated 1,700 deaths, is the deadliest air crash in the history of aviation.

Two training flight accidents have occurred in which the crew was killed and six that resulted in no fatalities.[193] Another four jet aircraft have been written off due to incidents while they were parked between flights or while undergoing maintenance.[193]

## Carbon footprint

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American Airlines reported total CO2e emissions (direct and indirect) for the twelve months ending December 31, 2020, at 20,092 Kt (-21,347 /-51.5% y-o-y).[196] The company aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.[197] In November 2023, American Airlines purchased the first carbon credit contract (for 10,000 metric tons of CO2 sequestered at $100 per ton) from Graphyte, a carbon removal startup company invested in by Breakthrough Energy that compresses sawdust, tree bark, rice hulls, plant stalks, and other agricultural waste into biomass bricks wrapped in a polymer barrier to prevent decomposition that are stored underground.[198][199]

American Airline's annual total CO2e emissions - Location-based scope 1 + scope 2 (in kilotonnes)  Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020

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39,254[200] | 39,388[201] | 40,604[202] | 41,439[203] | 20,092[196]

## Emissions and reporting

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American Airlines emitted roughly between 40,000,000-45,000,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MTCDE) annually between 2014-2019.[204] In 2020, emissions declined to 20,000,000 MTCDE as a result of travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic,[205] and have since increased back up to 40,000,000 MTCDE in 2023.[204] According to Bloomberg terminal data, American Airlines receives an overall Environmental Social Governance (ESG) score of 5.82, which is ranked as a “leading” score compared to competitors in the industry.[204]

Bloomberg calculates ESG scores on a scale of 1 to 10 by compiling publicly available environmental, social, and governance data such as greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, water usage, human rights practices, employee diversity, and board composition.[206][207] American Airlines is not in compliance with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) due to the lack of information published by the Airline relating to pollution and waste.[208] TNFD is a reporting framework that provides guidance for effective environmental reporting.

## Climate change implications

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Climate change is affecting the company’s operations through extreme weather events that interrupt flight patterns. Extreme heat causes air density to decrease which makes it harder for planes to take off, causing the airline to burn more fuel, and therefore affecting both profits and the planet.[209] High temperatures can also affect the weight limit, reducing the maximum revenue generated by each flight.[209] A Harvard University study estimates that 30% of the flights departing during the hottest times of the day will not be able to carry their weight capacity by 2050.[209]

## See also

[edit]

* AAirpass
* Air transportation in the United States
* List of airlines of the United States
* List of airports in the United States
* US Airways, which merged with American Airlines in 2015

## Notes and references

[edit]

Notes

1. ^ a b c d Airline group
2. ^ a b Mainline

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## Further reading

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* Bedwell, Don (1999). Silverbird: the American Airlines story. Sandpoint, Idaho: Airways International. ISBN 0-9653993-6-2. OCLC 43762553. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
* Capozzi, John M. (2001). A spirit of greatness: stories from the employees of American Airlines (1st ed.). Fairfield, Conn.: JMC Pub. Services. ISBN 0-9656410-3-1. OCLC 40986912. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
* Casey, Albert V. (1997). Casey's law: if something can go right, it should (1st ed.). New York: Arcade Pub. ISBN 1-55970-307-5. OCLC 32430679. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
* Endres, Günter (1998). McDonnell Douglas DC-10. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7603-0617-6.
* Forty, Simon (1997). American Airlines. Vergennes, VT: Plymouth Press. ISBN 1-882663-21-7. OCLC 39542166. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
* Hieger, Linda H. (2010). With wings of silver and gold: the history and uniforms of American Airlines stewardesses/flight attendants. United States. ISBN 978-1-60458-271-0. OCLC 682191394. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Reed, Dan (1993). The American eagle: the ascent of Bob Crandall and American Airlines (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-08696-2. OCLC 27173065. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
* Serling, Robert J. (1985). Eagle: the story of American Airlines (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's/Marek. ISBN 0-312-22453-2. OCLC 12107802. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
* Waddington, Terry (2000). McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Miami, Florida: World Transport Press. ISBN 1-892437-04-X.
* International directory of company histories. Vol. 27. Detroit, Mich.: St. James Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-55862-668-3. OCLC 769042340. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.

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Mainline|

* Alaska Airlines
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* Avelo Airlines2
* Breeze Airways1
* Delta Air Lines
* Frontier Airlines2
* Hawaiian Airlines
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* Spirit Airlines2
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* CommuteAir
* Endeavor Air
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* GoJet Airlines
* Horizon Air
* Mesa Airlines
* Piedmont Airlines
* PSA Airlines
* Republic Airways
* SkyWest Airlines

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Independent|

* Advanced Air
* Air Flamenco
* Aleutian Airways
* Bering Air
* Boutique Air
* Cape Air
* Contour Airlines
* Denver Air Connection
* Gem Air
* Grant Aviation
* Island Airways
* JSX
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* Southern Airways Express
* Star Marianas Air
* Surf Air
* Taquan Air
* Tradewind Aviation
* Tropic Ocean Airways
* Vieques Air Link
* Warbelow's Air Ventures
* Wright Air Service

Cargo|

* ABX Air
* Air Cargo Carriers
* Air Transport International
* AirNet Express
* Alaska Central Express
* Aloha Air Cargo
* Alpine Air Express
* Amazon Air
* Ameriflight
* Amerijet International
* Ameristar Jet Charter
* Asia Pacific Airlines
* Atlas Air
* Baron Aviation Services
* Bemidji Airlines
* Castle Aviation
* Corporate Air
* CSA Air
* Empire Airlines
* Everts Air Cargo
* FedEx Express
* Freight Runners Express
* Kalitta Air
* Kalitta Charters II
* Lynden Air Cargo
* Martinaire
* Merlin Airways
* Mountain Air Cargo
* National Airlines
* Northern Air Cargo
* Polar Air Cargo
* Royal Air Freight
* Ryan Air Services
* Sky Lease Cargo
* Transair
* UPS Airlines
* USA Jet Airlines
* West Air
* Western Global Airlines
* Wiggins Airways

Charter|

* Airstream Jets
* Air Wisconsin
* Alerion Aviation
* Berry Aviation
* Bighorn Airways
* Choice Airways
* Contour Aviation
* Eastern Air Express
* Eastern Airlines
* ExcelAire
* Global Crossing Airlines
* Gryphon Airlines
* IBC Airways
* KaiserAir
* L-3 Flight International Aviation
* NetJets
* New Pacific Airlines
* Omni Air International
* Pacific Coast Jet
* Pentastar Aviation
* Phoenix Air
* PlaneSense
* Presidential Airways
* Sierra Pacific Airlines
* Skymax
* Superior Air Charter
* Superior Aviation
* Talkeetna Air Taxi
* Ultimate Jet
* Wheels Up
* World Atlantic Airlines
* XOJET

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* Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines
* Griffing Flying Service
* Penobscot Island Air
* Utah Airways

Air ambulance|

* Air Evac Lifeteam
* AirMed International
* Air Methods
* Boston MedFlight
* Critical Air Medicine
* Life Flight Network
* Lifestar
* Petroleum Helicopters International

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* Comco
* Janet
* JPATS
* Patriot Express

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Former holding companies|

* AMR Corporation
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* America West Holdings

Former marketing brands|

* US Airways Express
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Members of Oneworld

Current members|

| Founding members|

* American Airlines
* British Airways
* Cathay Pacific
* Qantas

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Full members|

* Alaska Airlines
* Fiji Airways
* Finnair
* Iberia
* Japan Airlines
* Malaysia Airlines
* Oman Air
* Qatar Airways
* Royal Air Maroc
* Royal Jordanian
* SriLankan Airlines

Affiliate members|

* American Eagle
* BA CityFlyer
* BA EuroFlyer
* Fiji Link
* Hokkaido Air System
* Horizon Air
* Iberia Express
* Iberia Regional
* J-Air
* Japan Air Commuter
* Japan Transocean Air
* Nordic Regional Airlines
* QantasLink
* Royal Air Maroc Express
* SkyWest Airlines
* Sun-Air

Future members|

* Hawaiian Airlines

Former members|

* Aer Lingus
* Air Berlin
* Canadian Airlines
* LATAM
* Malév
* Mexicana

Suspended members|

* S7 Airlines

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Members|

* Alaska Airlines
* American Airlines
* Atlas Air
* Delta Air Lines
* FedEx Express
* Hawaiian Airlines
* JetBlue
* Southwest Airlines
* United Airlines
* UPS Airlines

Associate members|

* Air Canada

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Members of the International Air Transport Association

Africa and the Middle East Region

* Africa World Airlines
* AfriJet
* Air Algérie
* Air Arabia
* Air Botswana
* Air Burkina
* Air Cairo
* Air Mauritius
* Air Peace
* Air Seychelles
* Air Tanzania
* Airlink
* Allied Air
* AlMasria Universal Airlines
* ASKY Airlines
* Badr Airlines
* Camair-Co
* Congo Airways
* DHL International Aviation ME
* Egyptair
* Emirates
* Ethiopian Airlines
* Etihad Airways
* Fly Baghdad
* Flydubai
* Flynas
* Gulf Air
* Iran Air
* Iran Airtour
* Iran Aseman Airlines
* Jazeera Airways
* Jordan Aviation
* Kam Air
* Kenya Airways
* Kuwait Airways
* LAM Mozambique Airlines
* Madagascar Airlines
* Mauritania Airlines
* Middle East Airlines
* Nesma Airlines
* Nile Air
* Nouvelair
* Oman Air
* Overland Airways
* Precision Air
* Qatar Airways
* Royal Air Maroc
* Royal Jordanian
* RwandAir
* Safair
* Saudia
* South African Airways
* Syrian Air
* TAAG Angola Airlines
* Tassili Airlines
* Tunisair

Asia-Pacific Region

* Air Calédonie
* Air Cambodia
* Air India
* Air New Zealand
* Air Niugini
* Air Tahiti
* Air Tahiti Nui
* Aircalin
* All Nippon Airways
* Asiana Airlines
* Bamboo Airways
* Bangkok Airways
* Batik Air
* Batik Air Malaysia
* Biman Bangladesh Airlines
* Cebu Pacific
* Fiji Airways
* Garuda Indonesia
* IndiGo
* Japan Airlines
* Japan Transocean Air
* Jeju Air
* Jin Air
* Korean Air
* Lao Airlines
* Malaysia Airlines
* Myanmar Airways International
* Nippon Cargo Airlines
* Pakistan International Airlines
* Philippine Airlines
* Qantas
* Royal Brunei Airlines
* Scoot
* Singapore Airlines
* Solomon Airlines
* SpiceJet
* SriLankan Airlines
* T'way Air
* Thai Airways International
* Thai Lion Air
* VietJet Air
* Vietnam Airlines
* Virgin Australia
* Vistara

China and North Asia Region

* Air Changan
* Air China
* Air Guilin
* Air Koryo
* Air Macau
* Beijing Capital Airlines
* Cathay Pacific
* China Airlines
* China Cargo Airlines
* China Eastern Airlines
* China Express Airlines
* China Postal Airlines
* China Southern Airlines
* EVA Air
* Fuzhou Airlines
* GX Airlines
* Hainan Airlines
* Hebei Airlines
* Hong Kong Airlines
* Hong Kong Express
* Juneyao Air
* Kunming Airlines
* Loong Air
* Lucky Air
* Mandarin Airlines
* MIAT Mongolian Airlines
* Okay Airways
* Ruili Airlines
* SF Airlines
* Shandong Airlines
* Shanghai Airlines
* Shenzhen Airlines
* Sichuan Airlines
* Suparna Airlines
* Tianjin Airlines
* UNI Air
* Urumqi Air
* West Air
* XiamenAir
* YTO Cargo Airlines

Europe Region

* Aegean Airlines
* Aer Lingus
* Aeroflot
* Air Astana
* Air Austral
* airBaltic
* Air Caraïbes
* Air Corsica
* Air Dolomiti
* Air Europa
* Air France
* Air Malta
* Air Moldova
* Air Montenegro
* Air Nostrum
* Air Serbia
* AirBridgeCargo
* AlbaStar
* Amelia International
* APG Airlines
* Arkia
* ASL Airlines Belgium
* ASL Airlines France
* ASL Airlines Ireland
* Atlantic Airways
* Austrian Airlines
* Azerbaijan Airlines
* Azores Airlines
* Belavia
* Binter Canarias
* Braathens Regional Aviation
* British Airways
* Brussels Airlines
* Bulgaria Air
* Cargolux
* Carpatair
* Challenge Airlines IL
* CityJet
* Condor
* Corendon Airlines
* Corsair International
* Croatia Airlines
* Cyprus Airways
* Czech Airlines
* DHL Air UK
* Eastern Airways
* Edelweiss Air
* El Al
* EuroAtlantic Airways
* European Air Transport Leipzig
* Eurowings
* Finnair
* FlyOne
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* Georgian Airways
* Hi Fly
* Iberia
* Iberojet
* Icelandair
* Israir
* ITA Airways
* KLM
* La Compagnie
* LOT Polish Airlines
* Lufthansa
* Cargo
* CityLine
* Luxair
* Martinair
* MNG Airlines
* Neos
* NordStar
* Nordwind Airlines
* Olympic Air
* Pegas Fly
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* PopulAir
* Portugália Airlines
* Poste Air Cargo
* Privilege Style
* Qazaq Air
* Rossiya Airlines
* RusLine
* S7 Airlines
* SATA Air Açores
* Scandinavian Airlines
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* Silk Way West Airlines
* Smartavia
* Smartwings
* Somon Air
* SunExpress
* Swiss International Air Lines
* TAP Air Portugal
* TAROM
* TUIfly
* Turkish Airlines
* Ukraine International Airlines
* Ural Airlines
* Utair
* Uzbekistan Airways
* Virgin Atlantic
* Volotea
* Vueling
* Wamos Air
* White Airways
* Widerøe
* World2Fly

The Americas Region

* ABX Air
* Aerolíneas Argentinas
* Aeromar
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* Air Canada
* Air Transat
* Alaska Airlines
* American Airlines
* Atlas Air
* Avianca
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* Azul Brazilian Airlines
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* Boliviana de Aviación
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* Caribbean Airlines
* Copa Airlines
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* Cubana de Aviación
* Delta Air Lines
* Eastern Airlines
* FedEx Express
* Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
* Hawaiian Airlines
* JetBlue
* LATAM Airlines Group
* LATAM Brasil
* LATAM Cargo Brasil
* LATAM Cargo Chile
* LATAM Colombia
* LATAM Ecuador
* LATAM Paraguay
* LATAM Perú
* Mas Air
* National Airlines
* Paranair
* Polar Air Cargo
* Ravn Alaska
* Sky Airline
* United Airlines
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* Volaris
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US air carriers regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board at the time of the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act

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* Aloha Airlines
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* Continental Airlines
* Eastern Air Lines
* Frontier Airlines
* Hughes Airwest
* National Airlines
* North Central Airlines
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* Pan Am
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