American Airlines fleet

Extensive overview of American Airlines airplanes current and historic

This article is about the mainline American Airlines fleet, including the historical fleet. For information about the fleet of American's regional operations, see American Eagle (airline brand) § Fleet.

American Airbus A320 family aircraft at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

As of April 2024[update], the American Airlines fleet consists of 960 mainline aircraft, making it the second-largest commercial airline fleet in the world.[1][2][3] American Airlines operates aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Airbus.

Over 80% of American's aircraft are narrow-bodies from the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 family. It is the largest A320 family aircraft operator in the world, as well as the largest operator of the A319 and A321 variants.[4]

American's wide-body aircraft are all Boeing airliners; however, the majority of the airline’s total fleet consists of Airbus aircraft. American Airlines is the world's largest operator of the 787-8, the smallest variant of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.[5]

American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s.[6] This strategy shifted on July 20, 2011, when American announced the largest combined aircraft order in history for 460 narrow-body jets: 260 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family and 200 Boeing 737s, consisting of 100 Boeing 737NG, 100 737 MAX, 130 Airbus A320ceo family and 130 A320neo family.[7][8] Additional Airbus aircraft joined the fleet in 2013 after the merger with US Airways, which operated a nearly all Airbus fleet.[9] As of March 2024, American has 331 aircraft on order from Airbus and Boeing.

## Current fleet[edit]

As of April 2024,[update] American Airlines operates the following mainline aircraft:[1]

Aircraft  | In
service  | Orders  | Passengers  | Notes

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F | J | W | Y+ | Y | Total
Airbus A319-100 | 133  | -- | 8  | -- | -- | 24  | 96  | 128  |
12  | -- | -- | 24  | 96  | 132  | 32 aircraft to be refitted.[10]
Airbus A320-200 | 48  | -- | 12  | -- | -- | 18  | 120  | 150  |
Airbus A321-200 | 202  | -- | 20  | -- | -- | 35  | 135  | 190  |
16  | -- | 10 | 20 | -- | 36  | 36  | 102  | Transcontinental configuration.[11]
To be retrofitted into standard configuration.[12]
Airbus A321neo | 70  | 85[13] | 20  | -- | -- | 35  | 141  | 196  |
3  | 7  | 16  | -- | -- | 24  | 150  | 190  | Former Alaska Airlines aircraft.[14]
Airbus A321XLR | -- | 50  | -- | 20 | 12  | 123 | 155  | Deliveries begin in 2024.[12][15]
Boeing 737-800 | 303  | -- | 16  | -- | -- | 24  | 132  | 172  |
Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 59  | 41[13] |
Boeing 737 MAX 10 | -- | 115[16] | TBA |
Boeing 777-200ER | 47  | -- | -- | 37 | 24  | 66  | 146  | 273  |
Boeing 777-300ER | 20  | -- | 8 | 52 | 28  | 28  | 188  | 304  |
-- | 70 | 44  | TBA | Retrofit to commence in 2024.[17]
Boeing 787-8 | 37  | -- | -- | 20 | 28  | 48  | 138  | 234  | Largest operator.[5]
Boeing 787-9 | 22  | -- | -- | 30 | 21  | 27  | 207  | 285  |
-- | 30  | -- | 51 | 32  | 18  | 143  | 244  | Deliveries begin in 2024.[17]
Total  | 960  | 328  |

### Gallery[edit]

* Airbus A319-100

* Airbus A320-200

* Airbus A321-200

* Airbus A321neo

* Boeing 737-800

* Boeing 737 MAX 8

* Boeing 777-200ER

* Boeing 777-300ER

* Boeing 787-8

* Boeing 787-9

## Fleet history[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2018)

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Retired American Airlines mainline fleet  Aircraft  | Total  | Introduced  | Retired  | Replacement  | Notes  | Refs

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Jet Aircraft
Airbus A300B4-600R | 35  | 1988  | 2009  | Un­known  | One crashed as Flight 587.  | [18]
Airbus A330-200 | 15  | 2013  | 2020  | Boeing 787-9 | Former US Airways fleet.
Early retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  | [19]
Airbus A330-300 | 9  | [20][21]
BAe 146-100 | 1  | 1987  | 1988  | Un­known  | Leased from British Aerospace.  | [citation needed]
BAe 146-200 | 7  | 1990  | Un­known  | Former AirCal fleet.
BAC 111-401AK | 30  | 1965  | 1973  | Un­known  |  | [22]
Boeing 707-120B | 56  | 1959  | 1979  | Un­known  | Including 25 re-equipped with turbofans.  |
Boeing 707-320B | 10  | 1967  | 1981  | Un­known  |  | [23][24]
Boeing 707-320C | 34  | 1963  | Un­known  |  | [25]
Boeing 717-200 | 29  | 2001  | 2003  | Un­known  | Former Trans World Airlines fleet.  | [26]
Boeing 720B | 25  | 1961  | 1975  | Un­known  | Including ten 10 re-equipped with turbofans.  | [27]
Boeing 727-100 | 59  | 1964  | 1994  | Un­known  | One crashed as Flight 625.  |
Boeing 727-200 | 125  | 1968  | 2002  | Boeing 737-800 |  | [28]
Boeing 737-100 | 2  | 1987  | 1988  | Un­known  | Former AirCal fleet.  | [citation needed]
Boeing 737-200 | 21  | 1991  | Un­known
Boeing 737-300 | 8  | 1992  | Un­known
Boeing 737-400 | 14  | 2013  | 2015  | Un­known  | Former US Airways fleet. Never flew under American brand name.  | [29]
Boeing 747-100 | 9  | 1970  | 1985  | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 |  |
Boeing 747-100SF | 7  | 1976  | 1989  | Un­known  | Cargo fleet  | [25]
Boeing 747-200C | 1  | 1984  | 1984  | None  | Leased from World Airways.  | [30]
Boeing 747SP | 2  | 1986  | 1992  | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |  | [31]
Boeing 757-200 | 177  | 1989  | 2020  | Airbus A321-200
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321XLR | Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One crashed as Flight 965.
One hijacked and crashed into The Pentagon as Flight 77, as part of the September 11 attacks.  | [21]
Boeing 767-200 | 30  | 1982  | 2014  | Airbus A321-200
Boeing 767-300ER
Boeing 777-200ER |  | [32]
Boeing 767-200ER | 1984  | One hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as Flight 11, as part of the September 11 attacks.  | [32]
10  | 2013  | 2015  | Airbus A330-200 | Former US Airways fleet. Never flew under American brand name.
Boeing 767-300ER | 67  | 1988  | 2020  | Airbus A321XLR
Boeing 787-8 | Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One unsuccessfully bombed as Flight 63.
One written off as Flight 383.  | [21]
Convair 990 | 20  | 1962  | 1972  | Un­known  |  |
Douglas DC-8-54CF | 2  | 1971  | 1972  | Un­known  | Former Trans Caribbean Airways fleet.  |
Douglas DC-8-55CF | 1  | 1972  | Un­known  |
Douglas DC-8-61CF | 3  | 1971  | Un­known  |
Embraer E190 | 20  | 2013  | 2020  | Airbus A319-100
Embraer 175 | Former US Airways fleet.
Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  | [21]
Fokker 100 | 75  | 1991  | 2004  | Bombardier CRJ700 series |  | [33][34]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 | 55  | 1971  | 2000  | Boeing 767-300ER
Boeing 777-200ER | Operated the world's first scheduled DC-10 service (between Los Angeles and Chicago) on August 5, 1971.
One damaged as Flight 96. One crashed as Flight 191.  | [35]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | 11  | 1981  |  | [36]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | 19  | 1991  | 2001  |  | [37]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 270  | 1983  | 2019  | Airbus A320 family
Airbus A321neo
Boeing 737 MAX | One crashed as  Flight 1420.
One donated to Lewis University in 2019.  | [38]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 108  | 1987  | One damaged as Flight 1572.
One donated to George T. Baker Aviation School in 2010.
One donated to Career Technology Center in 2019.
Includes N984TW, the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 ever built.
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 5  | 1999  | 2003  | Un­known  | Former Reno Air fleet.  | [39]
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 | 5  | 2005  | Un­known  | [40]
Propeller aircraft
Convair CV-240 | 80  | 1948  | 1964  | Un­known  |  |
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan | 5  | 1976  | 1982  | Un­known  | Operated by American Inter-Island Airlines for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.  | [41]
Douglas DC-2 | 16  | 1934  | 1936  | Un­known  |  |
Douglas DC-3 | 113  | 1936  | 1955  | Un­known  | Operated the world's first scheduled DC-3 service (from Newark to Chicago) on June 26, 1936.  |
Douglas DC-4 | 53  | 1946  | 1958  | Un­known  |  |
Douglas DC-6 | 88  | 1946  | 1966  | Un­known  | One crashed as Flight 157.  |
Douglas DC-7 | 58  | 1953  | 1967  | Un­known  |  |
Lockheed L-188A Electra | 35  | 1958  | 1972  | Un­known  |  |

## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

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2. ^ "Delta Air Lines Fleet details". flightradar24.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
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4. ^ "Airbus Order and Deliveries" (PDF). Airbus. August 31, 2023.
5. ^ a b Nayar, Abhishek (June 9, 2023). "American Airlines Becomes the Largest Boeing 787-8 Operator in the World". 100 Knots. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
6. ^ Ruiz, Rebecca (March 23, 2019). "Boeing Was 'Go, Go, Go' to Beat Airbus With the 737 Max". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
7. ^ "AMR Corporation Announces Largest Aircraft Order in History With Boeing and Airbus" (Press release). American Airlines. July 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017.
8. ^ Memmott, Mark (July 20, 2011). "American Airlines Places 'Largest Aircraft Order In Aviation History'". NPR. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
9. ^ "US Airways Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
10. ^ Schlappig, Ben (February 1, 2024). "American A319s Getting More First Class Seats, Tighter Cabin". One Mile at a Time. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
11. ^ "Planes − Travel information − American Airlines". American Airlines. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
12. ^ a b Schlappig, Ben (September 22, 2022). "Revealed: New American Airlines Business Class Seats". One Mile at a Time. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
13. ^ a b "American Airlines places orders for Airbus, Boeing and Embraer aircraft". American Airlines Newsroom (Press release). March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
14. ^ Leff, Gary (April 4, 2024). "American Airlines Unveils Unique Airbus A321 Today: First Ex-Alaska Jet That Diverges From Rest Of Fleet". View from the Wing. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
15. ^ Leff, Gary (October 24, 2023). "From the Employee Meeting: American Airlines' Strategy for the New Airbus A321XLR Unveiled". View from the Wing. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
16. ^ "American Airlines orders 85 Boeing 737 MAX jets, expands fleet with 737-10 model". Boeing Media Room (Press release). March 4, 2024.
17. ^ a b "A Private Premium Experience in the Sky: American Airlines Introduces New Flagship Suite". news.aa.com. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
18. ^ "American Airlines retires its A300 fleet". Airbus. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
19. ^ "American Airlines retires A330-200s, defers B737 MAX". Ch-Aviation. October 26, 2020.
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21. ^ a b c d "A fond farewell to five fantastic fleets". news.aa.com. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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41. ^ "Convair CV-440 / American Inter-Island".

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