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Something much more highly automated was needed if American Airlines was going to enter the jet age, booking many times more seats. [3]: p.100 During the testing phase of the Reservisor a high-ranking IBM salesman, Blair Smith, was flying on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles back to IBM in New York City in 1953. [4]
Travel agents who use the largest airline ticket processing system in the U.S. – and subsequently the consumers who are their customers -- will now have a harder time finding American Airlines ...
American Airlines and Teleregister Company developed a number of automated airline booking systems known as Reservisor. it first version was an electromechanical version of the flight boards introduced for the "sell and report" system that was installed in American's Boston reservation office in February 1946.
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]
American Airlines was hit with a record $24.2 million fine by the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday for failing two years ago to comply with mandatory safety rules. American said it ...
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1927 American Airways FC-2 A Stinson Trimotor first operated by Century Airlines DC-3 "Flagship", American's chief aircraft type during the World War II period. American Airlines was developed from a conglomeration of 82 small airlines through acquisitions in 1930 [2] and reorganizations; initially, American Airways was a common brand used by a number of independent carriers.
AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, spun off its controlling stake in Sabre Corporation in 2000 to form an independent company. [11] [12] [13]In 2001, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) purchased Sabre Holdings' airline hardware and communications business, [14] and Sabre began migrating its old mainframe for air travel shopping and pricing to HP NonStop and Linux servers. [15]