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American's wide-body aircraft are all Boeing airliners; however, nearly half 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]
405 features a DC-10 in basic American Airlines colors, with the "American" title replaced with the word "Airliner". American Airlines was the launch customer for the DC-10. [ 3 ] American operated 60 of the type, although by 2000, the airliner was being phased out of service although the last commercial DC-10 was finally retired in 2014 by ...
All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2020. 15 12 — 164 176 Boeing 767-200ER: 10 — 18 — 186 204 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2015. Never flew under American brand name. Embraer 190: 20 — — 11 88 99 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2020. Total 331 57
As of November 2024, 3,259 Airbus A321 aircraft (1705 ceo+1554 neo) were in service with more than 100 operators. [1] American Airlines and Delta Air Lines operate the largest A321 fleets of 300 and 195 aircraft, respectively.
As of March 2019, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of a Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. [1] [2] 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). [2]
A downed plane is seen on Nov. 18, 2024, a day after it crashed into several vehicles and trailers in Pomona. (KTLA) A plane crashed near the drag strip of the Pomona Fairplex during the NHRA ...
The first aircraft was flown on 30 January 1933 and a production batch of 21 aircraft was then built. The production aircraft were fitted out as 12-passenger luxury night sleeper transports. They entered service with Eastern Air Transport and American Airways, forerunners of Eastern Air Lines and American Airlines , respectively, on regular ...
American Airlines is the largest airline operator of the A320 family of aircraft, with 392 aircraft in service as of 30 September 2017. [ 1 ] Technically, the name "A320" only refers to the original mid-sized aircraft, but it is often informally used to indicate any of the A318/A319/A320/A321 family.