American Airlines fleet

American Airlines primarily operates a mix of Airbus, Boeing, and McDonnell Douglas narrow-body and wide-body aircraft, as well as one narrow-body type manufactured by Embraer. American is currently in the process of the largest fleet renewal in its history, with over 240 aircraft remaining on order from Airbus and Boeing. In 2013, American Airlines announced a new livery and by mid-2015 had completed repainting of all of its aircraft that were expected to remain in service beyond 2017.[1]

Current fleet

All former US Airways aircraft were transferred to American Airlines on April 8, 2015 when a Single Operating Certificate was awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration.[2]

American is the largest operator of the Airbus A320 family of aircraft in the world.[3][n 1] It operates the largest fleet of A321 aircraft, and has the second largest A319 fleet, after easyJet.[3]

As of September 2018, the American Airlines mainline fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4][5]

American Airlines mainline fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
F B PE MCE MC Total
Airbus A319-100 125 8 8 — — 24 96 128 Deliveries start from 2018 until 2019.
Airbus A320-200 48 — 12 — — — 138 150
Airbus A321-200 219 — 10 20 — 36 36 102 Transcontinental configuration.
16 — — 32 133 181 To be reconfigured with 190-seat configuration starting in 2019 through 2021.
16 — — — 171 187
Airbus A321neo — 100 20 — — 47 129 196 Deliveries will begin in 2019.[6]
Airbus A330-200 15 — — 20 21 54 152 247
Airbus A330-300 9 — — 28 — — 263 291
Boeing 737-800 304 — 16 — — 30 114 160 To be reconfigured with 172-seat configuration by 2021.
Older aircraft to be replaced by Boeing 737 MAX 8 from 2020.[7]
16 — — 30 126 172
Boeing 737 MAX 8 15[8] 85 16 — — 30 126 172
Boeing 757-200 34 — — 16 — 52 108 176 Retrofitted with lie-flat beds and satellite Wi-Fi.
12 — — 35 141 188 Older aircraft will be phased out from 2018 to 2020.[9]
Boeing 767-300ER 24 — — 28 — 21 160 209 Six to be phased out in 2019, another 13 to be phased out in 2020.[9]
To be replaced by Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 787-9.[10] Launch customers.
Boeing 777-200ER 47 — — 45 — 45 170 260 Older aircraft to be replaced by Boeing 787-9 from 2023.[10]
To be retrofitted with Premium Economy by December 2018.[11][12][13]
— 37 24 66 146 273
Boeing 777-300ER 20 — 8 52 28 28 188 304 First operator of Boeing 777-300ER in United States
Boeing 787-8 20 22 — 28 — 57 141 226 To be retrofitted with Premium Economy leading to 234 seats from 2019 onwards.[11]
Deliveries of remaining aircraft on order to commence in 2020.[10]
— 20 28 48 138 234
Boeing 787-9 19 28 — 30 21 27 207 285 Last 25 aircraft on order to be delivered from 2023.[10]
Embraer E190 20 — 11 — — 8 80 99 To be phased out from 2019 until 2020.
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 2 — 16 — — 30 94 140 To be replaced by Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Airbus A321neo in 2019.[7]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 28 —
Total 949 243

Fleet history

Formerly operated

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American Freighter formerly operated

Fleet timeline

Notes:

  • After American acquired Trans Caribbean Airways (TCA) in 1971, the company briefly owned TCA's fleet of five Douglas DC-8s (three -50s & two -61s). These aircraft were never operated by AA and were sold to other carriers. American continued to operate Boeing 727-200 aircraft that were previously flown by TCA.
  • American operated a small fleet of five Convair 440 prop aircraft from the mid-1970s to 1980 in the Caribbean via a wholly owned subsidiary, American Inter-Island Airlines. Scheduled CV-440 passenger service was operated between San Juan, St. Thomas and St. Croix until runway improvements were completed at St. Thomas thus permitting a return of American jet service following the crash of a Boeing 727-100 operating as American Airlines Flight 625 at St. Thomas (STX) on April 27, 1976. There is a small exhibit commemorating American Inter-Island at the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum near Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport.[14]
  • American briefly operated a Boeing 747-200C freighter for six months in 1984.[15]
  • American briefly operated five McDonnell Douglas MD-87s and five MD-90s acquired as a result of its acquisition of Reno Air.[16]
  • American Airlines was the largest passenger McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operator before retiring this wide body type in 2000, operating a total of 55 DC-10-10s and 11 DC-10-30s.[17]
  • After acquiring Trans World Airlines (TWA), American operated 28 Boeing 717-200 and 8 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 aircraft between 2001 and 2003. American sold off TWA's fleet of Boeing 757-200s and Boeing 767-300ERs.[18]

Notes

  1. ↑ As of August 31, 2017, Airbus still lists American Airlines and US Airways as separate operators. However, following the merger of the airlines since April 2015, the total used here is combined for both carriers

References

  1. ↑ Terry Maxon. "American Airlines expects all airplanes to have new AA livery by end of 2017". Airline Biz Blog.
  2. ↑ "American Airlines Receives Single Operating Certificate". Aero News Network. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 ORDERS & DELIVERIES, Airbus Int. Official, retrieved: 6 December 2016
  4. ↑ "American Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ "American Airlines (ATDB)". Aerotransport.org. AeroTransport Data Bank. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Airbus Orders and Deliveries through June 30, 2015". Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Investor Relations Update". April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ https://m.planespotters.net/operators/Boeing/737/737MAX
  9. 1 2 "American Airlines Finally Unveils Plan to Retire Terrible 767s, Will Retain A330s Instead" (Press release). April 11, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "American Airlines Expands Boeing 787 Fleet" (Press release). April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "American Airlines Continues Innovation With Launch Of International Premium Economy". December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ "American had previously announced that B/E Aerospace would provide the seats for its new premium economy class". May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ "American Airlines Will Get a Brand New Business Class Seat". September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  14. ↑ "C.R. Smith Museum - Aviation Through American History". C.R. Smith Museum.
  15. ↑ "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  17. ↑ "American Airlines". planespotters.net. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
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