American Airlines fleet
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As of June 2024[update], the American Airlines fleet consists of 970 mainline aircraft, making it the second-largest commercial
Over 80% of American's aircraft are
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
As of June 2024,[update] American Airlines operates the following mainline aircraft:[10]
Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||||
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F | J | W | Y+ | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A319-100
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133 | — | 8 | — | — | 24 | 96 | 128 | |
12 | — | — | 24 | 96 | 132 | 32 aircraft to be refitted.[11] | |||
Airbus A320-200 | 48 | — | 12 | — | — | 18 | 120 | 150 | |
Airbus A321-200
|
202 | — | 20 | — | — | 35 | 135 | 190 | |
16 | — | 10 | 20 | — | 36 | 36 | 102 | Transcontinental configuration.[12] To be retrofitted into standard configuration.[13] | |
Airbus A321neo | 70 | 85 | 20 | — | — | 35 | 141 | 196 | Order for 85 aircraft placed in March 2024.[14] |
10 | — | 16 | — | — | 24 | 150 | 190 | Former Alaska Airlines aircraft.[15] | |
Airbus A321XLR
|
— | 50 | — | 20 | 12 | 123 | 155 | Deliveries begin in 2024.[13][16] | |
Boeing 737-800
|
303 | — | 16 | — | — | 24 | 132 | 172 | |
Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 62 | 38 | |||||||
Boeing 737 MAX 10 | — | 115 | 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 | 970 | 318 |
Gallery
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Airbus A319-100
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Airbus A320-200
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Airbus A321-200
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Boeing 737-800
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Boeing 737 MAX 8
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Boeing 777-200ER
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Boeing 777-300ER
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Boeing 787-8
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Boeing 787-9
Fleet history
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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
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29 | 2001 | 2003 | Unknown | Former Trans World Airlines fleet. | [26] |
Boeing 720B
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25 | 1961 | 1975 | Unknown | Including ten 10 re-equipped with turbofans. | [27] |
Boeing 727-100
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59 | 1964 | 1994 | Unknown | One crashed as Flight 625. | |
Boeing 727-200
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125 | 1968 | 2002 | Boeing 737-800
|
[28] | |
Boeing 737-100
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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
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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 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 | 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
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67 | 1988 | 2020 | 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 | 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 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
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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
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