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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.
American Airlines [8] is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.It is the largest airline in the world when measured by scheduled passengers carried, revenue passenger mile, and daily flights.
American dates back to 1921 when it began as a mail service piloted by the famous Charles Lindbergh. Today, it is made up of over 80 merged companies.
American Airlines Group Inc. is an American publicly traded airline holding company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It was formed on December 9, 2013, by the merger of AMR Corporation , the parent company of American Airlines , and US Airways Group , the parent company of US Airways . [ 5 ]
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]
It is the second-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history, behind the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 in 1979, [a] [1] and the second-deadliest aviation incident involving an Airbus A300, after Iran Air Flight 655. [1] [3]
The name was selected by American's advertising agency and is consistent with other American Airlines programs featuring "AA" in the name and logo. The original logo was designed by Massimo Vignelli. [6] Less than a week later, rival United Airlines launched its MileagePlus program; other airlines followed in the ensuing months and years. The ...
American Airlines didn't elaborate further on what may have caused the technical issue. The grounding comes just months after a global tech outage sent airlines and other institutions into mayhem.