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As of December 2024, the American Airlines fleet consists of 977 mainline aircraft, making it the third-largest commercial airline fleet in the world. [1] [2] [3] American Airlines operates aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Airbus. Over 80% of American's aircraft are narrow-bodies from the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 family.
Asiana Airlines – A First Class cabin was featured on Airbus A380s, Boeing 747-400s, and select Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The First Class seats were either available as fully closed suites (First Suite on Airbus A380 and select Boeing 777-200ER) or as open suite style flat-bed sleeper seats (Old First Class on Boeing 747-400).
Chosen to power the Falcon 2000 in 1990, the engine was also first run in May 1990, [1] and it was first flown on a Boeing 727 testbed on 31 August 1992. [2] The CFE738-1 made its inaugural flight on a Falcon 2000 prototype on March 4, 1993.
The initial 737-300 (foreground) is 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) longer than the 737-200 (background) and is re-engined with wider and more efficient CFM56 turbofans. Following the success of the Boeing 737-200 Advanced, Boeing wanted to increase capacity and range, incorporating improvements to upgrade the plane to modern specifications, while also retaining commonality with previous 737 variants.
The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington.Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines.
The 737-600 was launched by SAS in March 1995, with the first aircraft delivered in September 1998. [45] A total of 69 have been produced, with the last aircraft delivered to WestJet in 2006. [1] Boeing displayed the 737-600 in its price list until August 2012. [46] The 737-600 replaces the 737-500 and is similar to the Airbus A318.
First propeller driven aircraft to exceed the speed of sound (in a dive): was a McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo (without assistance from the jet engines) flown by Capt. Fitzpatrick in late June, 1953. [229] [230] First aircraft to carry and deploy a thermonuclear weapon: was a Tupolev Tu-95 during the Soviet Union's RDS-6s test on August 12, 1953 [231]
A GA-7 Cougar on the ramp at Les Cedres Quebec, May 2005. The Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar is an American all-metal, 4-seat, twin-engined light aircraft.The Cougar was a twin-engine development of the Gulfstream American AA-5B Tiger and traces its lineage to the AA-1 Yankee Clipper and the Bede BD-1.