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American Airlines ordered 25 DC-10s in its first order. [16] [17] The DC-10 made its first flight on August 29, 1970, [18] and received its type certificate from the FAA on July 29, 1971. [19] On August 5, 1971, the DC-10 entered commercial service with American Airlines on a round-trip flight between Los Angeles and Chicago. [20]
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]
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 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.
While the American Airlines 321T first class operated on narrow body planes in a 1-1 configuration, the United 787 business class comes with either a 1-2-1 or a staggered 2-2-2 configuration.
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American Eagle is a brand name for the regional branch of American Airlines, under which six individual regional airlines operate short- and medium-haul feeder flights. Three of these airlines, Envoy Air , Piedmont Airlines , and PSA Airlines , are wholly owned subsidiaries of the American Airlines Group .
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