American Airlines fleet

This article is about the mainline American Airlines fleet, including the historical fleets of American Airlines. For information about the fleet of American's wholly owned regional subsidiary, see American Eagle Airlines.

Boeing 767-200ER

American Airlines operates an all-Boeing fleet (including aircraft produced by McDonnell Douglas before it merged with Boeing in 1997), one of only two legacy carriers which have such a fleet. However American has ordered a total of 260 Airbus aircraft to replace its aging MD-80 series, 757, and 767-200 jets.

Current Fleet

As of July 20th 2013, the average fleet age of American Airlines is 14.7 years. Their fleet consists of the following aircraft:

American Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers					Notes
			F	J	W	Y	Total
Airbus A319-100	1	64	8	0	18	102	128	Intended to replace MD-80 First delivery on July 23, 2013
Airbus A321-200 Transcon	0	65	10	20	36	36	102	Replacing 767-200ER. First delivery in 2014
Airbus A321-200	0		TBA					Replacing 757-200 Domestic. First delivery in 2014
Airbus A320neo family	0	130	TBA					Intended to replace MD-80 and 757–200 Domestic First delivery in 2017
Boeing 737–800	215	90	16	0	0	144	160	Replacing MD-80s.
Boeing 737 MAX 8	0	100	TBA					Replacing MD-80s.
Boeing 757–200 Domestic	84	0	Old: 22 New: 24	0	0	166	Old: 188 New: 190	Intended to be replaced by: Airbus A319, A321, A320neo, Boeing 737–800, Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing 757–200 International	18	0	0	16	0	166	182
Boeing 767-200ER	12	0	10	30	0	128	168	To be replaced by A321 Transcon
Boeing 767-300ER	58	0	0		0	195	225	Half of fleet will be retired beginning in 2015, other half will be refitted with a two-class seating
Boeing 777-200ER	47	0	16	37	0	194	247	All B777-200s will be converted to a two-class configuration with 45 lie-flat business class seats and 215 economy class seats
Boeing 777-300ER	8	12	8	52	30	220	310	Took delivery of N724AN on July 6, 2013 at Boeing Field (BFI/KBFI).
Boeing 787-8	0	12	TBA					Replacing Boeing 767s. First delivery in 2014.
Boeing 787-9	0	30	TBA					Replacing Boeing 767s. First delivery in 2014.
McDonnell Douglas MD-80	160	0	16	0	0	124	140	Intended to be replaced by: Airbus A319, A321, A320neo, Boeing 737–800
Total	603	505

* Note that on two-class domestic flights (including flights to Hawaii), the highest premium class is branded as First Class, while on flights to the Caribbean, Canada, Mexico, and Central America, it is referred to as Business Class.

On July 20, 2011, American Airlines ordered 360 and took options for 465 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, with the intention of replacing MD-80, 757–200 and 767-200 aircraft. According to American Airlines, this is the largest purchase of aircraft in history.

American Airlines July 20, 2011 order

Aircraft	Existing orders	New orders	Commitments	Options	First delivery
Boeing 737–800	54	0	0	0	2011
Boeing 737 Next Generation1	0	100	0	40	2012/2013
Boeing 737 MAX1, 4	0	100	0	60	2018
Total Boeing	54	200	0	100
Airbus A3192	0	65	0	85 (Combined with A321)	July 2013
Airbus A3212	0	65	0	85 (Combined with A319)	2014
Airbus A320neo3	0	130	0	280	2017
Total Airbus	0	260	0	450
Grand Total	54	460	0	550

Notes:

• ¹ For both the 737NG and 737MAX family, American Airlines has the option to determine closer to delivery date what version to take delivery of. For the 737NG, American can choose the 737-700, −800 and −900ER.
• ² Of the 130 orders for Airbus A32X family aircraft, American Airlines chose 65 A319 and 65 A321.
• ³For the A32XNEO family, American Airlines has the option to determine closer to delivery date whether to take delivery of A319NEO, A320NEO or A321NEO models.
• ⁴ 737MAX refers to a re-engined version of the 737 family, with CFM LEAP-X engines.

In August 2007 the airline announced it would offer Wi-Fi internet services on Boeing 767-200ER American Flagship Service (AFS) routes across the United States. On August 20, 2008, American Airlines became the first to offer full inflight internet service.

In October 2008, American announced plans to order the Boeing 787–9 Dreamliner.

American is the largest operator of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80, with some 170 of the type in service, with leases running until as late as 2024.

On January 19, 2011, American Airlines announced that it would order 2 (since increased to 20) Boeing 777-300ERs, and will become the first US carrier to operate the Boeing 777-300ER.

Fleet gallery

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  Boeing 727–200 at Chicago O'Hare Airport
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  Boeing 737 taking off from Los Angeles International Airport
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  Boeing 757 landing at Vancouver International Airport
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  Boeing 757–200 approaching Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten
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  Boeing 767-300ER at London Gatwick Airport
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  McDonnell Douglas MD-82
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  McDonnell Douglas MD-82 taking off from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport
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  McDonnell Douglas MD-83

Fleet history

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Ford 5-AT 1930–1935

DC-2 1934-1936

DC-3 1936–1949

Boeing 377 1949–1950

BAC 111 1965–1972

McDonnell Douglas MD-80 1983–[Present]

Curtiss Condor 1934–1950

Lockheed L-188 Electra 1958–1970

737–200 & BAe 146 1987–1992

Fokker 100 1992–2004

Convair 240 1948–1964

Boeing 727 1964–2002

DC-6 1947–1966

Airbus A300 1988–2009

DC-4 1946–1953

DC-7 1953–1963

Boeing 757 1985–[Present]

Fairchild 100 1931–1952

Boeing 707 1959–1981

Boeing 737NG 1999–[Present]

Lockheed L-049 1946–1950

CV-990 1962–1969

Boeing 747–100 1970–1984

Boeing 747SP 1986–1994

Boeing 777 1999–[Present]

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 1971–2000

Boeing 767 1982–[Present]

MD-11 1991–2002

Former AA 747-100 carrying the Space Shuttle Enterprise

Notes:

• 8 Boeing 377s and seven Lockheed L-049 Constellations served in American Overseas Airways' transatlantic service and were acquired by Pan American World Airways.
• In early 1970 before AA took delivery of its own Boeing 747, the company leased 2 Pan Am 747-121s (N740PA & N743PA). These aircraft were painted in full AA livery, and were operated until early 1971, then returned to Pan Am after AA received its own new 747-123s.
• After American acquired Trans Caribbean in 1971, the company briefly owned TC's fleet of 5 DC-8s (3 -50s & 2 -61s). These aircraft were never operated by AA and were sold to other carriers.
• Most Boeing 747–100s were retired from passenger service in the late 1970s and served as freighters until their final retirement in 1985. Several were retired earlier; NASA acquired one of the early retired aircraft, N905NA, in 1974 and has since used it as a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Early in its NASA career, the aircraft continued to carry the American Airlines tricolor cheatline. A Boeing 747–100 was used in the film Airport 1975, registration number N9675, which was delivered to the carrier in 1971. The aircraft was redressed in the "Columbia Airlines" livery for this film. American flew the aircraft both as a passenger jet and later as a freighter only, under the "American Freighter" titles. The aircraft has been in storage at Roswell, New Mexico, since 2005 under registration number N675UP, in UPS colors, its last operator.
• American briefly operated a Boeing 747-273C freighter N749WA (serial number 20653/line number 237) for 6 months in 1984.
• American Airlines retired their Airbus A300s in August 2009 after 21 years of service and they are now stored in Roswell. One American A300 was scrapped at Victorville Airport in March 2009, its tail number was N7055A.
• 21 Boeing 737-100/200/300s and 8 BAe 146 aircraft operated between 1987 and 1992 were acquired with the assets of Air California and primarily operated from AA's hub at San Jose International Airport. 8 737-3A4s that were once operated by American Airlines were purchased by Southwest Airlines and as of 2010, N679AA is the only remaining former Air Cal/AA 737-3A4 in service by Southwest.
• In addition to original-run MD-80 series aircraft, American also operated 28 Boeing 717 aircraft acquired from Trans World Airlines between 2001 and 2003. American also briefly owned 5 MD-87s and 5 MD-90s acquired from Reno Air.

See also

• American Airlines
• US Airways fleet (part of the American Airlines–US Airways merger)