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This article is about the mainline American Airlines fleet, including the historical fleets of American Airlines. For information about the fleet of American's regional operations, see American Eagle (airline brand).
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American operates 20 of its flagship plane, the Boeing 777-300ER

The American Airlines fleet is the largest in the world, comprising 913 mainline aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus.[1] American Airlines is currently in the process of the largest fleet renewal in its history, with an additional 159 aircraft on order from Airbus and Boeing.[2][n 1][3]

Over 80% of American's aircraft are narrow-bodies, mainly Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 family. It is the largest A320 family aircraft operator in the world, as well as the largest operator of the A319 and A321 variants. It is the fourth-largest operator of 737 family aircraft and second-largest operator of the 737-800 variant.

American's wide-body aircraft are all Boeing airliners. It is the third-largest operator of the Boeing 787 series and the sixth-largest operator of the Boeing 777 series.

American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s.[4] This strategy shifted on July 20, 2011, when American announced the largest combined aircraft order in history for 460 narrow-body jets including 260 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family.[5] Additional Airbus aircraft joined the fleet in 2013 during the US Airways merger, which operated a nearly all Airbus fleet.[6]

Current fleet

As of August 2022, American Airlines operates the following aircraft:[7][8][9]

American Airlines mainline fleet
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
F J W Y+ Y Total
Airbus A319-100 133 — 8 — — 24 96 128 Largest operator.[citation needed]
Airbus A320-200 48 — 12 — — 18 120 150
Airbus A321-200 218 — 20 — — 35 135 190 Largest operator.[citation needed]
10 20 36 36 102 Transcontinental configuration (16 aircraft).
Airbus A321neo 58 12 20 — — 35 141 196
Airbus A321XLR — 50 TBA To be delivered from 2024 Airbus delayed delivery schedule.[10][11]
Boeing 737-800 272[12] — 16 — — 24 132 172 32 - Block 1 planes in long term storage, still in 160 seat configuration.
Boeing 737 MAX 8 42 88 16 — — 24 132 172 30 options made firm orders.[13]
Boeing 777-200ER 47 — — 37 24 66 146 273
Boeing 777-300ER 20 — 8 52 28 28 188 304
Boeing 787-8 24 12 — 20 28 48 138 234
Boeing 787-9 22 30 — 30 21 34 200 285
Total 884 192

Fleet history

Retired American Airlines mainline fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes Refs
Jet Aircraft
Airbus A300B4-600R 35 1988 2009 One crashed as Flight 587. [14]
Airbus A330-200 15 2013 2020 Former US Airways fleet.
Early retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 		[15]
Airbus A330-300 9 [16][17]
BAe 146-100 1 1987 1988 Former AirCal fleet. [18]
BAe 146-200 7 1988 1994
BAC 111-401AK 30 1963 1972 [19]
Boeing 707-120B 56 1959 1979 Including 25 707-120 re-equipped with turbofans.
Boeing 707-320B 10 1967 1981 [20][21]
Boeing 707-320C 34 1963 [22]
Boeing 717-200 29 2001 2003 Former Trans World Airlines fleet. [23]
Boeing 720B 25 1961 1975 Including ten 720 re-equipped with turbofans. [24]
Boeing 727-100 59 1964 1994 One crashed as Flight 625.
Boeing 727-200 125 1968 2002 [25]
Boeing 737-100 2 1987 1990 Former AirCal fleet. [26]
Boeing 737-200 21 1991 [27]
Boeing 737-300 8 1992 [28]
Boeing 737-400 14 2013 2015 Former US Airways fleet. Never flew under American brand name.
Boeing 747-100 9 1970 1985
Boeing 747-100SF 7 1976 1989 [22]
Boeing 747-200C 1 1984 1984 Leased from World Airways. [29]
Boeing 747SP 2 1986 1994 [30]
Boeing 757-200 177 1989 2020 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. 		[17]
Boeing 767-200 11 1982 2004 [31]
Boeing 767-200ER 29 1984 2014 One hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as Flight 11, as part of the September 11 attacks. [31]
Boeing 767-300ER 67 1988 2020 Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One unsuccessfully bombed as Flight 63. One damaged as Flight 383.
 [17]
Convair 990 20 1962 1967
Douglas DC-8-54CF 2 1971 1972 Former Trans Caribbean Airways fleet.
Douglas DC-8-55CF 1 1972 1972
Douglas DC-8-61CF 3 1971 1971
Embraer E190 20 2013 2020 Former US Airways fleet.
Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 		[17]
Fokker 100 75 1991 2004 [32]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 55 1971 2000 One damaged as Flight 96. One crashed as Flight 191. [33]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 11 1981 2000 All purchased used from various other airlines. [34]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 19 1991 2002 [35]
McDonnell Douglas MD-81 8 2001 2011 Former Trans World Airlines fleet, ex Swissair aircraft rebuilt to MD-82 specs. [36]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 270 1983 2019 One crashed as Flight 1420.
One donated to Lewis University in 2019. 		[37]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 108 1987 One damaged as Flight 1572.
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 Former Reno Air fleet. [38]
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 5 2005 [39]
Propeller aircraft
Convair CV-240 80 1948 Un­known
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan 5 1976 Un­known Operated by American Inter-Island Airlines for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. [40]
Douglas DC-2 16 1934 Un­known
Douglas DC-3 113 1936 1955
Douglas DC-4 53 1946 1958
Douglas DC-6 88 1946 1966
Douglas DC-7 58 1953 1967
Lockheed L-188A Electra 35 1959 1968

Notes

  1. ^ As of August 31, 2017, Airbus still lists American Airlines and US Airways as separate operators. However, following the merger of the airlines in April 2015, the total used here is combined for both carriers.

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