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American Airlines primarily operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing (including McDonnell Douglas) narrow-body and wide-body aircraft, as well as one narrow-body type from Embraer. American is currently in the process of the largest fleet renewal in its history, with over 220 aircraft remaining on order from Airbus and Boeing. American Airlines also announced a new livery to be painted on all aircraft. American Airlines expects to be done repainting all aircraft by the end of 2017, and has already completed repainting of all of its wide-body aircraft that are expected to remain in service beyond 2017.^[1]

Current fleet

All US Airways airframes were transferred to American Airlines on April 8, 2015 when a Single Operating Certificate was awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration.^[2]

American is the largest operator of Airbus A320 family of aircraft in the world.^[3]^{[n 1]} It operates the largest fleet of A321 aircraft, and has the second largest A319 fleet, only behind easyJet.^[3]

The following table represents all American Airlines mainline fleet types and layouts in service (including US Airways airframes) as of December 2017.^[4]^[5]

American Airlines mainline fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers						Notes
Aircraft	In service	Orders	F	J	W	MCE	Y	Total	Notes
Airbus A319-100	125	—	8	—	—	18	102	128
Airbus A320-200	48	—	12	—	—	—	138	150
Airbus A321-200	219	—	10	20	—	36	36	102	17 aircraft in this configuration. Service from JFK to LAX / SFO route.
			16	—		32	133	181	To be reconfigured with 190 seat configuration by 2021.
			16	—		—	171	187	To be reconfigured with 190 seat configuration by 2021.
Airbus A321neo	—	100	TBA						Deliveries will begin in 2019.^[6]
Airbus A330-200	15	—	—	20	21	54	152	247
Airbus A330-200	15	—	—	20	—	—	238	258	To be retrofitted with Premium Economy.^[7]
Airbus A330-300	9	—	—	28	—	—	263	291	To be phased out starting in 2019. To be replaced by Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787-9.^[8]
Airbus A350-900	—	22	TBA						First two aircraft to be delivered in late 2020 until 2024. Replacing Airbus A330-300.^[6]^[9] To feature Business Class and Premium Economy.
Boeing 737-800	304	—	16	—	—	30	114	160	To be reconfigured with 172 seat configuration by 2021.
Boeing 737 MAX 8	4	96	16	—	—	30	126	172	Deliveries until 2021.
Boeing 757-200	34	—	—	16	—	52	108	176	Retrofitted with new lie-flat business class seats International service to Europe and Latin America.
Boeing 757-200	34	—	12	—	—	35	141	188	10 aircraft in this configuration. Service from Phoenix to Hawaii.
Boeing 767-300ER	23	—	—	28	—	21	160	209
Boeing 777-200ER	47	—	—	45	—	45	170	260	13 aircraft in this configuration. To be retrofitted with Premium Economy.^[7]^[10]^[11]
Boeing 777-200ER	47	—	—	37	24	66	146	273	34 aircraft in this configuration.
Boeing 777-300ER	20	—	8	52	28	28	188	304	First operator of the 777-300ER in the United States. Only aircraft to feature international First Class.
Boeing 777-300ER	20	—	8	52	—	48	202	310	To be retrofitted with Premium Economy.
Boeing 787-8	20	—	—	28	—	57	141	226	To be retrofitted with Premium Economy.^[7]
Boeing 787-9	14	8	—	30	21	27	207	285
Embraer E190	20	—	11	—	—	—	88	99	To be phased out by the end of 2019.^[12]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	10	—	16	—	—	30	94	140	26 remaining aircraft at the end of 2018. To be retired in 2019.
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	35	—	16	—	—	30	94	140
Total	947	226

Fleet history

Notes:

After American acquired Trans Caribbean Airways (TCA) in 1971, the company briefly owned TCA's fleet of five Douglas DC-8s (three -50s & two -61s).^{[citation needed]} These aircraft were never operated by AA and were sold to other carriers. American continued to operate Boeing 727-200 aircraft that were previously flown by TCA.
American operated a small fleet of five Convair 440 prop aircraft from the mid-1970s to 1980 in the Caribbean via a wholly owned subsidiary, American Inter-Island Airlines.^{[citation needed]} Scheduled CV-440 passenger service was operated between San Juan, St. Thomas and St. Croix until runway improvements were completed at St. Thomas thus permitting a return of American jet service following the crash of a Boeing 727-100 operating as American Airlines Flight 625 at St. Thomas (STX) on April 27, 1976. There is a small exhibit commemorating American Inter-Island at the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum near Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport.^[13]
American briefly operated a Boeing 747-200C freighter for six months in 1984.^[14]
American briefly operated five McDonnell Douglas MD-87s and five MD-90s acquired as a result of its acquisition of Reno Air.^[15]
American Airlines was the largest passenger McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operator before retiring this wide body type in 2000, operating a total of 55 DC-10-10s and 11 DC-10-30s.^[16]
After acquiring Trans World Airlines (TWA), American operated 28 Boeing 717-200 and 8 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 aircraft between 2001 and 2003. American sold off TWA's fleet of Boeing 757-200s and Boeing 767-300ERs.^[17]

Notes

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

References

^ Terry Maxon. "American Airlines expects all airplanes to have new AA livery by end of 2017". Airline Biz Blog.
^ "American Airlines Receives Single Operating Certificate". Aero News Network. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ORDERS & DELIVERIES, Airbus Int. Official, retrieved: 6 December 2016
^ "American Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
^ "American Airlines (ATDB)". Aerotransport.org. AeroTransport Data Bank. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Airbus Orders and Deliveries through June 30, 2015". Retrieved July 14, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "American Airlines Continues Innovation With Launch Of International Premium Economy". December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
^ Bhaskara, Vinay. "ANALYSIS: American Airlines Will Retire the A330-300 by 2018". Airways News. Airways News.^{[dead link]}
^ "For the Airbus A350, The Honeymoon is Coming to an End". forbes.com. May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^ "American had previously announced that B/E Aerospace would provide the seats for its new premium economy class". May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ "American Airlines Will Get a Brand New Business Class Seat". September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ Bhaskara, Vinay. "ANALYSIS: American Airlines Will Retire the A330-300 by 2018". Airways News. Airways News.^{[dead link]}
^ "C.R. Smith Museum - Aviation Through American History". C.R. Smith Museum.
^ "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
^ "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
^ "American Airlines". planespotters.net. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.

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

[1] Terry Maxon. "American Airlines expects all airplanes to have new AA livery by end of 2017". Airline Biz Blog.

[2] "American Airlines Receives Single Operating Certificate". Aero News Network. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[AirbusOrd&Del-3] ORDERS & DELIVERIES, Airbus Int. Official, retrieved: 6 December 2016

[5] "American Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

[6] "American Airlines (ATDB)". Aerotransport.org. AeroTransport Data Bank. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[airbus.com-7] "Airbus Orders and Deliveries through June 30, 2015". Retrieved July 14, 2015.

[hub.aa.com-8] "American Airlines Continues Innovation With Launch Of International Premium Economy". December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

[9] Bhaskara, Vinay. "ANALYSIS: American Airlines Will Retire the A330-300 by 2018". Airways News. Airways News.^{[dead link]}

[forbes-10] "For the Airbus A350, The Honeymoon is Coming to an End". forbes.com. May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.

[11] "American had previously announced that B/E Aerospace would provide the seats for its new premium economy class". May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com-12] "American Airlines Will Get a Brand New Business Class Seat". September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[13] Bhaskara, Vinay. "ANALYSIS: American Airlines Will Retire the A330-300 by 2018". Airways News. Airways News.^{[dead link]}

[14] "C.R. Smith Museum - Aviation Through American History". C.R. Smith Museum.

[15] "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.

[16] "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.

[17] "American Airlines". planespotters.net. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

[18] "Airfleets.net". Airfleets.net. Retrieved December 2, 2011.

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1930–1959	1930s										1940s										1950s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Piston Aircraft	Ford 5-AT 1930–1935						Douglas DC-3 1936–1949																	Douglas DC-7 1953–1963
		Fairchild 100 1931–1952
					Douglas DC-2 1934–1936												Douglas DC-4 1946–1953
				Curtiss Condor 1933–1950
																	Lockheed L-049 Constellation 1946–1950
																		Douglas DC-6 1947–1966
																			Convair CV-240 1948–1964
																				Boeing 377 1949–1950
Turboprop Aircraft																													Lockheed L-188 Electra
Jet Aircraft																														Boeing 707

1960–1989	1960s										1970s										1980s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Piston Aircraft	Douglas DC-6
	Convair CV-240
	Douglas DC-7
Turboprop Aircraft	Lockheed L-188 Electra 1958–1970
Narrowbody Jet Aircraft	Boeing 707 / Boeing 720 / Boeing 720B 1959–1981																							McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Series
			Convair 990 1962–1969																									Boeing 737 (-100, -200, -300)
					Boeing 727 (-100, -200) 1964–2002
						British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven (series 400) 1965–1973																						British Aerospace BAe 146-200
																														Boeing 757 (-200)
Widebody Jet Aircraft											Boeing 747 (-100) 1970–1984																Boeing 747SP
												McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (-10, -30)* 1971–2001
																							Boeing 767 (-200, -200ER, -300ER) 1982–
																													Airbus A300 (-600R)

1990–Present	1990s										2000s										2010s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Narrowbody Jet Aircraft	McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Series (-81, -82, -83, -87) 1983–
	Boeing 737 (-100, -200, -300) 1987–1992									Boeing 737 Next Generation (-800) 1999–
																												Boeing 737 MAX 8 2017–
	Boeing 727 (-100, -200) 1964–2002																							Airbus A320 family (A319, A320, A321) 2013–
	British Aerospace 146-200 1987–1994									McDonnell Douglas MD-90 1999–2001																Embraer 190 2015–
	Boeing 757 (-200) 1989–
		Fokker 100 1991–2004
												Boeing 717 2001–2003
Widebody Jet Aircraft	Boeing 747SP 1986–1994									Boeing 777 (-200ER, -300ER) 1999-
	McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (-10, -30)* 1971–2001																									Airbus A330 (-200, -300) 2015–
	Boeing 767 (-200, -200ER, -300ER) 1982–
	Airbus A300 (-600R) 1988–2009																									Boeing 787 (-8, -9) 2015–
		McDonnell Douglas MD-11 1991–2002
* Denotes Launch Customer