American Airlines
American Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and is the largest airline in the world in terms of passengers carried and daily flights. American, along with its regional subsidiaries and contractors operating under the brand name American Eagle, operate an extensive international and domestic network with almost 6,800 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in 48 countries. The airline is also a founding member of the Oneworld alliance, one of the world's three major airline alliances.
American Airlines and American Eagle operate out of ten hubs, anchored by Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, the airline's largest. Charlotte Douglas International Airport follows as the second-largest hub, serving as a primary gateway for Southeast and transatlantic travel. Miami International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport share the third-place spot, each serving a distinct strategic role: Philadelphia acts as the premier connection point for flights between the Western U.S. and Europe, while Miami remains the leading hub for travel to the Caribbean, South America, and Latin America. The airline serves more than 200 million passengers annually, and averages more than 500,000 daily., the company employs 103,440 staff members.
History
American Airlines was started in 1930 as a union of more than eighty small airlines. The two organizations from which American Airlines originated were Robertson Aircraft Corporation and Colonial Air Transport. The former was first created in Missouri in 1921, with both being merged in 1929 into holding company The Aviation Corporation. This, in turn, was made in 1930 into an operating company and rebranded as American Airways. In 1934, when new laws and attrition of mail contracts forced many airlines to reorganize, the corporation redid its routes into a connected system and was renamed American Airlines. The airline fully developed its international business between 1970 and 2000. It purchased Trans World Airlines in 2001.American had a direct role in the development of the Douglas DC-3, which resulted from a marathon telephone call from American Airlines CEO C. R. Smith to Douglas Aircraft Company founder Donald Wills Douglas Sr., when Smith persuaded a reluctant Douglas to design a sleeper aircraft based on the DC-2 to replace American's Curtiss Condor II biplanes. Douglas agreed to proceed with development only after Smith informed him of American Airline's intention to purchase 20 aircraft. The prototype DST first flew on December 17, 1935, the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Its cabin was wide, and a version with 21 seats instead of the 14–16 sleeping berths of the DST was given the designation DC-3. There was no prototype DC-3; the first DC-3 built followed seven DSTs off the production line and was delivered to American Airlines. American Airlines inaugurated passenger service on June 26, 1936, with simultaneous flights from Newark, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois.
American also had a direct role in the development of the DC-10, which resulted from a specification from American Airlines to manufacturers in 1966 to offer a widebody aircraft that was smaller than the Boeing 747, but capable of flying similar long-range routes from airports with shorter runways. McDonnell Douglas responded with the DC-10 trijet shortly after the two companies' merger. On February 19, 1968, the president of American Airlines, George A. Spater, and James S. McDonnell of McDonnell Douglas announced American's intention to acquire the DC-10. American Airlines ordered 25 DC-10s in its first order. The DC-10 made its first flight on August 29, 1970, and received its type certificate from the FAA on July 29, 1971. On August 5, 1971, the DC-10 entered commercial service with American Airlines on a round-trip flight between Los Angeles and Chicago.
In 2011, due to a downturn in the airline industry, American Airlines' parent company, the AMR Corporation, filed for bankruptcy protection. In 2013, American Airlines merged with US Airways but kept the American Airlines name, as it was the better-recognized brand internationally; the combination of the two airlines resulted in the creation of the largest airline in the United States, and ultimately the world.
In December 2023, the company was added to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
Network
Destinations
, American Airlines flies to the following destinations. This table does not include destinations served by American's regional subsidiary, American Eagle.| Country or Territory | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
| American Samoa | Pago Pago | Pago Pago International Airport | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | V. C. Bird International Airport | ||
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Ministro Pistarini International Airport | ||
| Argentina | Córdoba | Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport | ||
| Aruba | Oranjestad | Queen Beatrix International Airport | ||
| Australia | Brisbane | Brisbane Airport | ||
| Australia | Melbourne | Melbourne Airport | ||
| Australia | Sydney | Sydney Airport | ||
| Bahamas | Nassau | Lynden Pindling International Airport | ||
| Bahamas | Freeport | Freeport International Airport | ||
| Barbados | Bridgetown | Grantley Adams International Airport | ||
| Belgium | Brussels | Brussels Airport | ||
| Belize | Belize City | Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport | ||
| Bermuda | Hamilton | L.F. Wade International Airport | ||
| Bolivia | La Paz | El Alto International Airport | ||
| Bolivia | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Viru Viru International Airport | ||
| Bonaire | Kralendijk | Flamingo International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Belo Horizonte | Tancredo Neves International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Brasília | Brasília International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Campinas | Viracopos International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Curitiba | Afonso Pena International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Fortaleza | Pinto Martins International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Manaus | Eduardo Gomes International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Porto Alegre | Salgado Filho International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Recife | Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport | ||
| Brazil | Salvador da Bahia | Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport | ||
| Brazil | São Paulo | São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport | ||
| Canada | Calgary | Calgary International Airport | ||
| Canada | Montreal | Montréal–Trudeau International Airport | ||
| Canada | Toronto | Toronto Pearson International Airport | ||
| Canada | Vancouver | Vancouver International Airport | ||
| Cayman Islands | George Town | Owen Roberts International Airport | ||
| Chile | Santiago | Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | ||
| China | Beijing | Beijing Capital International Airport | ||
| China | Beijing | Beijing Daxing International Airport | ||
| China | Shanghai | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | ||
| Colombia | Barranquilla | Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport | ||
| Colombia | Bogotá | El Dorado International Airport | ||
| Colombia | Cali | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport | ||
| Colombia | Cartagena | Rafael Núñez International Airport | ||
| Colombia | Medellín | José María Córdova International Airport | ||
| Colombia | Pereira | Matecaña International Airport | ||
| Colombia | San Andres | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport | ||
| Costa Rica | Liberia | Guanacaste Airport | ||
| Costa Rica | San José | Juan Santamaría International Airport | ||
| Croatia | Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik Airport | ||
| Cuba | Camagüey | Ignacio Agramonte International Airport | ||
| Cuba | Havana | José Martí International Airport | ||
| Cuba | Holguín | Frank País Airport | ||
| Cuba | Santa Clara | Abel Santamaría Airport | ||
| Cuba | Santiago de Cuba | Antonio Maceo Airport | ||
| Cuba | Varadero | Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport | ||
| Curaçao | Willemstad | Curaçao International Airport | ||
| Czech Republic | Prague | Václav Havel Airport Prague | Resumes May 21, 2026 | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | La Romana | La Romana International Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | Puerto Plata | Gregorio Luperón International Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | Punta Cana | Punta Cana International Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | Santiago de los Caballeros | Cibao International Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Las Américas International Airport | ||
| Ecuador | Guayaquil | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport | ||
| Ecuador | Quito | Mariscal Sucre International Airport | ||
| El Salvador | San Salvador | El Salvador International Airport | ||
| Finland | Helsinki | Helsinki Airport | ||
| France | Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport | ||
| France | Paris | Orly Airport | ||
| France | Nice | Côte d'Azur Airport | ||
| Germany | Berlin | Berlin Tegel Airport | ||
| Germany | Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf Airport | ||
| Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport | ||
| Germany | Munich | Munich Airport | ||
| Greece | Athens | Athens International Airport | ||
| Grenada | St. George's | Maurice Bishop International Airport | ||
| Guadeloupe | Pointe-à-Pitre | Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport | ||
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | La Aurora International Airport | ||
| Guyana | Georgetown | Cheddi Jagan International Airport | ||
| Haiti | Cap-Haïtien | Hugo Chávez International Airport | ||
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Toussaint Louverture International Airport | ||
| Honduras | Roatán | Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport | ||
| Honduras | San Pedro Sula | La Mesa International Airport | ||
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Comayagua International Airport | ||
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport | ||
| Hungary | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport | Resumes May 21, 2026 | |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | Keflavík International Airport | ||
| India | Delhi | Indira Gandhi International Airport | ||
| Ireland | Dublin | Dublin Airport | ||
| Ireland | Shannon | Shannon Airport | ||
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | ||
| Italy | Bologna | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport | ||
| Italy | Milan | Milan Malpensa Airport | ||
| Italy | Naples | Naples International Airport | ||
| Italy | Rome | Rome Fiumicino Airport | ||
| Italy | Venice | Venice Marco Polo Airport | ||
| Jamaica | Kingston | Norman Manley International Airport | ||
| Jamaica | Montego Bay | Sangster International Airport | ||
| Japan | Nagoya | Chubu Centrair International Airport | ||
| Japan | Nagoya | Komaki Airport | ||
| Japan | Osaka | Kansai International Airport | ||
| Japan | Tokyo | Haneda Airport | ||
| Japan | Tokyo | Narita International Airport | ||
| Martinique | Fort-de-France | Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Cancún | Cancún International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Cozumel | Cozumel International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Guadalajara | Guadalajara International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Mexico City | Mexico City International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Morelia | General Francisco Mujica International Airport | ||
| Mexico | León | Bajío International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Oaxaca | Oaxaca International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Puebla | Puebla International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Puerto Vallarta | Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport | ||
| Mexico | San José del Cabo | Los Cabos International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Zihuatanejo | Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport | ||
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | ||
| New Zealand | Auckland | Auckland Airport | ||
| Nicaragua | Managua | Augusto C. Sandino International Airport | ||
| Panama | Panama City | Tocumen International Airport | ||
| Paraguay | Asunción | Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | ||
| Peru | Lima | Jorge Chávez International Airport | ||
| Peru | Cuzco | Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport | ||
| Portugal | Lisbon | Lisbon Airport | ||
| Puerto Rico | Aguadilla | Rafael Hernández Airport | ||
| Puerto Rico | Ponce | Mercedita Airport | ||
| Puerto Rico | San Juan | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport | ||
| Qatar | Doha | Hamad International Airport | ||
| Russia | Moscow | Domodedovo International Airport | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport | ||
| Saint Lucia | Vieux Fort | Hewanorra International Airport | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | Argyle International Airport | ||
| Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | Princess Juliana International Airport | ||
| South Korea | Seoul | Incheon International Airport | ||
| Spain | Barcelona | Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport | ||
| Spain | Madrid | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | ||
| Suriname | Paramaribo | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | ||
| Sweden | Stockholm | Stockholm Arlanda Airport | ||
| Switzerland | Zürich | Zurich Airport | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | Piarco International Airport | ||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Providenciales | Providenciales International Airport | ||
| Turks and Caicos Islands | South Caicos | Norman B. Saunders Sr. International Airport | ||
| United Kingdom | Birmingham | Birmingham Airport | ||
| United Kingdom | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Airport | ||
| United Kingdom | Glasgow | Glasgow Airport | ||
| United Kingdom | London | Gatwick Airport | ||
| United Kingdom | London | Heathrow Airport | ||
| United Kingdom | London | Stansted Airport | ||
| United Kingdom | Manchester | Manchester Airport | ||
| United States | Birmingham | Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport | ||
| United States | Huntsville | Huntsville International Airport | ||
| United States | Mobile | Mobile Regional Airport | ||
| United States | Montgomery | Montgomery Regional Airport | ||
| United States | Anchorage | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | ||
| United States | Fairbanks | Fairbanks International Airport | ||
| United States | Phoenix | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | ||
| United States | Tucson | Tucson International Airport | ||
| United States | Yuma | Yuma International Airport | ||
| United States | Bentonville | Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport | ||
| United States | Burbank | Hollywood Burbank Airport | ||
| United States | Fresno | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | ||
| United States | Los Angeles | Los Angeles International Airport | ||
| United States | Oakland | Oakland International Airport | ||
| United States | Ontario | Ontario International Airport | ||
| United States | Palm Springs | Palm Springs International Airport | ||
| United States | Sacramento | Sacramento International Airport | ||
| United States | San Diego | San Diego International Airport | ||
| United States | San Francisco | San Francisco International Airport | ||
| United States | San Jose | San Jose Mineta International Airport | ||
| United States | Santa Ana | John Wayne Airport | ||
| United States | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport | ||
| United States | Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Airport | ||
| United States | Denver | Denver International Airport | ||
| United States | Denver | Stapleton International Airport | ||
| United States | Eagle/Vail | Eagle County Regional Airport | ||
| United States | Hayden/Steamboat Springs | Yampa Valley Airport | ||
| United States | Montrose | Montrose Regional Airport | ||
| United States | Hartford | Bradley International Airport | ||
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Dulles International Airport | ||
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | ||
| United States | Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | ||
| United States | Fort Myers | Southwest Florida International Airport | ||
| United States | Jacksonville | Jacksonville International Airport | ||
| United States | Miami | Miami International Airport | ||
| United States | Orlando | Orlando International Airport | ||
| United States | Sarasota | Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport | ||
| United States | Pensacola | Pensacola International Airport | ||
| United States | Tampa | Tampa International Airport | ||
| United States | West Palm Beach | Palm Beach International Airport | ||
| United States | Atlanta | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | ||
| United States | Honolulu | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | ||
| United States | Kahului | Kahului Airport | ||
| United States | Kailua-Kona | Kona International Airport | ||
| United States | Lihue | Lihue Airport | ||
| United States | Boise | Boise Airport | ||
| United States | Chicago | O'Hare International Airport | ||
| United States | Indianapolis | Indianapolis International Airport | ||
| United States | Des Moines | Des Moines International Airport | ||
| United States | Wichita | Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport | ||
| United States | Louisville | Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport | ||
| United States | Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport | ||
| United States | New Orleans | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | ||
| United States | Portland | Portland International Jetport | ||
| United States | Baltimore | Baltimore/Washington International Airport | ||
| United States | Boston | Logan International Airport | ||
| United States | Worcester | Worcester Regional Airport | ||
| United States | Detroit | Detroit Metropolitan Airport | ||
| United States | Minneapolis | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | ||
| United States | Jackson | Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | ||
| United States | Gulfport | Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport | ||
| United States | Kansas City | Kansas City International Airport | ||
| United States | St. Louis | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | ||
| United States | Bozeman | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport | ||
| United States | Missoula | Missoula International Airport | ||
| United States | Omaha | Eppley Airfield | ||
| United States | Las Vegas | Harry Reid International Airport | ||
| United States | Reno | Reno–Tahoe International Airport | ||
| United States | Manchester | Manchester-Boston Regional Airport | ||
| United States | Newark | Newark Liberty International Airport | ||
| United States | Albuquerque | Albuquerque International Sunport | ||
| United States | Santa Fe | Santa Fe Municipal Airport | ||
| United States | Albany | Albany International Airport | ||
| United States | Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara International Airport | ||
| United States | New York City | John F. Kennedy International Airport | ||
| United States | New York City | LaGuardia Airport | ||
| United States | Rochester | Greater Rochester International Airport | ||
| United States | Syracuse | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | ||
| United States | Watertown | Watertown International Airport | ||
| United States | Charlotte | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | ||
| United States | Greensboro | Piedmont Triad International Airport | ||
| United States | Raleigh | Raleigh–Durham International Airport | ||
| United States | Wilmington | Wilmington International Airport | ||
| United States | Bismarck | Bismarck Municipal Airport | ||
| United States | Fargo | Hector International Airport | ||
| United States | Akron | Akron–Canton Airport | ||
| United States | Cincinnati/Covington | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | ||
| United States | Cleveland | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | ||
| United States | Columbus | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | ||
| United States | Dayton | Dayton International Airport | ||
| United States | Toledo | Toledo Express Airport | ||
| United States | Oklahoma City | Will Rogers World Airport | ||
| United States | Tulsa | Tulsa International Airport | ||
| United States | Portland | Portland International Airport | ||
| United States | Redmond | Redmond Municipal Airport | ||
| United States | Harrisburg | Harrisburg International Airport | ||
| United States | Philadelphia | Philadelphia International Airport | ||
| United States | Wyoming Valley | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport | ||
| United States | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh International Airport | ||
| United States | Providence | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | ||
| United States | Charleston | Charleston International Airport | ||
| United States | Knoxville | McGhee Tyson Airport | ||
| United States | Memphis | Memphis International Airport | ||
| United States | Nashville | Nashville International Airport | ||
| United States | Austin | Austin–Bergstrom International Airport | ||
| United States | Dallas | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | ||
| United States | El Paso | El Paso International Airport | ||
| United States | Houston | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | ||
| United States | McAllen | McAllen Miller International Airport | ||
| United States | San Antonio | San Antonio International Airport | ||
| United States | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City International Airport | ||
| United States | Norfolk | Norfolk International Airport | ||
| United States | Richmond | Richmond International Airport | ||
| United States | Seattle | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | ||
| United States | Spokane | Spokane International Airport | ||
| United States | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport | ||
| United States | Jackson | Jackson Hole Airport | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | Saint Croix | Henry E. Rohlsen Airport | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | Saint Thomas | Cyril E. King Airport | ||
| Uruguay | Montevideo | Carrasco International Airport | ||
| Venezuela | Caracas | Simón Bolívar International Airport | ||
| Venezuela | Maracaibo | La Chinita International Airport | ||
| Venezuela | Valencia | Arturo Michelena International Airport |