American Airlines

American Airlines is an airline based in the state of Texas in the United States, operating scheduled domestic and international services.

= History = American Airlines was started in 1930 via a union of more than eighty small airlines.

American Airlines absorbed Trans World Airlines (TWA) in 2004 and US Airways in 2015.

American Airlines in British Columbia
American Airlines operates flights between Vancouver and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Los Angeles, California, Phoenix, Arizona, and St Louis, Missouri; the latter was inaugurated by TWA in 1979. It also operates a non-stop service between Victoria and New York City. TWA also operated a Victoria–St Louis service, but this was discontinued by American in 2006.

Although American was never a direct customer of De Havilland BC, through the absorption of TWA it acquired six DHBC-7 Trident 7D and twenty DHBC-8 Trident 8 airliners. The six Trident 7D were retired in 2005 and 2007 (three each year); the Trident 8s were retired between 2006 and 2015.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A319-100 - 133, world's largest operator of the type
 * Airbus A320-200 - 48
 * Airbus A321-200 - 202, world's largest operator of the type
 * Airbus A321neo - 42, 28 on order
 * Airbus A321XLR - 0, 50 to be delivered from 2023 to 2025
 * Airbus A330-200 - 15, inherited from US Airways
 * Airbus A330-300 - 9, inherited from US Airways
 * Boeing 737-800 - 266
 * Boeing 737 MAX 8 - 41, 59 on order
 * Boeing 777-200ER - 47
 * Boeing 777-300ER - 20
 * Boeing 787-8 - 24, 13 on order
 * Boeing 787-9 - 22, 30 	on order
 * Embraer E190 - 20, inherited from US Airways

Historic

 * Airbus A300B4-600R - 35 (1988–2009)
 * BAC 111-401AK - 30 (1963–1972)
 * Boeing 707-120B - 56 (1959–1979)
 * Boeing 707-320B - 10 (1967–1981)
 * Boeing 707-320C - 34 (1963-1981)
 * Boeing 717-200 - 29 (2004–2007), inherited from TWA
 * Boeing 720B - 25 (1961–1975)
 * Boeing 727-100 - 59 (1964–1994)
 * Boeing 727-200 - 125 (1968–2002)
 * Boeing 747-100 - 9 (1970–1985)
 * Boeing 747-100SF 7 (1976–1989)
 * Boeing 747SP - 2 (1986–1994)
 * Boeing 757-200 - 177 (1989–2021)
 * Boeing 767-200 - 11 (1982–2008)
 * Boeing 767-200ER - 29 (1984–2015)
 * Boeing 767-300ER - 67 (1988–2021)
 * Convair CV-240 - 80 (1948–?)
 * Convair CV-440 - 5 (1976–?)
 * Convair CV-990 - 20 (1962–1967)
 * DHBC-7 Trident 7D - 6 (2004–2006)
 * DHBC-8 Trident 8 - 20 (2004–2015)
 * Douglas DC-2 - 16 (1934–?)
 * Douglas DC-3 - 113 (1936–1955)
 * Douglas DC-4 - 53 (1946–1958)
 * Douglas DC-6 - 88 (1946–1966)
 * Douglas DC-7 - 58 (1953–1967)
 * Douglas DC-8-54CF - 2 (1971–1972), inherited from Trans Caribbean Airways
 * Douglas DC-8-55CF - 1 (1971–1972), inherited from Trans Caribbean Airways
 * Douglas DC-8-61CF - 3 (1971–1972), inherited from Trans Caribbean Airways
 * Fokker 100 - 75 (1991–2004)
 * Lockheed L-188A Electra - 35 (1959–1968)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 - 55 (1971–2000)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - 11 (1981–2000), all acquired second-hand
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-11 - 19 (1991–2002)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-81 - 8 (2004–2011), inherited from TWA
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - 270 (1983–2019)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - 108 (1987–2019)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-87 - 5 (1999–2003), inherited from Reno Air
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - 5 (1999–2005), inherited from Reno Air

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within the United States; "Continental" refers to services between NAFTA signatories (BC, Mexico, Canada, and the United States).