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AmericanAirlines.com,
(AA) is a US-based airline and also the largest airline
in the world in terms of total passengers-miles transported and
passenger fleet size (FedEx Express, a cargo airline, has more aircraft
than American Airlines), and the
second-largest airline company in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in
terms of total operating revenues.
American Airlines, Inc.
A wholly owned subsidiary of the AMR Corporation, the airline is
headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, adjacent to the Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport. American operates scheduled flights
throughout the United States, as well as flights to Canada, Latin
America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, Japan, China, and India.
The Chairman, President, and CEO of AA is Gerard Arpey. In 2005,
the airline flew more than 138 billion revenue passenger miles
(RPM).
As of February 2007, American serves 260 cities (excluding
codeshares with partner airlines) with a fleet of 675 aircraft.
American carries more passengers between the US and Latin America
(12.1 million in 2004) than any other airline, and is also strong
in the trans/inter/intra/continental market.
American has five hubs: Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Chicago (ORD),
Miami (MIA), San Juan (SJU) and St. Louis (STL). Dallas/Fort Worth
is the airline's largest hub, with AA operating over 84 percent of
flights at the airport and traveling to more destinations than
from any of its other hubs. Los Angeles (LAX), New York
City-Kennedy (JFK), New York City-LaGuardia (LGA), Boston (BOS),
and Raleigh-Durham (RDU) serve as focus cities and international
gateways. American operates maintenance bases at Tulsa (TUL),
Kansas City (MCI), and Fort Worth Alliance (AFW).
American Eagle Airlines is a
Fort Worth, Texas-based regional airline partner of American
Airlines, wholly owned by AMR Corporation.
American Airlines is a founding member of the Oneworld airline
alliance.
Destinations
American Airlines serves destinations on four continents.
Its network is particularly developed in the Americas, where it
serves more destinations than any other U.S. airline. Hubs at
Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami and New York (JFK) serve as major
gateways to the Americas, while American's Chicago hub has become
the airline's primary gateway to Europe and Asia. Similar to other
U.S. legacy carriers, American has dramatically cut back on flying
point-to-point routes (both domestic and international) to
once-important non-hub cities such as Boston, San Jose, and Fort
Lauderdale in favor of consolidating operations into major hubs.
American is the only U.S. airline with scheduled flights to
Anguilla, Bolivia, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, and Uruguay.
In recent years, American has begun to expand its network in Asia,
albeit with mixed success. In 2005, American re-introduced a
non-stop flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Osaka, which had been
discontinued after the September 11 terrorist attacks, but this
service was discontinued a year later.
American also launched non-stop service from Chicago to
Nagoya, but that too ended within a year. Also in 2005, American
launched service from Chicago to Delhi.
Somewhat surprising to
some (given the lack of success that
United Airlines encountered operating the same
route) this service has been profitable. In April 2006,
American began service from Chicago to Shanghai, which has
also proven to be profitable for the company. However, in
October 2006, American ceased its San Jose, CA to Tokyo/Narita
service, leaving LAX as American's sole international gateway
on the West Coast. American planned to start flights between
Dallas/Fort Worth and Beijing via Chicago-O'Hare (on Westbound
only) in 2007 but lost its bid to United Airlines' Dulles to
Beijing route. However, in September 2007, AA was granted
permission to start a Chicago-Beijing route to be included in
a new set of China routes in 2009.
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