American Airlines fleet

American Airlines operates 874 aircraft, giving it the largest commercial airline fleet in the US. It primarily operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and wide-body aircraft. American is currently in the process of the largest fleet renewal in its history, with over 200 aircraft remaining on order from Airbus and Boeing.

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).

Current fleet

American is the largest operator of the Airbus A320 family in the world.[1][n 1] It operates the largest fleet of A321 and A319 aircraft in the world.

As of August 2020, the American Airlines mainline fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2][3][4]

American Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers						Notes
			F	B	E+	M+	M	Total
Airbus A319-100	133	—	8	—	—	24	96	128	Largest operator.
Airbus A320-200	48	—	12	—	—	18	120	150
Airbus A321-200	218	—	10	20	—	36	36	102	Transcontinental service configuration.
			20	—	—	35	135	190
			16	—	—	18	153	187	To be converted to 190-seat configuration.[5]
			16	—	—	36	129	181
Airbus A321neo	21	49[6]	20	—	—	47	129	196
Airbus A321XLR	—	50	TBA						To be delivered from 2023 to 2025.[7]
Airbus A330-200	15	—	—	20[8]	21[8]	50[8]	156[8]	247	All aircraft in long-term storage until 2022.[9]
Boeing 737-800	304	—	16	—	—	30	114	160	46-76 aircraft are to be retired by the end of 2021.[10] Remaining aircraft to be converted to 172-seat configuration.[5]
							126	172
Boeing 737 MAX 8	24	76	16	—	—	30	126	172
Boeing 777-200ER	47	—	—	37	24	66	146	273	Older aircraft to be replaced by Boeing 787-9 by 2023.[11]
Boeing 777-300ER	20	—	8	52	28	28	188	304
Boeing 787-8	22	20	—	20	28	48	143	239
Boeing 787-9	22	25	—	30	21	24	200	285	Replacing older Boeing 777-200ER.
Total	874	213

Fleet history

Formerly operated

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Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes	Refs
Jet Aircraft
Airbus A300B4-600R	34	1988	2009		[12]
	1		2001	Crashed as Flight 587
Airbus A330-300	9	2000[10]	2020	Former US Airways fleet.	[13]
BAe 146-100	8	1987	1994	Former AirCal fleet.	[14]
BAe 146-200
BAC 111-401AK	30	1963	1972		[15]
Boeing 707-120	56	1959	1979
Boeing 707-320	47	1963	1981		[16]
Boeing 717-200	28	2001	2003	Former Trans World Airlines fleet.	[17]
Boeing 720B	25	1960	Unknown		[18]
Boeing 727-100	59	1964	1994
Boeing 727-200	125	1968	2002		[19]
Boeing 737-100	2	1987	Unknown	Former AirCal fleet.	[20]
Boeing 737-200	21	1987	1991	Former AirCal fleet.	[21]
Boeing 737-300	8	1987	1992	Former AirCal fleet.	[22]
Boeing 747-100	18	1970	1984
Boeing 747-200	1	1984	1984		[23]
Boeing 747SP	2	1986	1994		[24]
Boeing 757-200	175	1989	2020		[13]
	1		1995	Crashed as Flight 965.
	1		2001	Hijacked and crashed into The Pentagon as Flight 77, part of the September 11th attacks.
Boeing 767-200	13	1982	2014		[25]
Boeing 767-200ER	16	1984	2014		[25]
	1		2001	Hijacked and crashed into World Trade Center as Flight 11, part of the September 11th attacks.
Boeing 767-300ER	66	1988	2020	One hijacked (but did not crash) as Flight 63.	[13]
	1		2016	Written off as Flight 383.
Convair 990	20	1962	1967
Embraer 190	20	2013	2020	Former US Airways fleet.	[13]
Fokker 100	75	1991	2004		[26]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10	54	1971	2000	Years differ due to American purchasing 20 second-tier aircraft after original 35. One damaged as Flight 96	[27]
	1		1979	Crashed as Filght 191.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	11	1981	2000	All purchased used from various other airlines	[28]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11	19	1991	2002		[29]
McDonnell Douglas MD-81	8	2001	2011	Former Trans World Airlines fleet.	[30]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	269	1983	2019		[31]
	1		1999	Crashed as Flight 1420.
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	108	1987	2019	One damaged as Flight 1572	[31]
McDonnell Douglas MD-87	5	1991	2001	Former Reno Air fleet.	[32]
McDonnell Douglas MD-90	5	1999	2005	Former Reno Air fleet.	[33]
Propeller Aircraft
Convair 240	80	Unknown	Unknown
Convair 440 Metropolitan	5	Unknown	Unknown	Operated by American Inter-Island Airlines for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.	[34]
Douglas DC-2	16	Unknown	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-188 Electra	35	1959	1968

American Freighter formerly operated

American Airlines Former Freighter Aircraft[35]

Aircraft	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Boeing 707-320C	Unknown	Unknown
Boeing 747-100SF	Unknown	Unknown

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 since April 2015, the total used here is combined for both carriers

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