American Airlines, Inc.
Founded April 15, 1926; 98 years ago (1926-04-15 ) (earliest predecessor airline as American Airways, Inc.)Chicago , Illinois , United States [ 3] Commenced operations June 25, 1936 (1936-06-25 ) [ 3] AOC # AALA025A[ 4] Hubs Focus cities New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas Frequent-flyer program AAdvantage Alliance Oneworld Fleet size 956 (mainline)[ 5] Destinations 350 [ 6] Company slogan Parent company American Airlines Group Traded as NASDAQ : AAL Headquarters SkyView, Fort Worth, Texas , United States Key people Employees 122,300 (May 2017)[ 8] Website www .aa .com
American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is the largest airline of the United States .[ 9] It is based in Fort Worth [ 10] It was founded in 1930 with the name American Airways . 82 small airlines were combined in 1930 to form American.[ 11] In 1934, the name was officially changed to American Airlines . American was the first airline to have computerized reservations, a frequent-flyer program and an airline lounge.[ 12] [ 13] In 1999, American helped start Oneworld .[ 14] In 2001, American bought TWA . In 2011, American filed for bankruptcy . American was combined with US Airways in 2013.[ 15] In 2016, American will introduce a new no-frills fare. This is to compete with many low-cost carriers .[ 16]
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