subject: American Airlines: An Extensive Network On The International And Domestic Front! [print this page] One of the subsidiaries of the AMR Corporation is the American Airlines. The airline has its headquarters at Fort Worth which is adjacent to one of its hubs at the Fort Worth International airport. An extensive network of flights is found to carry passengers not only in the domestic front but also on the global front. Various towns and cities are connected now and easily accessible thanks to the services and connectivity rendered by this airline.
There are scheduled flights throughout the northern and southern part of American continent, Caribbean, Asia and Pacific region and also Europe. The hub at Dallas is the largest hub owned by this airline. This accounts for the collection of about 83% of landing fee and 85% of traffic from this hub. Maintenance bases are being operated at Tulsa and Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
This airline has two affiliates, one, the Codeshare regional brand AmericanConnection. Second is the American Eagle, a regional subsidiary. Though growing from a conglomeration of some 82 small airline companies it has come a long way and is successfully carrying passengers all over the world now. This has enabled it to increase the connectivity across the globe too.
After this airline added Boeing 707 to its fleet it could operate non-stop flights from coast-to-coast. Feeder connections to cities in the old route for which Convair 990 and Lockheed Electras were used were maintained. Then to signify their commercial success that was growing leaps and downs Barbie dolls of stewardess of American Airlines were released. It was in 1967 that the airline logo was created and is still in use today.
The growth of this airlines company further enhanced by the acquisition of the Trans Caribbean Airways in 1971. Another feather in its cap is employing a female pilot, Bonnie Tiburzi, first in the world. The growth path did not stop there but continued with being the first in many respects. Computer reservation system, two-tier wage scale and frequent flyer loyalty were pioneered by this airline.
Japan and Europe were connected in the mid-eighties from the new hubs at DFW and Chicago OHare. The growth process continued and in the late eighties it resulted in opening three more hubs. This handled the north-south traffic. AirCal was purchased and this led to the addition of one more airport, the San Jose International Airport.
American Airlines Fleet and Services
The first addition of the Airbus the Airbus A300B4-605R aircraft was added to its fleet in 1988. The MD-80 jets used by this airline were replaced in 2008 with Boeing 737s. Now the new MD-80 is being operated till the ordered airbus A319 and A321 and the Boeing 737-800 are delivered. Once this is done the fleet will comprise of only the Boeing and airbus aircrafts. In total there are 608 aircrafts in the fleet.
In the American Airlines food and beverages are made available through the buy on board service. On the long haul flight and flights that take more than two hours, free meals are served. Business class and first class passengers receive alcoholic beverages for free. Seating also is comfortable and the provision of other amenities like sockets for plugging, television and so on makes the journey pleasurable.
