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American Eagle is a brand name for the regional branch of American Airlines, under which six individual regional airlines operate short- and medium-haul feeder flights.. Three of these airlines, Envoy Air (formerly American Eagle Airlines), Piedmont Airlines, and PSA Airlines, are wholly owned subsidiaries of the American Airlines
AAdvantage; AAirpass; List of American Airlines accidents and incidents; ... American Airlines fleet; American Eagle (airline brand) ... (travel reservation system)
American Airlines Flight 723 was a scheduled American Airlines flight from Boston Airport in Massachusetts, to Chicago Midway Airport in Illinois. On September 16, 1953, a Convair 240 propliner flying this route crashed while attempting to land at Albany Airport in upstate New York , killing all 28 people on board.
In May 1981, a week after rival American Airlines launched AAdvantage, the first modern frequent flyer program, United launched its Mileage Plus. In 1982, United was the launch carrier for the Boeing 767-200 , receiving its first 767-200s on August 19.
As of September 2024, the American Airlines fleet consists of 971 mainline aircraft, making it the third-largest commercial airline fleet in the world. [1] [2] [3] American Airlines operates aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Airbus. Over 80% of American's aircraft are narrow-bodies from the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 family.
Allegheny Airlines was a local service carrier that operated out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1952 to 1979, with routes primarily located in the eastern U.S. [1] It was the forerunner of USAir that was subsequently renamed US Airways, which itself merged with American Airlines.
Continental launched its frequent flyer program, initially called Travel Bank, in September 1982, following that of Texas International Airlines in 1979, [23] which was the industry's first frequent flyer program, and American Airlines AAdvantage program in 1981.
The MARS-1 train ticket reservation system was designed and planned in the 1950s by the Japanese National Railways' R&D Institute, now the Railway Technical Research Institute, with the system eventually being produced by Hitachi in 1958. [6]