American Airlines fleet

As of September 2023 the American Airlines fleet is the largest in the world, comprising 980 mainline aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus.[1][2][3] When long-haul capable aircraft were retired and not replaced in 2020, during the pandemic, American lost the largest current fleet metric title to Delta Air Lines for years 2021-2023. American Airlines is currently in the process of the largest fleet renewal in its history, with an additional 159 aircraft on order from Airbus and Boeing.[lower-alpha 1][5]

This article is about the mainline American Airlines fleet, including the historical fleet. For information about the fleet of American's regional operations, see American Eagle (airline brand) § Fleet.
A long gray plane is near landing with its landing gear deployed
An American Boeing 777-300ER landing at London Heathrow Airport
American Airbus A320 family aircraft at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

Over 80% of American's aircraft are narrow-bodies from the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 family. It is the largest A320 family aircraft operator in the world, as well as the largest operator of the A319 and A321 variants. It is the fourth-largest operator of 737 family aircraft and second-largest operator of the 737-800 variant.

American's wide-body aircraft are all Boeing airliners, however the majority of the airline’s fleet consists of Airbus aircraft. It is the third-largest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner series and the sixth-largest operator of the Boeing 777 series. On May 19, 2023, American Airlines passed All Nippon Airways as the world's largest operator of the 787-8, the smallest variant of the Dreamliner.[6]

American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s.[7] This strategy shifted on July 20, 2011, when American announced the largest combined aircraft order in history for 460 narrow-body jets including 260 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family.[8] Additional Airbus aircraft joined the fleet in 2013 during the US Airways merger, which operated a nearly all Airbus fleet.[9]

Current fleet

As of October 2023, American Airlines operates the following aircraft:[10][11][12]

American Airlines mainline fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers[13] Notes
F J W Y+ Y Total
Airbus A319-100 133 — 8 — — 24 96 128 Largest operator of its type.[14]
Airbus A320-200 48 — 12 — — 18 120 150
Airbus A321-200 218 — 20 — — 35 135 190 Largest operator of its type.[14]
10 20 — 36 36 102 Transcontinental configuration.[15]
To be retrofitted into standard configuration and replaced with Airbus A321XLR.[16]
Airbus A321neo 70 10 20 — — 35 141 196 Additional 10 aircraft bought from Alaska Airlines.[17]
Airbus A321XLR — 50 — 20 12 TBA Deliveries begin in 2024.[16][18]
Boeing 737-800 303 — 16 — — 24 132 172
Boeing 737 MAX 8 53 77 16 — — 24 132 172 Deliveries until 2028.[19]
Boeing 777-200ER 47 — — 37 24 66 146 273
Boeing 777-300ER 20 — 8 52 28 28 188 304
— 70 44 TBA Retrofit to commence in 2024.[11]
Boeing 787-8 37 — — 20 28 48 138 234 Largest operator since May 19, 2023.[20]
Boeing 787-9 22 30 — 30 21 34 200 285
— 51 32 TBA Deliveries begin in 2024.[11]
Total 946 167

Fleet history
Retired American Airlines mainline fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes Refs
Jet Aircraft
Airbus A300B4-600R 35 1988 2009 Un­known One crashed as Flight 587. [21]
Airbus A330-200 15 2013 2020 Boeing 787-9 Former US Airways fleet.
Early retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.		 [22]
Airbus A330-300 9 [23][24]
Airbus A350-900 22 Cancelled Boeing 787 Dreamliner Orders were transferred from US Airways, but were later canceled when American ordered 47 additional 787s. [25]
BAe 146-100 1 1987 1988 Un­known Leased from British Aerospace. [26]
BAe 146-200 7 1990 Un­known Former AirCal fleet.
BAC 111-401AK 30 1965 1973 Un­known [27]
Boeing 707-120B 56 1959 1979 Un­known Including 25 re-equipped with turbofans.
Boeing 707-320B 10 1967 1981 Un­known [28][29]
Boeing 707-320C 34 1963 Un­known [30]
Boeing 717-200 29 2001 2003 Un­known Former Trans World Airlines fleet. [31]
Boeing 720B 25 1961 1975 Un­known Including ten 10 re-equipped with turbofans. [32]
Boeing 727-100 59 1964 1994 Un­known One crashed as Flight 625.
Boeing 727-200 125 1968 2002 Boeing 737-800 [33]
Boeing 737-100 2 1987 1988 Un­known Former AirCal fleet. [26]
Boeing 737-200 21 1991 Un­known
Boeing 737-300 8 1992 Un­known
Boeing 737-400 14 2013 2015 Un­known Former US Airways fleet. Never flew under American brand name. [34]
Boeing 747-100 9 1970 1985 Un­known
Boeing 747-100SF 7 1976 1989 Un­known [30]
Boeing 747-200C 1 1984 1984 None Leased from World Airways. [35]
Boeing 747SP 2 1986 1994 Un­known [36]
Boeing 757-200 177 1989 2020 Airbus A321-200
Airbus A321neo		 Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One crashed as Flight 965.
One hijacked and crashed into The Pentagon as Flight 77, as part of the September 11 attacks.		 [24]
Boeing 767-200 13 1982 2008 Boeing 767-300ER [37]
Boeing 767-200ER 27 1984 2014 Airbus A321-200
Boeing 767-300ER		 One hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as Flight 11, as part of the September 11 attacks. [37]
Boeing 767-300ER 67 1988 2020 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 787-8		 Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One unsuccessfully bombed as Flight 63.
One damaged as Flight 383.		 [24]
Convair 990 20 1962 1972 Un­known
Douglas DC-8-54CF 2 1971 1972 Un­known Former Trans Caribbean Airways fleet.
Douglas DC-8-55CF 1 1972 Un­known
Douglas DC-8-61CF 3 1971 Un­known
Embraer E190 20 2013 2020 Airbus A319-100
Embraer 175		 Former US Airways fleet.
Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.		 [24]
Fokker 100 75 1991 2004 Bombardier CRJ700 series [38][39]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 55 1971 2003 Boeing 777-200ER Operated the world's first scheduled DC-10 service (between Los Angeles and Chicago) on August 5, 1971.
One damaged as Flight 96. One crashed as Flight 191.		 [40]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 11 1981 2000 Boeing 777-200ER [41]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 19 1991 2001 Boeing 777-200ER [42]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 270 1983 2019 Airbus A320 family
Airbus A321neo
Boeing 737 MAX		 One crashed as Flight 1420.
One donated to Lewis University in 2019.		 [43]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 108 1987 One damaged as Flight 1572.
One donated to Career Technology Center in 2019.
Includes N984TW, the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 ever built.
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 5 1999 2003 Un­known Former Reno Air fleet. [44]
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 5 2005 Un­known [45]
Propeller aircraft
Convair CV-240 80 1948 1964 Un­known
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan 5 1976 1982 Un­known Operated by American Inter-Island Airlines for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. [46]
Douglas DC-2 16 1934 1936 Un­known
Douglas DC-3 113 1936 1955 Un­known Operated the world's first scheduled DC-3 service (from Newark to Chicago) on June 26, 1936.
Douglas DC-4 53 1946 1958 Un­known
Douglas DC-6 88 1946 1966 Un­known One crashed as Flight 157.
Douglas DC-7 58 1953 1967 Un­known
Lockheed L-188A Electra 35 1958 1972 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 in April 2015, the total used here is combined for both carriers.[4]

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