American Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a US-based airline^[3], the world's largest in passenger miles transported^[4] and passenger fleet size. It is second largest, behind FedEx Express, in aircraft operated and second behind Air France-KLM in operating revenues^[5]. A subsidiary of the AMR Corporation, the airline is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, adjacent to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. American operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, as well as flights to Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Japan, China, and India. The Chairman, President, and CEO of AA is Gerard Arpey. In 2005, the airline flew more than 138 billion revenue passenger miles (RPM).

American Eagle Airlines is a regional service provider for American Airlines which it uses to fly to smaller cities.

Overview

In May 2008, American served 260 cities (excluding codeshares with partner airlines) with 655 aircraft.^[6] American carries more passengers between the US and Latin America (12.1 million in 2004) than any other airline, and is also strong in the trans/inter/intracontinental market.

American has five hubs: Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Chicago (ORD), Miami (MIA), Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) and Lambert St Louis International Airport (STL). Dallas/Fort Worth is the airline's largest hub, with AA operating 84 percent of flights at the airport and traveling to more destinations than from its other hubs. Los Angeles (LAX), New York City-Kennedy (JFK), Boston (BOS), serve as focus cities and international gateways. American operates maintenance bases at Tulsa (TUL), Kansas City (MCI), and Fort Worth Alliance (AFW).

American Eagle Airlines is a Fort Worth regional partner of American Airlines, wholly owned by AMR Corporation.

American Airlines is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance.

History

Formation

American Airlines was developed from a conglomeration of 82 small airlines through acquisitions and reorganizations: initially, American Airways was a common brand by a number of independent carriers. These included Southern Air Transport in Texas, Southern Air Fast Express (SAFE) in the western US, Universal Aviation in the Midwest (which operated a transcontinental air/rail route in 1929), Thompson Aeronautical Services (which operated a Detroit-Cleveland route beginning in 1929) and Colonial Air Transport in the Northeast.

Airbus A300

On January 25, 1930, American Airways was incorporated as a single company, based in New York, with routes from Boston, New York and Chicago to Dallas, and from Dallas to Los Angeles. The airline operated wood and fabric-covered Fokker Trimotors and all-metal Ford Trimotors. In 1934 American began flying Curtiss Condor biplanes with sleeping berths.

American Airlines before World War II

In 1934, American Airways Company was acquired by E.L. Cord, who renamed it "American Air Lines". Cord hired Texas businessman C.R. (Cyrus Rowlett) Smith to run the company.

Smith worked with Donald Douglas to develop the DC-3, which American Airlines started flying in 1936. With the DC-3, American began calling its aircraft "Flagships" and establishing the Admirals Club for valued passengers. The DC-3s had a four-star "admiral's pennant" outside the cockpit window while the aircraft was parked, one of the most well-known images of the airline at the time.

American Airlines was first to cooperate with Fiorello LaGuardia to build an airport in New York City, and partly as a result became owner of the world's first airline lounge at the new LaGuardia Airport (LGA), which became known as the Admirals Club. Membership was initially by invitation but a discrimination suit decades later changed the club into a paid club, creating the model for other airline lounges.

Postwar developments

Boeing 707 freighter at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in France (near Basel) in 1976

After World War II, American launched an international subsidiary, American Overseas Airlines, to serve Europe; AOA was sold to Pan Am in 1950. AA launched another subsidiary, Líneas Aéreas Americanas de Mexico S.A., to fly to Mexico and built several airports there.

American Airlines introduced the first transcontinental jet service using Boeing 707s on 25 January 1959. With its Astrojets, as it dubbed the jet fleet, American shifted to nonstop coast-to-coast flights, although it maintained feeder connections to cities along its old route using smaller Convair 990s and Lockheed Electras. American invested $440 million in jet aircraft up to 1962, launched the first electronic booking system (Sabre) with IBM, and built an upgraded terminal at Idlewild (now JFK) Airport in New York City which became the airline's largest base.^[7]

Expansion in 1980s and 1990s

After moving headquarters to Fort Worth in 1979, American changed its routing to a hub-and-spoke system in 1981, opening its first hubs at DFW and Chicago O'Hare. Led by its new chairman and CEO, Robert Crandall, American began flights from these hubs to Europe and Japan in the mid-1980s.

In the late 1980s, American opened three hubs for north-south traffic. San Jose International Airport was added after American purchased AirCal. American also built a terminal and runway at Raleigh-Durham International Airport for the growing Research Triangle Park nearby and compete with USAir's hub in Charlotte. Nashville was also a hub.

In 1990, American Airlines bought the assets of TWA's operations at London Heathrow for $445 million, giving American a hub there. Until the open skies agreement in April 2008, the US/British treaty Bermuda II the only U.S. airlines to serve Heathrow were American and United Airlines.

Lower fuel prices and a favorable business climate led to higher than average profits. The industry's expansion was not lost on pilots who on February 17, 1997 went on strike for higher wages. President Bill Clinton invoked the Railway Labor Act citing economic impact to the United States, aquashing the strike.^[8] Pilots settled for lower wages than their demands.

The three new hubs were abandoned in the 1990s: some San Jose facilities were sold to Reno Air, and at Raleigh/Durham to Midway Airlines. Midway went out of business in 2001. American purchased Reno Air in February 1999 and integrated its operations on 31 August 1999, but did not resume hub operations in San Jose. American discontinued most of Reno Air's routes, and sold most of the Reno Air aircraft, as they had with Air California 12 years earlier. The only remaining route from the Air California and Reno Air purchases is San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Boeing 767-300ER taking off

During this time, concern over airline bankruptcies and falling stock prices brought a warning from American's CEO Robert Crandall. "I've never invested in any airline," Crandall said. "I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'" Crandall noted that since airline deregulation of the 1970s, 150 airlines had gone out of business. "A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money," he said.

Miami became a hub after American bought Central and South American routes from Eastern Air Lines in 1990 (inherited from Braniff International Airways but originated by Panagra). Through the 1990s, American expanded its network in Latin America to become the dominant U.S. carrier in the region.

On 15 October 1998 American Airlines became the first airline to offer electronic ticketing in all 44 countries it serves.

TWA merger, 9/11, into present

Robert Crandall left in 1998 and was replaced by Donald J. Carty, who negotiated the purchase of Trans World Airlines and its hub in St Louis in April 2001.

The merger of seniority lists remains contentious for pilots - the groups were represented by different unions. In the merger, 60 percent of former TWA pilots moved to the bottom of the seniority list at AA. All were furloughed, and most remain on furlough. The most senior TWA captain, hired in 1963, was integrated at the same seniority level as an AA captain hired in 1985. All TWA captains and first officers hired in March 1989 and later were appended to the seniority list junior to American Airlines first officers hired in June 2001. However, TWA pilots were given super-seniority and a ratio of positions as captain if they stayed in St Louis. The result was that most former TWA pilots stayed in St Louis and roughly maintained their relative seniority; though, some left St Louis and flew in the co-pilot seat next to AA pilots who may have been hired at a later date, but are more senior outside the protections afforded to that base. The extensive furloughs of former TWA pilots in the wake of the 9/11 attacks disproportionately affected St. Louis and resulted in a significant influx of American Airlines pilots. For cabin crews, all former TWA flight attendants (approximately 4,200) were furloughed by mid-2003 due to the AA flight attendants' union putting TWA flight attendants at the bottom of their seniority list.

American Airlines began losing money in the wake of the TWA merger and the September 11, 2001 attacks. Carty negotiated wage and benefit agreements with the unions but resigned after union leaders discovered he was planning to award executive compensation packages at the same time. St Louis hub was also downsized.

American has undergone additional cost-cutting, including rolling back its "More Room Throughout Coach" program (which eliminated several seats on certain aircraft), ending three-class service on many international flights, and standardizing its fleet at each hub (see below). However, the airline has expanded into new markets, including Ireland, India and mainland China.

Boeing 777-223ER landing at London Heathrow Airport

On July 20, 2005, American announced a quarterly profit for the first time in 17 quarters; the airline earned $58 million in the second quarter of 2005. It had previously lobbied for preservation of the Wright Amendment, which regulates commercial airline operations at Love Field in Dallas. On June 15, 2006, American agreed with Southwest Airlines and the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth to seek repeal of the Wright Amendment on condition that Love Field remained a domestic airport and its gate capacity be limited.^[9]

American Airlines canceled 1,000 flights to inspect wire bundles over three days in April 2008 to make sure they complied with government safety regulations.^[10] This caused significant inconvenience to passengers and financial problems for the airline. American is replacing all its MD-80 jets with Boeing 737s.

In May 2008, a month after mass grounding of aircraft, American announced capacity cuts and fees to increase revenue and help cover high fuel prices. The airline increased fees such as a $15 charge for the first checked bag and $25 for the second, as well as a $150 change fee for domestic reservations. American Airlines announced in May that it expected to retire 40 to 45 mainline aircraft in fall 2008, the majority fuel-inefficient MD-80s but also some Airbus A300s. AA's regional airline will retire 35 to 40 regional jets as well as its Saab turboprop fleet.

On July 2, 2008, American announced furloughs of up to 950 flight attendants, via Texas' Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act system.^[11] This furlough is in addition to the furlough of 20 MD-80 aircraft^[12]. American's hub at SJU will be truncated from 38 to 18 daily inbound flights, but the carrier will retain service in a diminished capacity.^[13][14]

On August 13, 2008, the Kansas City Star reported that American would move some overhaul work from its Kansas City, Missouri base. Repairs on Boeing 757s will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and some 767 maintenance will move there as well; one, possibly two, Boeing 767 repair lines will be retained at Kansas City International Airport. The narrow-body repair hangar will be shut. The city's aviation department offered to upgrade repair facilities on condition that the airline maintain at least 700 jobs.^[15]

Slogans

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport

• Current - "We know why you fly, we're American Airlines."
• AA/TWA merger - "Two great airlines, one great future."
• 2001 (post-9/11) - "We are an airline that is proud to bear the name American."
• Mid 1990s - "Based Here. Best Here."
• Late 1980s - "No other Airline gives you more of America, than American."
• Mid 1980s-mid 1990s - "Something special in the air."
• 1980s-1988- "The On-Time Machine."
• 1970s-1980s - "We're American Airlines, doing what we do best."
• Early 1970s - "It's good to know you're on American Airlines."
• 1967-1969 - "Fly the American Way."
• 1964-1967 - "American built an airline for professional travelers."
• 1950s-early 1960s - "America's Leading (domestic) Airline."

Destinations

MD-82 in flight above Toronto.

Further information: American Airlines destinations

American Airlines serves four continents. Its network is developed in the Americas. Hubs at Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami and New York (JFK) serve as gateways to the Americas, while American's Chicago hub has become the airline's primary gateway to Europe and Asia, and St. Louis is a regional hub.

American is the only U.S. airline with scheduled flights to Anguilla, Bolivia, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Uruguay.

American has begun to expand in Asia, with mixed success. In 2005, American re-introduced a non-stop flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Osaka, which has since been discontinued. American also launched non-stop service from Chicago to Nagoya, but that too ended within a year. Also in 2005, American launched service from Chicago to Delhi.^[16] This service has been profitable. In April 2006, American began service from Chicago to Shanghai, also profitably. However, in October 2006, American ceased its San Jose, CA to Tokyo/Narita service, leaving LAX as American's sole international gateway on the West Coast. American planned flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Beijing via Chicago-O'Hare (on Westbound only) in 2007 but lost its bid to United Airlines' Dulles to Beijing route. , AA was granted permission in September 2007 to start a Chicago-Beijing route in a new set of China routes in 2009.

American has recently begun non-stop service from Miami to the Brazilian cities of Belo Horizonte, Recife, and Salvador.

Fleet

An American Boeing 757 landing at Vancouver International Airport

American Airlines' fleet has 664 planes.^[17] Almost half is composed of McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and MD-83 series twinjets.

American was one of three (Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines being the other two) to sign an exclusive agreement with Boeing in the late 1990s. When Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, the European Union forced Boeing to void the contracts. The carriers are widely believed to still have a gentlemen's agreement with Boeing.

In August 2007 the airline announced the intention of offering Wi-fi internet services on Boeing 767-200ER flights across the United States.^[18] On August 20, 2008, American Airlines became the first to offer full inflight internet service.^[19]

In October 2008, American ordered the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.^[20]

Current

American Airlines had an average fleet age of 15.4 years in November 2008.^[21]

Retired fleet

American Airlines has flown all of Boeing's "7-Series" jet airliners.

AAdvantage

AAdvantage is the frequent flyer program of American Airlines. Launched May 1, 1981, it was the first such loyalty program in the world, and remains the largest with more than 50 million members as of 2005.

Miles accumulated in the program allow members to redeem tickets, upgrade service class, or obtain free or discounted car rentals, hotel stays, merchandise, or other products and services through partners. The most active members, based on the amount and price of travel booked, are designated AAdvantage Gold, AAdvantage Platinum, and AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite members, with privileges such as separate check-in, priority upgrade and standby processing, or free upgrades. They also receive similar privileges from AA's partner airlines, particularly those in Oneworld.

History

Increased competition following the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act prompted airline marketing professionals to develop ways to reward repeat customers and build brand loyalty. The first idea at American, a special "loyalty fare", was modified and expanded to offer free first class tickets and upgrades to first class for companions, or discounted coach tickets. Membership was seeded by searching AA's SABRE computer reservations system for recurring phone numbers. The 130,000 most frequent flyers, plus an additional 60,000 members of AA's Admirals Club were pre-enrolled and sent letters with their new account numbers. The name was selected by AA's advertising agency, and is consistent with other American Airlines programs featuring "AA" in the name and logo. The logo was designed by Massimo Vignelli.

Less than a week later, rival United Airlines launched its Mileage Plus program; other airlines followed in the ensuing months and years. The rapid appearance of competition changed the nature of the program, and as airlines began to compete on the features of their frequent flyer programs, AAdvantage liberalized its rules, established partnerships with hotel and rental car agencies, and offered promotions such as extra free beverages. In 1982 AAdvantage also became the first program to cooperate with an international carrier; members could accrue and redeem miles on British Airways flights to Europe.

In 2005 American Airlines joined other major US carriers in introducing an online shopping portal allowing shoppers to earn AAdvantage miles when shopping online.

Partnerships

In addition to its Oneworld, American Connection, and American Eagle partnerships, American Airlines offers frequent flier partnerships with the following airlines and railways:

Airlines

Alaska Airlines Air Pacific Air Tahiti Nui Brussels Airlines China Eastern Airlines El Al Israel Airlines EVA Air Gulf Air Hawaiian Airlines Jet Airways Mexicana Vietnam Airlines Railways Deutsche Bahn (AiRail Service) SNCF Environmental record The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has awarded American Airlines its 2005 Governor's Award for its outstanding efforts in environmental protection and pollution prevention. American Airline's wastewater treatment plant recycles water used at the base of the wash aircraft, process rinse water tanks, and irrigates landscape. That alone has saved almost 1 million dollars since 2002. In addition to that, American Airlines has also won the award for the reduction of hazardous waste. That saved them 229,000 dollars after a 2,000 investment. A bar code system used is to track hazardous waste. It has led to reduction of waste by 50 percent since 2000.[26] Violations occurring over a 4½ year period - from October 1993 to July 1998, targeted American Airlines for using high-sulfur fuel in motor vehicles at 10 major airports around the country. Under the federal Clean Air Act high sulfur fuel can not be used in motor vehicles. American Airlines promptly identified and corrected these violations of the Clean Air Act.[27] Admirals Club The Admirals Club was conceived by AA president C.R. Smith as a marketing gimmick shortly after he was made an honorary Texas Ranger. Inspired by the Kentucky colonels and other honorary organizations, Smith decided to make particularly valued passengers "admirals" of the "Flagship fleet" (AA called its aircraft "Flagships" at the time). The list of Admirals included many celebrities, politicians and other VIPs, as well as more "ordinary" customers who had been particularly loyal to the airline. There was no physical Admirals Club until shortly after the opening of LaGuardia Airport. During the airport's construction, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia had an upper-level lounge set aside for press conferences and business meetings. At one such press conference, he noted that the entire terminal was being offered for lease to airline tenants; after a reporter asked whether the lounge would be leased as well, LaGuardia replied that it would, and a vice president of AA immediately offered to lease the premises. The airline then procured a liquor license and began operating the lounge as the "Admirals Club" in 1939. The second Admirals Club opened at Washington National Airport. Because it was illegal to sell alcohol in Virginia at the time, the Club contained refrigerators for the use of its members, so they could store their own liquor at the airport. For many years, membership in the Admirals Club (and most other airline lounges) was by the airline's invitation. After a passenger sued for discrimination, the Club (and most other airline lounges) switched to a paid membership program. Initial membership now costs $300 to $450 a year, depending on AAdvantage frequent flyer program level (and annual renewal membership costs $250-$400); membership can also be purchased with AAdvantage miles, and will be available as a special promotion for attaining 70,000 miles by year end. Locations [28] Atlanta Austin Bogotá Boston Buenos Aires Caracas Chicago O'Hare (3) Dallas-Fort Worth (4) Denver Frankfurt Honolulu (shared with Qantas) Kansas City London Heathrow Los Angeles Mexico City Miami (2) Nashville Newark New York JFK New York LaGuardia Orange County Panama City Paris CDG Philadelphia Raleigh-Durham Rio de Janeiro San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Juan (2) Santiago Santo Domingo Lima São Paulo St. Louis Tokyo-Narita Toronto Washington Dulles Washington National Codeshare agreements American has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: Aer Lingus Air Pacific Alaska Airlines British Airways Brussels Airlines Cathay Pacific Airways China Eastern Airlines Deutsche Bahn (AiRail Service) El Al EVA Air Finnair Gulf Air Hawaiian Airlines Horizon Air Iberia Airlines Japan Airlines Jet Airways [29] LAN Airlines Malév Mexicana Qantas Airways SNCF Royal Jordanian Vietnam Airlines AmericanConnection, which feeds American's hub at Lambert Saint Louis International Airport, is also a codesharing operation with three regional carriers. It also has reciprocal agreements for earning frequent flyer miles with several airlines, including all other members of the Oneworld alliance. Livery American's early liveries varied widely, but a common livery was adopted in the 1930s, featuring an eagle painted on the fuselage. The eagle became a symbol of the company and inspired the name of American Eagle Airlines. Propeller aircraft featured an international orange lightning bolt running down the length of the fuselage, which was replaced by a simpler orange stripe with the introduction of jets. In the late 1960s, American commissioned an industrial designer to develop a new livery. The original design called for a red, white, and blue stripe on the fuselage, and a simple "AA" logo, without an eagle, on the tail. However, American's employees revolted when the livery was made public, and launched a "Save the Eagle" campaign similar to the "Save the Flying Red Horse" campaign at Mobil. Eventually, the designer caved in and created a highly stylized eagle, which remains the company's logo to this day. In 1999, American painted a new Boeing 757 in its 1959 international orange livery. There is a Boeing 737-800 painted in the retro AstroJet livery. American is the only major U.S. airline that leaves the majority of its aircraft surfaces unpainted. This was because C. R. Smith hated painted aircraft, and refused to use any liveries that involved painting the entire plane. Robert "Bob" Crandall later justified the distinctive natural metal finish by noting that less paint reduced the aircraft's weight, thus saving on fuel costs. Eastern Air Lines and US Airways have also maintained unpainted airplanes in the past. On-board service On domestic flights in North America and areas in the Caribbean, American Airlines offers a buy on board program offering sandwiches and snacks for purchase. Flights two hours or longer have snacks, and flights three hours or longer have sandwiches. Transcontinental flights and Hawaii flights have the "Premium Sandwich & Chip Combo" for purchase.[30] Accidents and incidents Main article: American Airlines accidents and incidents Miscellanea In the 1960s, Mattel released a series of American Airlines stewardess Barbie dolls. A fictitious "American Airlines Space Freighter", the Valley Forge, was the setting for the 1971 science fiction movie Silent Running, starring Bruce Dern and directed by Douglas Trumbull. The freighter featured the then-new "AA" logo on the hull, along with the crew uniforms and several set pieces. From 1971-1978 Beverly Lynn Burns worked as a stewardess for AA. She went on to become the first woman Boeing 747 airline captain. On 30 March 1973 AA became the first major airline to employ a female pilot when Bonnie Tiburzi was hired to fly Boeing 727s. AA lobbied heavily be assigned the IATA airline code US upon the US military releasing it for non-military use. However, USAir ultimately won the bid for the US airliner code. The airline received a 100% rating on the first Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign in 2002 and has maintained their rating in respect to policies on employees. AA is the only legacy carrier in the United States which has not filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Vignelli Associates designed the AA eagle logo in 1967. Vignelli attributes the introduction of his firm to American Airlines to Henry Dreyfuss, the legendary AA design consultant. The logo is still in use today. Sources John M. Capozzi, A Spirit of Greatness (JMC, 2001), ISBN 0-9656410-3-1 Don Bedwell, Silverbird: The American Airlines Story (Airways, 1999), ISBN 0-9653993-6-2 Al Casey, Casey's Law (Arcade, 1997), ISBN 1-55970-307-5 Simon Forty, ABC American Airlines (Ian Allan, 1997), ISBN 1-882663-21-7 Dan Reed, The American Eagle: The Ascent of Bob Crandall and American Airlines (St. Martin's, 1993), ISBN 0-312-08696-2 Robert J. Serling, Eagle (St. Martin's, 1985), ISBN 0-312-22453-2 International Directory of Company Histories, St. James Press. References ↑ AMR Corp. Fact Sheet from AA.com retrieved 7/17/08 ↑ http://www.aa.com/content/amrcorp/corporateInformation/facts/fleet.jhtml ↑ Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View ↑ Aviation Week and Space Technology, January 15, 2007, p. 349 ↑ American airlines information pictures and facts ↑ American Airlines Fleet ↑ Jets Across the U.S., TIME, November 17, 1958. ↑ "http://www.iht.com/articles/1997/02/17/fly.t_1.php". ↑ American Airlines Joins Southwest Airlines in Defeating the Wright Amendment (Today In The Sky: November 2, 2006) ↑ American cancels more than 1,000 flights ↑ http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200807021332DOWJONESDJONLINE000563_FORTUNE5.htm ↑ Aerospace Notebook: MD-80 era winding down as fuel costs rise ↑ American Airlines Reducing Caribbean Flights | Caribbean Travel Guide ↑ American Airlines, American Eagle Cut Flights to Caribbean - Business - redOrbit ↑ Up to 600 jobs in jeopardy at overhaul base, Kansas City Star, August 13, 2008 ↑ American Airlines Introduces Non-Stop Service To Delhi ↑ AA.com's Fleet Profile(updated May 2008), says 655; the FAA's Airline Certificate Information page(undated) totals to 688. Among less official sources, AirFleets.net lists 649. Averaging these gives 664. ↑ [1], 07/08/07 ↑ AA FIRST TO FEATURE GOGO INFLIGHT INTERNET[2] ↑ American Airlines Takes Major Fleet Renewal Step By Announcing Plans To Acquire Boeing 787-9 Dreamline[3] ↑ Fleet age American Airlines - Airfleets ↑ http://www.aa.com/content/amrcorp/pressReleases/2008_08/13_fleet.jhtml ↑ American Airlines And Aviation Partners Boeing Team Up To Certify And Install 767-300ER Blended Winglets ↑ American Airlines Purchases 42 Boeing 787 Dreamliners ↑ American Airline's First Installation of Aircell ↑ American Airlines Receives Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Governor's Award ↑ Environmental Protection Agency - American Airlines Will Make Clean Air Improvements ↑ "Admirals Club Locations & Pass Information." American Airlines. ↑ Jet Airways to partner American Airlines : India Business ↑ "North America And Caribbean Meal Service." American Airlines. 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