American Airlines Fleet History

A current listing of the AA Fleet is contained on the American Airlines Web Site, so that information is no longer provided on this site.

American Airlines has the unusual distinction of having operated every aircraft type made by Boeing or McDonnell-Douglas between 1950 and 2001, and every major production aircraft built in the US except for the L1011 and CV-880. TWA (AA purchased their assets in 2000) did operate both the L1011 and CV-880, however they never operated in AA colors. Several other carriers come close (British Airways and Delta) but AA has operated the widest variety.

Operated at one time or another by AA during the Jet Era:

Number Operated	Manufacturer	In Service	Retired	Comments
20	Convair 990-30	18 Mar 1962	Dec 1969
4	Douglas	02 March 1961	May 1961	from merger with TransCaribbean
260	McDonnell-Douglas MD82/MD83		Still in service
50+	McDonnell-Douglas DC10-10		Nov 2000
5	McDonnell-Douglas MD87	31 August 1999	Sept 2001	from merger with Reno Air
5	McDonnell-Douglas MD90	31 August 1999	July 2001	from merger with Reno Air
30	Boeing 717	02 December 2001	July 2001	from TWA Asset Purchase
10+	McDonnell-Douglas DC10-30		Still in service, retirements began 1992
19	McDonnell-Douglas MD11		October 2001
30	British Aerospace BAe111-401	06 March 1966	March 1972
100 *	Boeing 737-823	01 March 1999	Still in service
?	Boeing 757-223	1990	Still in service
8	Boeing 767-223		Still in service
?	Boeing 767-223ER		Still in service
?	Boeing 767-323ER		Still in service
35	Airbus A300-605R		Still in service
34 *	Boeing 777-223IGW	01 March 1999	Still in service
6	British Aerospace BAe146-200	01 October 1987	October 1990	from merger with AirCal
55	Boeing 707-123	25 January 1959	1981
51	Boeing 707-323	12 March 1961	1981
24	Boeing 720-023	31 July 1960	1981
51	Boeing 727-023	12 April 1964	1993
3 #	Boeing 727-035	November 1967	1993
2 #	Boeing 727-095	December 1967	1984
110	Boeing 727-223	1968	Still in service, retirements began 1992
15 @	Boeing 727-227	November 1980	Still in service, retirements began 1992
11	Boeing 737-200	01 July 1987	1991	from merger with AirCal
8	Boeing 737-300	01 July 1987	1992	from merger with AirCal
2	Boeing 747-121	02 March 1970	May 1971	leased from PanAm
14	Boeing 747-123	June 1970	1984
2	Boeing 747-SP31	May 1987	1992	leased from TWA

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* = Number operated includes outstanding orders and actual deliveries

# = 727-035 (National) and -095 (Northeast) were delivered to AA directly from Boeing.
@ = 727-227 (Braniff) originally entered service with Braniff in 1973 but were subsequently sold to AA