Aadvantage, Inc. history

1930: American Airways Inc., is incorporated.

By 1933 American Airways operated a transcontinental route network serving 72 cities, mostly in the northeastern, midwestern, and southwestern United States.

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

The Douglas 7Aircraft Company and American took the initiative and debuted the first commercial flight with the Douglas DC-3 between Chicago and New York on June 25, 1936.

1937: American carries its one-millionth passenger.

US Airways flies its last flight, Flight 1939

In 1942, American entered the airline catering business with a subsidiary called Sky Chefs, providing food service to its passengers as well as to other airlines.

The company also introduced the first domestic scheduled United States freight service in 1944.

In 1945, American Airlines established "American Overseas Airlines" and began to offer transatlantic flights.

In 1946, American established its Tulsa Maintenance & Engineering Base.

In 1948, American introduced the Family Fare Plan to enable families to travel together at reduced rates.

By 1949 American had become the only airline in the United States with a completely post-war fleet of pressurized passenger airplanes.

AOA merged with Pan American World Airways in 1950.

In 1952, American introduced the Magnetronic Reservisor to keep track of available seats on flights.

1953: American began nonstop, coast-to-coast flights on the Douglas DC-7.

In 1957, the world's first special facility for flight attendant training, the American Airlines Stewardess College, was built in Dallas/Fort Worth.

In 1959, American Airlines began flying the Lockheed Electra.

AA began flying the 727 in 1964 and was among the first to operate the airplane.

In 1966 he sold his TWA shares for more than $500 million.

C.R." continued as chief executive officer until 1968, when he was named United States Secretary of Commerce.

American gained its first Caribbean routes through a merger with Trans Caribbean Airways in 1970.

1974, Albert V. Casey was elected president and chief executive officer; in April of that year he also assumed the position of chairman of the board.

American gained its first Caribbean routes through a merger with Trans Caribbean Airways in 1970. It expanded those routes throughout the early 70s, and acquired other Caribbean routes in 1975 from Pan American World Airways Inc.

1977: American introduces the "Super Saver" fare.

Initially offering discount fares from New York and California, Super Saver was expanded to all of American's routes in March 1978 and later to Mexico and Canada.

1979: The airline moves its headquarters from New York City to Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1980, Robert L. Crandall was elected president and chief operating officer.

On June 11, 1981, American established its Dallas/Fort Worth hub.

Early 1982 brought American its first 767, its 500 millionth passenger and its Chicago hub.

In 1983, American added the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (Super 80) and announced an agreement with Pan American World Airways to exchange Boeing 747s for Pan Am's McDonnell Douglas DC-10s.

In 1984, American introduced the American Eagle system, a network of regional airlines offering high-level service from small communities to large cities through connections to and from American Airlines.

In 1985, American introduced second-day door-to-door freight delivery using passenger aircraft.

American opened its Nashville hub in April 1986 and its San Juan hub in November.

American was the first airline to gather such culinary expertise when the Chefs’ Conclave was founded in 1988.

In 1989, AMR bought Eastern Air Lines' Latin American routes, the United States-London routes from TWA, and Continental's Seattle-Tokyo routes.

Ground was broken again in 1990 for the expansion of American's facilities at DFW International Airport, an expansion of the pilot-training facilities at American's Flight Academy in the headquarters' complex, and a new reservations center in Tucson.

American focused on the innovation and modernization of its fleet and acquired its first McDonnell Douglas MD-11 in 1991, which accommodated 251 passengers.

In 1992, American introduced Value Pricing.

On July 3, 1993, the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum opened at its headquarters complex in Fort Worth.

"amr/american airlines: a brief history." dallas, tx: american airlines, august 1994.

In 1995, Donald J. Carty became president of the AMR Airline Group and of American Airlines.

"amr corporate facts." dallas, tx: american airlines, september 1996.

As of September 1997, this alliance was under review by the United States Department of Transportation.

AA opened the route on May 1, 1998.

American Eagle completed its acquisition of Business Express in March of 1999, and Reno Air was fully integrated on August 31, 1999.

Also in 2000, AMR completed the spin-off of SABRE into its own company.

In January 2001, American's first aircraft featuring bigger overhead storage bins took to the skies.

In April 2002, American began daily nonstop Boeing 777 service between New York JFK and Tokyo, giving AA four United States gateways to Japan.

On April 24, 2003, Edward A. Brennan was named Executive Chairman of AMR Corporation and Gerard J. Arpey became Chief Executive Officer and President of AMR. On Jan.

Gerard J. Arpey was elected Chairman of AMR Corporation and American Airlines, Inc., in May 2004.

In July 2005, American opened the first phase of its new 1.5-million-square-foot terminal at New York’s Kennedy International Airport.

On April 2, 2006, American launched its first-ever service to China by inaugurating a daily nonstop Boeing 777 flight between Chicago and Shanghai.

In May, 2007, American moved its international service at New York’s Kennedy International Airport into Concourse B of its new $1.3 billion JFK terminal.

13, 2008, American introduced mobile boarding passes at selected airports for use with mobile phones or PDAs.

In February, 2009, American announced that its popular “Search by Price & Schedule” option on the AA.com Web site is now available in Spanish on AA.com en Español.

American Airlines officially inaugurated its transatlantic joint venture with British Airways and Iberia Airlines in 2010.

April 20, 2012: US Airways announces that it has reached labor agreements with all three of American's unions on contracts that would take effect in case the two airlines merge.

The company was formed on December 9, 2013 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.“

As 2020 approaches, American Airlines remains the largest operating airline in the world.