#AmericanAir purchased a large fleet of the airliner and eventually became the world’s largest MD-80 operator. (Currently, #Delta Air Lines is the largest operator.) The aircraft proved ideal for the carrier’s many mid-range, regional services. #AviationEvolutionsThis tweet was posted on December 11, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 2015, the last branded US Airways flight departed from Philadelphia International Airport and landed at San Francisco International Airport as American Airlines Flight 1939 (for the year the airline was established as All American Aviation).
This image was posted on October 17, 2019.
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American Airways was later formed from a merger of Robertson and Colonial Air Transport. In 1934, it changed its name to American Airlines. What are your favorite memories about American Airlines? #AmericanAirThis tweet was posted on April 15, 2022.
Giving the appearance of a two-piece outfit with an overskirt top, this 1974 AmericanAir uniform is a one-piece shirtdress. #FashionInFlightThis tweet was posted on June 14, 2017.
Happy Birthday, American Airlines! American traces its origins to Robertson Aircraft and its first airmail contract flight. #AmericanAirThis tweet was posted on April 15, 2022.
In 1973, when Bonnie Tiburzi was hired by @AmericanAir, she became the first woman pilot to work for a major commercial airline since 1934. This tweet was posted on October 11, 2017.
McDonnell Douglas portrayed their DC-10 as the widebody for the middle-class family in a promotional poster. American's inaugural DC-10 service operated from Los Angeles to Chicago. Have you ever flown on a DC-10?
#DC10#AmericanAir#avgeekThis tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.
Now a staple of airports around the world, the enclosed passenger boarding bridge arrived in the late 1950s. An experimental, passenger loading bridge installed at SFO in 1959 for @AmericanAir, was one of the earliest jet bridges in the world. #SFOHistory#avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on July 30, 2020.
RT @AmericanAir: "Info to MX: N9401W has served TWA & American Airlines well. May she enjoy her retirement." https://t.co/wrFwNWHf5jThis tweet was posted on August 23, 2016.
RT @AmericanAir: Al Blackman, JFK Crew Chief, celebrates 75 years as an #AATeam member this week. What better way to celebrate than by pain…This tweet was posted on July 18, 2017.
The airline celebrates its birthday as April 16, 1926, the date when Charles Lindbergh piloted the first airmail flight for Robertson, carrying mail from St. Louis, Missouri, to Chicago, Illinois. #AmericanAirThis tweet was posted on April 15, 2022.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with @AmericanAir. The #DC10 was initially designed to be operated on transcontinental or regional routes at smaller airports thus broadening the widebody market to more airlines and the public. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.