American Airlines (IATA Code: AA) headquarters in Centreport, Texas, United States. This airline operates through 10 hubs located around the United States. The hubs include Los Angeles International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Miami International Airport, and Philadelphia International Airport. Together with its regional airline American Eagle, American Airlines serves flights to 350 destinations in 50 countries. American Airlines has received various awards. In 2016, the airline won Dream Employer of The Year Award held by the HRD Congress and Employer Branding Institute, while in 2017, the airline was named Airline of The Year by Air Transport World. This award, the airline’s latest, was given based on its 3-billion-dollar worth of investment in customer service and other product offerings and billions of dollars worth of aircraft upgrade. To appreciate its loyal passengers, the airline offers a frequent flyer program called AAdvantage, which allows passengers to earn miles from their flights with American Airlines or other partner airlines and from their stays at partner accommodations, among others. Miles can be redeemed for free seats, flights to certain destinations, hotel stays and restaurant dining. AAdvantage members may also enjoy the airline’s lounge facilities, such as Admirals Club in 50 airports around the world, Arrival Lounge in London Heathrow and International First Class Lounge in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. The airline, with its “Going for Great” slogan, provides a range of cabin classes, each catering different routes. The classes from lowest to highest include Basic Economy, Premium Economy, Business, First, Flagship Business, and Flagship First. There are Main Cabin and Main Cabin Extra too. Each class has been equipped with different in-flight entertainment. The American Airlines in-flight entertainment offers wireless streaming, seatback screens, and overhead screens. To be able to enjoy wireless streaming, passengers must first download the American Airlines mobile application. Meanwhile, the First Class cabins also provide noise canceling headphones to enhance the passengers’ entertaining journey onboard American Airlines flights. Check-in can be done online from 24 hours to 45 minutes before departure. For international flights, check-in will be closed 90 minutes before the plane takes off. For passengers of international flights, the airport check-in counter is opened two hours before their departure. Meanwhile, for destinations around the United States, passengers can check-in 90 minutes before departure. However, they must be present at the boarding gate by 30 minutes before the plane takes off. The departure gate will be closed 10 minutes before the plane takes off. Passengers may carry one cabin baggage and one personal item, such as a purse or a laptop bag into the cabin. Cabin baggage must not be bigger than 22 x 14 x 9 inches. Besides the cabin baggage, Basic Economy passengers are allowed two pieces of checked in baggage weighing no more than 23 kg each. First Class and Business Class passengers, on the other hand, are allowed three pieces of checked in baggage weighing no more than 32 kg each.

American Airlines was formed in 1930 by 80 small-scale airlines. In the beginning of its formation, American Airlines was named American Airways. Three years after it was formed, the airline had served flights to 52 cities, most of which are in the United States. The name of American Airlines was first adopted in 1934 when this airline was acquired by E. L. Cord. A businessman from Texas, C. R. Smith, was appointed as the leader of the company. C. R. Smith then cooperated with Donald Douglas to make a new aircraft, named DC-3. Later, DC-3 woud be referred to as Flagship. American Airlines was the first airline to operate a DC-3 for commercial service. This aircraft flew from New York to Chicago. In 1936, American Airlines launched Admirals Club as one of its lounge facilities for passengers. In the beginning, this facility was only available for passengers who received an invitation, but over time, anyone was able to register for membership by paying some fees. Built in LaGuardia Airport, Admirals Club is the first lounge in the world. Today, American Airlines has 50 Admirals Club around the world. To expand the company, the airline built a new base in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1946. This base was used as a place to maintain aircraft owned by the company. In 1953, American Airlines launched non-stop transcontinental flight service all around the United States. This service, which used Douglas DC-7 aircraft, was the first non-stop transcontinental flight in the world. In 1957 American Airlines built a flight attendant college in Dallas and named it American Airlines Stewardess College. The main focus of the college was to train its students to become the best professional flight attendants in the air. Two years after, American Airlines introduced its Boeing 707. Due to an increase of demand, the airline built another terminal in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. This terminal became the base of the airline before it moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1979. In 1981, American Airlines launched the frequent flyer program AAdvantage. The following year, this airline also opened a route from Dallas to London followed by some routes to Asia and Europe. By 1991, American Airlines had celebrated its achievement of serving one billion passengers. In 2010, American Airlines developed a partnership with a number of airlines, including British Airways, Iberia, and Jetblue. In the same year, 27 new destinations were added. A year later, In 2011, AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines suffered bankruptcy, which prompted its merger with US Airways two years later in 2013. American Airlines and US Airways began their operation as one brand in 2015 with the Single Passenger Service. Since their merger, American Airlines and US Airways have operated under the American Airlines brand.