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 Douglas DC 10 30 IBERIA golden globe scheme in 1 200 scale from Aviation 200  US $118.49
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 Estate items from parents McDonnell Douglas promotional work items US $125.00
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 McDonnell Douglas MD 90 30 framed plane diagram From dads estate US $150.00
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 Douglas DC 10 30 JAS Peter Pan scheme in 1 200 scale from Aviation 200 US $72.59
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 Plane diagram From dads estate McDonnell Douglas US $140.00
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 Eastern Airlines DC 3 Douglas Passenger Aircraft Desk Top Display Model from RTM US $63.99
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 McDonnell Douglas Airplanes From 1920 to 1990 R G Smith US $45.00
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 Plane on stand from McDonnell Douglas promotional items US $80.00
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 C 17 PROGRAM Vintage Wooden Plaque from McDonnell Douglas Long Beach Plant US $40.00
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 DC 10 plane on plaque From dads estate worked at McDonnell Douglas in the 70s US $50.00
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 McDonnell Douglas pen pointer from dads estate US $30.00
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 DC 10 McDonnell Douglas tie clasp from my dads estate US $40.00
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 Delta Airlines Douglas DC 9 Jet From Delta HDQTERS US $18.88
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 TWA Airlines Douglas DC 4 Prop From TWA HDQTERS US $18.88
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 TWA Airlines Douglas DC 2 Prop From TWA HDQTERS US $18.88
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 Pan Am Douglas DC 8 Jet Clipper From Pan Am HDQTERS US $18.88
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 Pan Am Douglas DC 10 Jet Clipper From Pan Am HDQTERS US $18.88
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 TWA Airlines Douglas DC 3 Prop From TWA HDQTERS US $18.88
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 Delta Airlines Douglas DC 8 Jet From Delta HDQTERS US $18.88
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 Delta Airlines Douglas DC 3 Prop from Delta Hdqters US $18.88
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 Delta Airlines Douglas DC 4 Prop from Hdqters US $18.88
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 Delta Airlines Douglas DC 7 Prop from Hdqters US $18.88
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 Delta Airlines Douglas DC 10 Jet From Delta HDQTERS US $18.88
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 Eastern Airlines Douglas DC 8 From Corporate Offices US $18.88
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 Nike Hercules Guided Missile From Douglas Archives US $17.88
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 Thor Ballistic Missile From Douglas Archives US $17.88
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American Airlines: From Texas To The World
American Airlines is the world’s largest passenger airline with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, which is also its main hub. American Airlines serves hundreds of destinations and operates flights in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Caribbean, Japan, China and India.
American Airlines was founded in 1930 and is the first airline to offer electronic ticketing. American Airlines is also the first airline to offer a frequent flyer program. Its AAdvantage rewards program remains the largest frequent flyer program with more than 50 million members.
Flying almost 700 planes to over 250 cities, American Airlines is especially popular on routes within the USA and between the United States and Latin America, carrying over a million passengers a year between the two travel markets. In fact, no other carrier serves more passengers between Latin American and the USA than American. But American Airlines is also strong in many other international markets.
American has four hubs, at DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Chicago, and Miami. American is also strong in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York. The company maintains and services its plains at facilities in Fort Worth, Kansas City, and Tulsa.
A well-known subsidiary of American is its regional carrier American Eagle. This small airline with the smaller planes often provides the only service at less-traveled airports in the US, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. American Eagle's home offices are also located in Fort Worth, Texas.
American was a founding member of the airline alliance Oneworld. Airline alliances allow carriers to share flight codes and luggage transfer facilities with numerous other carriers to give fliers more choices. Oneworld airlines also share their frequent flier programs. The Oneworld Alliance celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2009.
Part of the reason American Airlines serves so many destinations around the world, but especially in the USA, was its acquisition of Trans World Airlines (TWA) and the TWA hub in St. Louis in 2001. Unfortunately, the acquisition of TWA caused American to bleed cash, and these financial problems were compounded when two American Airlines planes were hijacked and crashed on 9/11. After the September attacks, American Airlines was forced to relinquish its St. Louis hub and to lay off a small number, that is, a few dozen, former TWA employees. American Airlines continues to struggle to minimize its losses, and in 2008 was the first airline to charge fees for checked baggage. Despite the nearly universal unpopularity of the move with passengers, just as they adopted other American Airlines innovations, other carriers also announced their own baggage fees.
Of American's fleet of nearly 700 jets, most of them are McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and MD-88 twinjets. American recently announced it will order the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to add to its fleet.
American is also a leader in in-flight technology, becoming in 2008 the first carrier to offer in-flight Internet service. This came less than a year after American Airlines began offering free Wi-Fi to passengers on flights within the USA.
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