9 hours Ago By Aaron Bailey
American Airlines received two early Christmas presents this week: two new aircraft were added to its fleet. An Airbus A321NX touched down in Charlotte, while a Boeing 737 MAX 8 arrived in Dallas. Christmas came early for American Airlines On Friday, American Airlines officially welcomed a shiny new Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Airbus A321NX into its fleet.
Delivery details are as below: Boeing 737 MAX 8: Registration N357TY According to delivery data from Flightradar24 , the 737, which holds registration N357TY and serial number 44505, had completed several test flights above the SKies of Seattle earlier this month; however, it departed Seattle Boeing Field on Friday, December 20, destined for the airline home in Texas. American Airlines flight AA9825 departed at 15:10 for the three-hour, 17-minute journey to the airline's largest hub, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), touching down at 20:27. For American Airlines, this marks the 65th 737 MAX 8 delivered to the airline this year.
Airbus A321NX: Registration N472AN For Airbus lovers, American Airlines' latest Airbus A321NX departed from Airbus' US assembly line in Mobile, Alabama , on Friday for the short hop to the airline's operating base at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). The service, operated under AA9822 , pushed back from Mobile International Airport (BFM) at 13:36, traveling for just one hour and nine minutes before touching down in Charlotte at 15:45. The aircraft holds serial number 12282.
Before being delivered to American Airlines, the Airbus aircraft utilized French Airbus registration F-WZMY. This marks the airline's 73rd Airbus A321NX delivered to the airline this year. American's order includes 85 Airbus A321neos, 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10s, and 90 Embraer E175 planes.
Its A319 and A320 fleets are also up for a retrofit. Get all the latest aviation news for North America here Two of many new aircraft destined for American Airlines While American Airlines may be one of the largest airlines in the world in terms of the total number of daily flights, United Airlines is the world's largest carrier in terms of the total number of aircraft in its fleet. American Airlines, however, is closely on the airline's toes, with several new aircraft destined for the carrier fleet in the coming years.
While Simple Flying has already covered the various aircraft orders made by American Airlines , a search on ch-aviation identifies that AA currently operates 918 aircraft across 11 different aircraft types (excluding the airline's regional subsidiaries). Currently, American Airlines operates the Airbus A319-100, A320-200, A321-200, A321-200N, and A321-200NX in the Airbus family, and the Boeing 737-8, 737-800, 777-200ER, 777-300ER, 787-8, 787-9. For the airline mainline fleet, American Airlines is patiently awaiting the delivery of almost 330 new aircraft at the time of writing, which will be made up of: 98 Airbus A321-200NX 50 Airbus A321-200NY (XLR) 115 Boeing 737-10 36 Boeing 737-8 30 Boeing 787-9 American Airlines' on-and-off relationship with the Airbus A350 reflects its evolving strategy to balance innovation, cost, and fleet efficiency.
Want answers to more key questions in aviation? Check out the rest of our guides here . Not yet scheduled for commercial operations According to data from Flightradar24 , these new American Airlines aircraft were not yet scheduled to operate scheduled commercial services at the time of writing . However, once introduced into commercial service, these aircraft are expected to support the airline's domestic and short-haul international networks, such as domestic services across the United States and services within the Caribbean and Latin America.
Both aircraft remain on the apron at Dallas/Fort Worth and Charlotte Douglas in preparation for introduction to scheduled service. Earlier this month, another US carrier, United Airlines , also welcomed its 25th Airbus A321neo. The aircraft, which holds registration N44522, was delivered just a few days before a second (N54525) assembled in Mobile before delivery to the Star Alliance carrier.
Read more about United Airlines early Christmas deliveries below: With more aircraft on the way, United aims to surpass 1,000 active aircraft and become the largest airline in the world..
