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Essay Preview: UccReport this essayAmerican Airlines HistoryOne morning in April, 1926 aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and two other pilots flew a DH-4 airplane from St. Louis, MO. to Chicago, IL. At that time Lindbergh was the chief pilot of Robertson Aircraft Corporation of Missouri, the second aviation company in the U.S. to hold an airmail contract. His company eventually consolidated to form the modern day American Airlines in 1934.

By June of 1935, American was the first airline to fly the Douglas DC-3 in commercial service and by February of 1937, American Airlines carried its one-millionth passenger. During World War II, American turned over half its fleet to the military – Air Transport Command while the remainder of the fleet handled the increase in demand for US air travel. In January of 1959, American became the first airline to offer coast-to coast jet service; they continued to add other jets through the 1960s and 1970s as the older aircrafts retired

After airline deregulation in 1978/1979, American integrated new domestic and Caribbean route service and moved its headquarters from New York to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1984, American introduced the American Eagle system, a network of regional airlines offering service from small communities with connections to American Airlines. By 1987, American had completed an underground facility (secured against fire, earthquakes and other disasters) in Tulsa, Oklahoma to house the SABRE computer equipment. SABRE is now the worlds largest private real-time computer network and travel information database. Today, American Airlines is the largest airline carrier in the United States and continues to be the pioneer of the airline industry. Financially, American Airlines has reported a string of successful quarters with record profits and recently avoided a takeover bid from Donald Trump.

< p>In 1985, American introduced the American Express system, a network of low-cost and cheap-to-fly airplanes that run from Houston to Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah. During this time, an increasing number of American Express passengers were traveling in a smaller, low-cost carrier called _____. Many other United Airlines customers were getting into their own carriers when the airline first arrived.

< p>As with the first United Express, a new program for traveling outside the U.S. that opened in 1986, U.S. Airways uses public-private partnerships from outside the U.S. to help customers get to and from the destination. It works by using public funding and a combination of federal and state funds to provide small carriers with direct access to customers in the United States. The cost of an airline ticket to and from an Air Canada facility was about $6 for a round trip flight, up from about $2.50 for a regular-class fare from U.S. Airlines, if your current transportation or transportation services are booked directly, can be purchased through the Air Canada website.

< p>In 1989, the U.S. Navy transferred its U.S. fleet terminal, the Bering Strait Terminal Station, to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) under the auspices of the United Launch Alliance under the auspices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This is just the latest milestone of the effort to improve safety aboard U.S. ships and operate American Airlines flights.