American Airlines History and Development

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The history of American Airlines began as many other carrier in the early 30s, carrying US mail. During the following year and World War II, many aircraft were used for the Air Transport Command. The other half focus and address the enormous burden of US mail and other cargo. As any economic market, American face productivity, fall-downs and cut on jobs and operations. The continuous re-organization of American with the integration of new carrier were a focus point through all its history. It led to the safe-keep the organization development and provide a wider range of services and final destination.

During this expansion, American Airlines became more productive. Yet, the falling stock maker kept to play a crucial role in American Airlines. In this face, American try different method to keep the organization. Such measures were cuts and furlough, flight and hubs cancellations. The organization faced the biggest crisis with the attacks of 9-11-01. It redefine the importance of safety operations and the way American conducted business. Moreover, American was marked with this unfortunate attacks, it led to many operation and job cancellations. American Airlines create many partnership through all its history. In addition, the integration of electronic developments and new redesign aircrafts, such as the Boeing and Airbus. Another factor is the frequency of flyers and the business achievement in the field of technology and training technics. By working towards a better and common goal, American offers great distinction and associations to the global partnership. In this smart business association, American remains as one of the most known and biggest fleet in the Air Transportation System.

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AA, American Airlines. F.M. November, 2011. History of AMR Corporation and American Airlines, paragraphs 8-23. Retrived http://www.aa.com/i18n/amrcorp/corporateInformation/facts/history.jsp

AP, Associated Press. FM. January 17, 2013. American Airlines introduces a new logo, paragraph 3. Retrieved http://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-airlines-introduces-new-logo

Dianca Coto. F.M. June 16, 2008. Flight cuts may hurt Caribbean tourism, paragraph 1-22. USA Today. Retrieved http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-06-16-flight-cuts-caribbean_N.htm

HubAA, American Airlines. July 20, 2011. AMR Corporation Announces Largest Aircraft Order in History with Boeing And Airbus, paragraph 1-2. Retrieved http://hub.aa.com/en/nr/features/amr-corporation-announces-largest-aircraft-order-in-history-with-boeing-and-airbus

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