Quick Links Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) 24.07 million passengers Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) 17.72 million passengers Miami International Airport (MIA) 8.
59 million passengers Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) 7.89 million passengers Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 6.84 million passengers Oneworld carrier, American Airlines is one of the US' 'Big Three' airlines and is the largest in the world by scheduled passenger carried, and daily flights.
The carrier, which has several subsidiaries, operates a robust international and domestic network to over 350 destinations across 48 countries. Operating more than 6,800 flights daily, the mammoth airline uses its team of over 100,000 staff to cater to half a million passengers it handles daily. American Airlines can trace its roots back to the 1930s when it became a union of eighty small regional airlines.
Two organizations originating from the union were Robertson Aircraft Corporation and Colonial Air Transport, which became American Airways. Throughout the following years, additional laws and attrition forced airline restructuring, which then developed the then American AIrways to rename itself American Airlines, and was fully developed between 1970 to 2000. A growing airline with almost 1,000 aircraft Today, as noted, American Airlines is one of the world's largest, with a growing fleet of almost 1,000 aircraft.
Its Chief Executive Officer, Robert Isom, can trace his roots .