American Eagle Airlines
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| American Eagle | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA MQ | ICAO EGF |
Callsign Eagle Flight |
| Founded | 1984 | <tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l Airport|
| Fleet size | 258 | |
| Destinations | 140 | |
| Headquarters | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Key people | Peter M. Bowler (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.aa.com/content/footer/eagleOverview.jhtml | ||
American Eagle Airlines is an airline based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It is a regional airline partner of American Airlines (both wholly owned by AMR Corporation), operating over 1,600 flights a day, serving 140 cities across the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. It is considered to be the world's largest regional airline system. Like its partner, American Airlines, American Eagle is an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance. American Eagle also has a codesharing agreement with Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Continental Airlines. The name was also used between April 1980 and April 1981 by an unrelated short lived start up airline which flew charters while it awaited the graning of routes. The authority to fly several routes was given, but the airline suspended operations and filed bankrupcy before any scheduled operations were flown. <ref>Tom W Norwood (1996). “1980”, Deregulation Knockouts Round One. Airways. ISBN 0-9653993-0-3.</ref>
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[edit] History
American Eagle was conceived in the mid-1980s as a collection of regional carriers with contracts to carry the American Eagle brand name and started operations on 1 November 1984. The first of these was Command Airways (or Command Airlines) and was based at Dutchess County Airport in Wappinger, New York. The operation there included a maintenance facility. Other carriers included Avair, Simmons Airlines, Wings West Airlines, Metro airlines and Chaparral Airlines. In the mid-1990s, these carriers were purchased by American and combined to form Flagship Airlines dba American Eagle. Executive Air was not merged into American Eagle, and it still provides American Eagle service by contract, although it is wholly owned by American Eagle. American Eagle launched its first jet service in May 1998 from Chicago to Cleveland, Cincinnati and Milwaukee using Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft. Business Express was acquired in March 1999 and integrated in December 2000.
American Eagle's flights from Los Angeles International Airport are codeshared by Continental Airlines, and are under the Delta Connection name for Delta Air Lines.
[edit] Incidents and accidents
In 1988, an American Eagle Metroliner crashed in Indiana killing all 12 people onboard.
The airline suffered two fatal crashes during 1994. In October American Eagle Flight 4184, an ATR-72 aircraft crashed during a snowstorm near Roselawn, Indiana, killing all 68 people aboard. In December a Jetstream 32 aircraft crashed while landing at Raleigh, North Carolina, killing 15 people.
Following the crash near Roselawn, longstanding problems with the ATR aircraft operating in some icing conditions were revealed by a Stephen Fredrick (a whistleblower later fired by the airline) in the book "Unheeded Warning - The Inside Story of American Eagle Flight 4184". The book was published in July, 1996 by McGraw-Hill. American Eagle has since phased out service using ATR aircraft in cold-weather areas, replacing the aircraft with regional jets. However, ATR-72 aircraft are still used for Caribbean operations from Miami, where weather is less of an issue.
On May 9th, 2004, an ATR-72 crashed while landing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. No passegers were killed but at least 13 passengers and crew suffered serious injuries.
[edit] Hubs
American Eagle operates from hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago-O'Hare, Miami, Los Angeles, New York LaGuardia, Boston-Logan, Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (Executive Air) and San Jose. (American's hub, St. Louis, is also served by AmericanConnection in addition to American Airlines and American Eagle.)
American Eagle also operates a maintenance facility at Abilene Regional Airport in Abilene, Texas.
[edit] Destinations
- Further information: American Eagle destinations
[edit] Fleet
Image:Erj140.jpg Image:IMG americanairlines.jpg The American Eagle Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of October 2006:
| Type | Fleet | Passengers (Economy) | Routes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombardier CRJ 700 | 25 | 70 | ||
| Embraer ERJ-135 | 40 | 37 | ||
| Embraer ERJ-140 | 59 | 44 | ||
| Embraer ERJ-145 | 118 | 50 | ||
| Saab 340B | 28 | 34 | Abilene Regional Airport Serves As The Storage Facility For The Retired Aircraft | To Be Phased Out of Fleet |
| ATR 72-Super ATR-210 | 36 | 64 | Operates Under Executive Air | Also Includes a Single ATR-42 and 12 ATR 72-Super ATR-500 In Addition To The 36 Aircraft In The Executive Air Fleet. |
In October 2006, the average age of American Eagle fleet is 5.7 years.
Executive Air, which uses American Eagle's livery but is not part of American Eagle Airlines, uses ATR 72 aircraft.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
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[edit] External links
- American Eagle page at American Airlines website
- American Eagle Airlines Embraer Fleet Age
- American Eagle Airlines Embraer Fleet Detail
- American Eagle Airlines Passenger Opinions
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