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American Eagle Airlines (USA)

American Eagle
IATA
MQ
ICAO
EGF
Callsign
EAGLE FLIGHT
Founded 1984
Hubs
Frequent flyer program AAdvantage (American Airlines)
Member lounge Admirals Club
Alliance Oneworld
Fleet size 308
Destinations 160
Parent company AMR Corporation
Headquarters Fort Worth, Texas
Key people Peter M. Bowler (CEO)
Website: http://www.aa.com/content/footer/eagleOverview.jhtml

American Eagle Airlines Inc., is a regional airline based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States[1] which began as an afflilation of smaller regional airlines with American Airlines. It is an airline partner of American Airlines[2] (both wholly owned by the AMR Corporation holding company), operating over 1,800 flights a day, serving 159 cities across the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean[3]. It is considered to be the world's largest regional airline system.[4] In terms of revenue, American Eagle Airlines would be considered a major airline carrier as it has over $1 Billion annual revenue earnings, however does not qualify for major status simply because its aircraft seat less than 100 people.

Like its mainline partner, American Airlines, the American Eagle brand is an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance. American Eagle Airlines also has a code sharing agreement with Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Continental Airlines on California routes.

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 granting of routes. The authority to fly several routes was given, but the airline suspended operations and filed bankruptcy before any scheduled operations were flown.[5]

Contents

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 November 1, 1984. American Eagle's first flight was taken by Metroflight Airlines on November 1, 1984 from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. The first of its operations was for 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 Air Virginia, Simmons Airlines, Wings West Airlines, Metro Airlines and Chaparral Airlines.

In the late 1980s, these carriers were marketed as one company called American Eagle. Metro Airlines was purchased by AMR on December 22, 1992. Following the tragic crash of an American Eagle marketed flight flown by regional airline carrier Avair (formerly known as Air Virginia), AMR Corp. injected financial capital into Avair Inc. so it could continue operating and flying the American Eagle brand. Eventually, Avair Inc.'s assets were completely sold to AMR corporation and AMR operated this new company as Nashville Eagle, beginning in May 1988[1]. From these origins and Simmons Airlines (the largest of the marketing operations which was also bought but by AMR in 1988[2]) the predecessors of American Eagle Airlines Inc. as a certificated company with its own operating certificate were formed. However Nashville Eagle, Wings West, Flagship Airlines, and Simmons Airlines remained separate subsidiary companies of AMR Corp., with separate airline operating certificates until after 1998 as did Executive Airlines Inc.

Unlike the others mentioned airlines, Executive Airlines Inc. was not merged into American Eagle Airlines Inc. airline operating certificate, but it was merged into AMR Eagle Holdings Corporation, which is commonly referred to by the brand American Eagle. Executive Airlines, still provides American Eagle service by contract for AMR American Airlines through the American Eagle brand and its affiliation with the certificated American Eagle Inc. airline[citation needed]

American Eagle Airlines Inc. launched its first turbofan powered regional jet/jet airliner service in May 1998 from Chicago to Cleveland, Cincinnati and Milwaukee using Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft. Business Express was acquired by AMR Eagle Holdings Corporation in March 1999 and integrated into American Eagle Inc. in December 2000. It has 10,054 employees.[4]

American Eagle Airlines Inc.[citation needed] flights from Los Angeles International Airport are a codeshare with several airlines including Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines Alaska Airlines, Qantas, and are under the Delta Connection name for Delta Air Lines. These codeshare routes are partly a result of AMR Corporations acquisition of TWA and TWA's Trans World Express/TWA Connection service.

On November 28, 2007, Bloomberg.com reported that American Eagle's parent, AMR Corporation, intends to divest itself of American Eagle sometime in 2008. On December 14, 2007, The News & Observer of Raleigh (NC) reported that such a change in ownership could result in a reduction of service from American Eagle's hub in Raleigh-Durham International Airport.[6]

AMR is reportably "spinning off" American Eagle.[7] From American Airlines Inc, 8k SEC filing on 11/29 2007. "The planned divestiture would include both American Eagle Airlines, Inc., which feeds American Airlines hubs throughout North America, and its affiliate, Executive Airlines, Inc., which carries the American Eagle name throughout the Bahamas and the Caribbean from bases in Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico."[3]

Hubs

American Eagle operates from hubs in Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-LaGuardia, Raleigh, and San Juan.

American Eagle also operates maintenance facilities at Abilene Regional Airport in Abilene, Texas; Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Bentonville, Arkansas; Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio; San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport in San Luis Obispo, CA; Springfield/Branson Regional Airport at Springfield, MO and Sawyer International Airport in Marquette, Michigan,and San Francisco International Airport

The potential sale of American Eagle by its parent could lead to a reduction of service from the hub at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Reductions likely would occur on routes connecting Raleigh-Durham and smaller cities, particularly Hartford, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Bentonville, Columbus, and Louisville. Service to Newark also could be impacted. Many of these routes are served by other carriers serving RDU.[8]

Destinations

Further information: American Eagle destinations

Fleet

The AMR Eagle Holdings Corporation combined airliner fleet inclusive of American Eagle Inc., and Executive Airlines Inc., consists of the following aircraft as of October 2006[citation needed]:

American Eagle Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers
(Economy)
Routes Notes
Bombardier CRJ 700 25 70 Operated from Chicago O'Hare and Dallas/Ft. Worth on high-density routes and North West Arkansas airport.
Embraer ERJ-135 39 37 Throughout American Eagle system
Embraer ERJ-140 59 44 Throughout American Eagle system
Embraer ERJ-145 108 50 Throughout American Eagle system
Saab 340B 28* 34 Primarily operates intrastate routes from Dallas/Ft. Worth and Los Angeles *30-35 Saabs being added to the fleet by 2008 to offset the 28 being returned to Saab Leasing. All 25 Saab 340B Plus aircraft are being delivered to Regional Express in Australia.
ATR 72-Super ATR-210 39 64 Operates Florida and Caribbean routes from Miami and San Juan Operates Under Executive Airlines Inc.


As of February 2008, the average age of American Eagle fleet is 7.8 years.[9]

Executive Airlines Inc., which has a separate operating certificate from American Eagle Airlines Inc., uses ATR 72 aircraft based in San Juan (SJU) and Miami (MIA).

Incidents and accidents under AMR Eagle's Executive Airlines operating certificate

Incidents and accidents under AMR Eagle's predecessors operating certificates

See also

References

  1. ^ American Eagle Airlines
  2. ^ American Eagle Airlines
  3. ^ American Eagle Airlines
  4. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 75. 
  5. ^ Tom W Norwood (1996). "1980", Deregulation Knockouts, Round One. Airways, 33. ISBN 0-9653993-0-3. 
  6. ^ Dudley Price, "Eagle flights in jeopardy, pilots say" in The News & Observer, December 14, 2007.
  7. ^ Cutting work force due to spinoff. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
  8. ^ Dudley Price, "Eagle flights in jeopardy, pilots say" in The News & Observer, December 14, 2007.
  9. ^ American Eagle Airlines Fleet Age

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