American Airways adopts Nineteen Thirties search for 100-year anniversary

Centennial airline liveries are coming in sizzling and quick.

American Airways is the newest to unveil its One centesimal-year scheme, becoming a member of Delta Air Strains and Lufthansa. The Fort Value, Texas-based service will repaint a Boeing 777-300ER (its largest aircraft) in heritage livery that throws again to its first Douglas DC-3.

The heritage look, which debuts in November, options an aluminum silver fuselage with a crimson lightning bolt-like cheatline and American’s iconic “AA” eagle brand towards the rear. “American Airways” will seem in a small sans-serif font below the primary part of home windows, whereas “Flagship” will seem on the higher half of the fuselage mid-plane.

American traces its first flight again to Robertson Plane Company, which took to the skies with chief pilot Charles Lindbergh carrying mail between Chicago and St. Louis in April 1926. Components of Robertson grew to become American Aviation — later American Airways — in 1934.

The airline’s first DC-3, that includes the premise for the centennial heritage look, took to the skies in 1936.

Delta debuted its personal centennial look on an Airbus A321neo in March, with a design tracing its roots again to 1925. And Frankfurt-based Lufthansa will introduce its 100-year look on a Boeing 787-9 in December.

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Along with the centennial look, American plans to start retrofitting its 777-300ERs with its new premium Flagship Suites enterprise class and premium economic system seats in 2026.

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