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accession: "0000006201-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000004515"
company_name: "AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:20:56.306393+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Airlines orders 260 new aircraft: 85 A321neo, 85 737 MAX 10, 90 E175; converts 30 MAX 8 to MAX 10

## Summary
- Firm orders: 85 Airbus A321neo, 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10, 90 Embraer E175; options/purchase rights for up to 193 additional aircraft.
- Upgauged 30 existing 737 MAX 8 orders to 737 MAX 10; MAX 10 deliveries expected later this decade.
- Embraer E175 deliveries to start 2025; all 50-seat regional jets to be retired by end of decade.
- Will retrofit A319 and A320 fleets starting 2025, adding premium seats; total premium seats to grow >20% by 2026.
- Company expects to remain within previously announced capacity and capital expenditure guidance through these orders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000006201-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000004515
- company_name: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000000620124000020/0000006201-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000000620124000020/aal-20240302.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006201-24-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. entered into a asset purchase with Airbus S.A.S. (effective 2024-03-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Airbus S.A.S.
  - Effective: 2024-03-02
  source text: On March 2, 2024, American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) entered into definitive agreements with Airbus S.A.S. to purchase 85 Airbus A321neo aircraft, with options to purchase up to an additional 75 A321neo aircraft.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000000620124000020/0000006201-24-000020-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. entered into a asset purchase with The Boeing Company (effective 2024-03-04).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: The Boeing Company
  - Effective: 2024-03-04
  source text: on March 4, 2024, American entered into definitive agreements with The Boeing Company to purchase 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft, with options to purchase up to an additional 75 737 MAX 10 aircraft.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000000620124000020/0000006201-24-000020-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. amended a asset purchase with The Boeing Company (effective 2024-03-04).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: The Boeing Company
  - Effective: 2024-03-04
  source text: Additionally, on March 4, 2024, American entered into definitive agreements with The Boeing Company to purchase 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft, with options to purchase up to an additional 75 737 MAX 10 aircraft.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4515/000000620124000020/0000006201-24-000020-index.htm

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