American Airlines

75.1IVCA

Estados Unidos · North America

#27global
#4North America
100%confidence
Operations and fleet punctuality · fleet · environment
69
Perception globally awarded recognitions
69
Network and track record fleet · destinations · continents · years · alliance
100

How it is made up

Continents served our own
5 continents (published network) · weight 5%
100
Global alliance our own
oneworld · founder (1999) · weight 4%
100
Destination network our own
353 destinations (published network) · weight 4%
100
Track record our own
100 years (founded in 1926) · weight 4%
100
Fleet size our own
1000 or more aircraft (published fleet) · weight 3%
100
Punctuality external data
76.43% on time (Cirium 2025) · weight 23%
61
Wide-body fleet our own
137 wide-body aircraft (published fleet) · weight 7%
100
Global airline recognition award
Among the world's 100 best airlines (2026) · weight 15%
74
On-board experience rating award
Four stars · global (2026) · weight 11%
70
Frequent-flyer programme award
American AAdvantage: world podium (international listing 2025) · US podium (national lis… · weight 6%
96
Product rating (stars) award
3 stars (product certification) · weight 4%
60

#27 worldwide · #4 in North America. IVCA 75.1. Strong in fleet size, destination network, presence by continent. Confidence 100%. Not listed in environmental certification, international assessment, regional recognition (worth 50).

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Third-party recognitions are used only as an input to the calculation; their listings and placings are not republished. See the methodology (IVCA v2.5).

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