Item 2. Properties
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Flight Equipment
As of December 31, 2022, American operated a mainline fleet of 925 aircraft. During 2022, American accepted delivery of 33 mainline aircraft including 24 Airbus A321neo and nine Boeing 787-8 aircraft and returned 27 mainline aircraft to service from temporary storage. We are supported by our wholly-owned and third-party regional carriers that fly under capacity purchase agreements operating as American Eagle. As of December 31, 2022, American Eagle operated 536 regional aircraft. During 2022, we decreased our regional fleet by a net of 31 aircraft, including the addition of 38 regional aircraft, temporary parking of 59 regional aircraft and return of 10 regional aircraft.
Mainline
As of December 31, 2022, American’s mainline fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
Average
Seating
Capacity Average
Age
(Years) Owned Leased Total
Airbus A319 128 18.7 21 112 133
Airbus A320 150 21.7 10 38 48
Airbus A321 184 10.4 164 54 218
Airbus A321neo 196 1.7 33 35 68
Boeing 737-800 (1)
172 12.8 123 171 294
Boeing 737-8 MAX 172 3.4 9 33 42
Boeing 777-200ER 273 22.0 44 3 47
Boeing 777-300ER 304 8.8 18 2 20
Boeing 787-8 234 4.6 20 13 33
Boeing 787-9 285 5.2 17 5 22
Total 12.2 459 466 925
(1) Excluded from the total operating aircraft count above are nine owned Boeing 737-800 held in temporary storage as of December 31, 2022.
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Regional
As of December 31, 2022, the fleet of our wholly-owned and third-party regional carriers operating as American Eagle consisted of the following aircraft:
Average Seating
Capacity Owned Leased Owned or Leased
by Third Party
Regional Carrier Total Operating Regional
Carrier Number of
Aircraft
Operated
Bombardier CRJ 700 (1)
65 40 2 80 122 SkyWest 80
PSA 42
Total 122
Bombardier CRJ 900 (1)
76 69 — 40 109 PSA 69
Mesa 40
Total 109
Embraer 170 (1)
65 2 6 13 21 Republic 13
Envoy 8
Total 21
Embraer 175 76 101 — 108 209 Envoy 101
Republic 88
SkyWest 20
Total 209
Embraer 145 (1)
50 75 — — 75 Piedmont 47
Envoy 28
Total 75
Total 287 8 241 536 536
(1) Excluded from the total operating aircraft count above are 69 regional aircraft that are being held in temporary storage as follows: 40 owned Embraer 145, 14 owned and five leased Bombardier CRJ 700, four owned and two leased Embraer 170 and four owned Bombardier CRJ 900.
See Note 11 to AAG’s Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8A and Note 10 to American’s Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8B for additional information on our capacity purchase agreements with third-party regional carriers.
Aircraft and Engine Purchase Commitments
As of December 31, 2022, we had definitive purchase agreements for the acquisition of the following aircraft (1) :
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Total
Airbus
A320neo Family 2 5 19 29 5 60
Boeing
737 MAX Family 17 22 28 21 — 88
787 Family 4 12 9 4 5 34
Total 23 39 56 54 10 182
(1) Delivery schedule represents our best estimate as of the date of this report as described in footnote (e) to the “ Contractual Obligations ” table in Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Actual delivery dates are subject to change, which could be material, based on various potential factors including production delays by the manufacturer and regulatory concerns.
We also have agreements for 52 spare engines to be delivered in 2023 and beyond.
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We currently have financing commitments in place for all aircraft on order and scheduled to be delivered in 2023 except for 10 Boeing 737 MAX Family aircraft. Our ability to draw on the financing commitments we have in place is subject to (1) the satisfaction of various terms and conditions including, in some cases, on our acquisition of the aircraft by a certain date and (2) the performance by the counterparty providing such financing commitments of its obligations thereunder. We do not have financing commitments in place for any of the aircraft scheduled to be delivered in 2024 and beyond, except for five Boeing 787 Family aircraft scheduled to be delivered in 2024. See Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors – “We will need to obtain sufficient financing or other capital to operate successfully” for additional discussion.
See Note 11 to AAG’s Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8A and Note 10 to American’s Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8B for additional information on aircraft and engine acquisition commitments.
Ground Properties
At each airport where we conduct flight operations, we have agreements, generally with a governmental unit or authority, for the use of passenger, operations and baggage handling space as well as runways and taxiways. These agreements, particularly in the U.S., often contain provisions for periodic adjustments to rates and charges applicable under such agreements. These rates and charges also vary with our level of operations and the operations of the airport. Additionally, at our hub locations and in certain other cities we serve, we lease administrative offices, catering, cargo, training, maintenance and other facilities.
We lease or have built on leased property our headquarters and training facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, our principal overhaul and maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma, our regional reservation offices, and administrative offices throughout the U.S. and abroad.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Note 11 to AAG’s Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8A and Note 10 to American’s Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8B for information on legal proceedings.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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