A Guide to American Airlines Special Aircraft Liveries

American Airlines proudly commemorates its heritage with special livery schemes on a number of its aircraft fleet.

American today is the result of mergers with a number of other carriers, most notably US Airways in 2013, as well as AirCal, TWA, Reno Air and PSA in the past.

The liveries worn today reflect these former carriers, as well as US Airways’ predecessors Piedmont American West and Allegheny.

Having recently painted heritage liveries onto a new set of aircraft, these are the current details of the special livery fleet:

Photo (c) Arno Vesterholm

N162AA Airbus A321-200 Stand Up To Cancer livery

N167AN Airbus A321-200 Flagship Valor ‘Medal of Honor’ livery

Photo (c) American Airlines

N578UW Airbus A321-200 US Airways Retro Jet

N579UW Airbus A321-200 Allegheny Retro Jet

N580UW Airbus A321-200 America West Retro Jet

N581UW Airbus A321-200 Piedmont Retro Jet

N582UW Airbus A321-200 PSA Retro Jet

American AstroJet Livery. Photo (c) Arno Vesterholm

N905NN Boeing 737-800 American Airlines AstroJet livery

American TWA Heritage livery. Photo (c) Adam Moreira

N915NN Boeing 737-800 TWA Retro Jet

N916NN Boeing 737-800 Reno Air Retro Jet

American Airlines AirCal livery. Photo (c) Colin Cooke

N917NN Boeing 737-800 AirCal Retro Jet

Photo (c) Colin Cooke

N921NN Boeing 737-800 American Airlines Polished Metal Livery

American Airlines Oneworld Aircraft

Photo (c) TJDarmstadt

American Airlines is a part of the Oneworld alliance.

As a result, a number of its aircraft wear Oneworld titles and modified livery, including:

• N837NN Boeing 737-800
• N919NN Boeing 737-800
• N973AN Boeing 737-800
• N791AN Boeing 777-200ER
• N796AN Boeing 777-200ER

Title Image (c) The West End

Which is your favourite American Airlines special livery? Leave a comment below!