American airline founded in 1926 — which was one of the largest US carriers for 80 years — before merging with Delta Air Lines in 2010 as part of the airline industry consolidation.
Represents the airline industry's pre-consolidation structure — when many regional and national carriers competed in a capital-intensive, margin-thin business — and its merger with Delta represents the trend toward consolidation that characterized the post-deregulation era.
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