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American’s biggest hub is Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport, where we operate more than 750 flights a day to 115
cities, and offer nonstop service to 21 international destina-
tions. During the year, we launched a project to construct ten
new gates in Terminal 2W. These new gates, which will be
linked to our existing facilities by a passenger TRAAM and
moving sidewalks, are an important part of our plan to sustain
DFW as one of the industry’s largest domestic hubs, as well as
a growing gateway to Latin America.
The Miami hub had a successful 1997, and continues to
be the premier gateway between the United States and Latin
America. During 1997, we began plans for construction of a
world-class terminal that will preserve and enhance our pres-
ence there in the years ahead.
Chicago O’Hare, the site of our second largest hub, is
unique in that it is the only U.S. hub which is slot restricted and
the only U.S. airport at which two carriers operate major hubs.
While United has more jet slots than American, our strategy of
focusing resources in major business markets continues to work
well. The introduction of regional jets by Eagle, scheduled for
May 1998, will allow us to use some O’Hare commuter slots for
jet service and should benefit our competitive position.
Our hub in San Juan — while not as large as DFW,
Chicago, or Miami — is important to both American and
American Eagle. As of the end of 1997, we offered almost 100
flights daily (depending on seasonality) from San Juan to 32
As American and
Eagle have grown in
Miami, so has their
commitment to South
Florida. Like Purchas-
ing Manager Haydee
Blanco, a United Way
volunteer, thousands of
AMR people are
involved in their
communities. In 1997,
American showed its
commitment by
becoming the name
sponsor for a new
Miami arena.