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American Airlines named North America’s Leading Airline

American Airlines has been titled "North America’s Leading Airline" at the 2008 World Travel Awards, a travel industry award program considered as the “Oscars of the Travel Industry.”

American received the designation on Sept. 6 during a gala for North and Central America’s leading travel and tourism brands held at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.

Nearly 170,000 agents and travel professionals throughout the world were solicited for their input, with their votes determining the winner.

Last month, American became the first U.S. airline to offer its customers inflight Wi-Fi connectivity, introducing the service on nonstop flights between New York-Los Angeles, New York-San Francisco and New York-Miami.

This past June, American became the first U.S. airline to offer nonstop service between Chicago and Moscow when it started Boeing 777 flights to Russia’s capital.
American Airlines is currently the world's largest airline, operating a fleet of more than 1000 aircraft and serving over 240 cities in 40 countries.