American Airlines

American Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines, operating an extensive domestic and international route network. The company's Runway developer experience platform, built on Spotify's Backstage, provides internal developer tooling and API management for engineering teams. American Airlines exposes flight data, status, and booking capabilities through its developer portal, and maintains an active open-source presence via the AmericanAirlines GitHub organization.

American Airlines publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Bookings API and Flights API. Tagged areas include Airlines, Aviation, Flights, Travel, and Booking.

The American Airlines catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

American Airlines’ developer surface includes engineering blog, tooling, and 8 more developer resources.

41.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
2 APIs 6 Features 4 Use Cases
AirlinesAviationFlightsTravelBookingDeveloper ExperienceFortune 100

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 41.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 16.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

American Airlines Bookings API

Booking management operations

American Airlines Flights API

Flight information and status operations

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

American Airlines GraphQL Schema

This conceptual GraphQL schema models the American Airlines travel and flight API domain. It covers the full lifecycle of air travel including flight search, booking, reservatio...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

American Airlines Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Runway Developer Experience Platform

Internal developer platform built on Spotify's Backstage providing centralized API management, service catalog, and self-service infrastructure tooling for engineering teams.

Flight Data APIs

APIs for querying flight schedules, routes, status information, and operational data across American Airlines' domestic and international network.

Booking and Reservation APIs

APIs supporting flight search, booking, reservation management, and passenger services integration for travel applications.

Built-In API Management

Runway provides integrated API management with security, authentication toggles, and corporate authentication capabilities for development teams.

Service Mesh Integration

Kong-based service mesh enabling reliable microservices communication and traffic management across the American Airlines platform.

Open Source Tooling

American Airlines maintains open-source tools including Flight Engine (mock flight data API), Hangar (hackathon management), and Backstage plugins via the AmericanAirlines GitHu...

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

American Airlines Runway Context

5 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

American Airlines API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

American Airlines API Rules

17 rules · 8 errors 7 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 5

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

BookingRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Booking

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FlightList

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Flight

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FlightStatus

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 5

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Runway Developer Api Booking Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Runway Developer Api Flight List Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Runway Developer Api Flight Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

American Airlines Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

American Airlines Agentic Access

4 operations · 1 acting

4 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Flight Search and Booking

Travel agencies and booking platforms integrate flight availability, pricing, and reservation APIs to offer American Airlines flights.

Flight Status Tracking

Applications query real-time flight status, departure, arrival, and delay information for American Airlines flights.

Internal Developer Tooling

American Airlines engineering teams use Runway to self-service infrastructure, register APIs in the service catalog, and manage deployments.

Hackathon and Innovation

Open-source Hangar tool enables hackathon management for tech innovation events sponsored by or affiliated with American Airlines.

Integrations 4

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Spotify Backstage

Runway developer portal is built on Spotify's Backstage platform for internal developer experience and service catalog management.

Kong Service Mesh

American Airlines uses Kong's Kuma service mesh for microservices networking and API gateway capabilities.

HashiCorp Vault

Integration with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management in build pipelines via open-source vault-action GitHub Action.

Dynatrace

Python API client for Dynatrace integration maintained in the AmericanAirlines GitHub organization.

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

American Airlines Reports Second-Quarter 2025 Financial ...

2026-05-25

News - Corporate - American Airlines Newsroom

2026-05-25

100 years of American Airlines, and they're just getting ...

2026-05-25

How American Airlines Uses AI to Strengthen Human ...

2026-05-25

American Airlines reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 ...

2026-05-25

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: american-airlines
name: American Airlines
description: American Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines, operating an extensive domestic and international route
  network. The company's Runway developer experience platform, built on Spotify's Backstage, provides internal developer tooling
  and API management for engineering teams. American Airlines exposes flight data, status, and booking capabilities through
  its developer portal, and maintains an active open-source presence via the AmericanAirlines GitHub organization.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/american-airlines.png
tags:
- Airlines
- Aviation
- Flights
- Travel
- Booking
- Developer Experience
- Fortune 100
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/american-airlines/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-04-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: american-airlines:american-airlines-bookings-api
  name: American Airlines Bookings API
  description: Booking management operations
  humanURL: https://developer.aa.com/
  baseURL: https://developer.aa.com/api
  tags:
  - Bookings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/american-airlines-bookings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.aa.com/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/american-airlines-graphql.md
- aid: american-airlines:american-airlines-flights-api
  name: American Airlines Flights API
  description: Flight information and status operations
  humanURL: https://developer.aa.com/
  baseURL: https://developer.aa.com/api
  tags:
  - Flights
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/american-airlines-flights-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.aa.com/
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/american-airlines-graphql.md
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/american-airlines-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/american-airlines-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-airlines
- type: Website
  url: https://www.aa.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.aa.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines
- type: Blog
  url: https://tech.aa.com/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines/backstage
- type: Tools
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines/Flight-Engine
  title: Flight Engine Mock API
- type: Tools
  url: https://github.com/AmericanAirlines/Hangar
  title: Hangar Hackathon Tool
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Runway Developer Experience Platform
    description: Internal developer platform built on Spotify's Backstage providing centralized API management, service catalog,
      and self-service infrastructure tooling for engineering teams.
  - name: Flight Data APIs
    description: APIs for querying flight schedules, routes, status information, and operational data across American Airlines'
      domestic and international network.
  - name: Booking and Reservation APIs
    description: APIs supporting flight search, booking, reservation management, and passenger services integration for travel
      applications.
  - name: Built-In API Management
    description: Runway provides integrated API management with security, authentication toggles, and corporate authentication
      capabilities for development teams.
  - name: Service Mesh Integration
    description: Kong-based service mesh enabling reliable microservices communication and traffic management across the American
      Airlines platform.
  - name: Open Source Tooling
    description: American Airlines maintains open-source tools including Flight Engine (mock flight data API), Hangar (hackathon
      management), and Backstage plugins via the AmericanAirlines GitHub organization.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Flight Search and Booking
    description: Travel agencies and booking platforms integrate flight availability, pricing, and reservation APIs to offer
      American Airlines flights.
  - name: Flight Status Tracking
    description: Applications query real-time flight status, departure, arrival, and delay information for American Airlines
      flights.
  - name: Internal Developer Tooling
    description: American Airlines engineering teams use Runway to self-service infrastructure, register APIs in the service
      catalog, and manage deployments.
  - name: Hackathon and Innovation
    description: Open-source Hangar tool enables hackathon management for tech innovation events sponsored by or affiliated
      with American Airlines.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Spotify Backstage
    description: Runway developer portal is built on Spotify's Backstage platform for internal developer experience and service
      catalog management.
  - name: Kong Service Mesh
    description: American Airlines uses Kong's Kuma service mesh for microservices networking and API gateway capabilities.
  - name: HashiCorp Vault
    description: Integration with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management in build pipelines via open-source vault-action GitHub
      Action.
  - name: Dynatrace
    description: Python API client for Dynatrace integration maintained in the AmericanAirlines GitHub organization.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com