12
JUNE2015
AMERICANWAY
ThisyearAmerican
Airlines isproud tocele-
brateour25-year legacy
inChileandcountries through-
outLatinAmerica.Forme,having
startedasanelectricalmechanic for
PanagraAirways inSantiago,Chile,
52yearsago, it’sbeenan incredible
journey.AndoneInever imagined
wouldbesomuch fun.
Manychangeshave takenplace
in the industrysinceJanuary1, 1963
whenIfirstarrivedatLosCerrillos
Airporthere inSantiago,which
closedshortlyafter.At that time,
customers traveledonDC-6and
DC-7propellerplanes, and it took
24hours tofly fromArgentina to
NewYorkwithfivestops inbetween.
Today it’sanonstopflight that takes
justunder11hoursonaBoeing
777-200.
InDecember1989,Americanac-
quiredEasternAirlines’ routes into
theregion,whichoriginallybelonged
toPanagra.Thatpurchasemarked
thebeginningofoneof themost
America, todayAmericanoers
moreservice from theU.S. thanany
otherairline.
Asregionalmanager formainte-
nance inBolivia,ChileandPeru, I
makesureyouraircraft isready for
the journeyahead.Formore than50
years, I’vehad theprivilegeofbeing
partof theAmerican familyandI
look forward to the future.
Onbehalfofmy4,000colleagues
inLatinAmericaand theentire
American team, thankyou forflying
withus today. Ifyou’reever inmy
homeland,pleasestopbyandsay
hello.
CELEBRATING25YEARSIN
LATINAMERICA
We’d love tohearwhat
you thinkaboutourairline
andourservice. Visit
aa.com/social
tostay
up todateon the latest
developmentsand
benefits fromAmerican
Airlines.
successful stories in the industryand
oneI’mproud tobepartof.Within
ayear,Americanbeganservice to14
countries in thehemisphere:Argen-
tina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,
Colombia,CostaRica,Ecuador,El
Salvador,Guatemala,Honduras,
Nicaragua,PanamaandPeru.For
thepast25yearsI’veseenourairline
grow inLatinAmericaandbecome
theregion’spremiercarrier.
Oursilveranniversarydemon-
stratesourcommitment to thecoun-
triesweserveand toprovidingour
customerswithaglobalnetworksec-
ond tonone.Andwearecontinuing
togrow.Thismonthwe’ve increased
ourpresence inLatinAmericawith
newflights toManagua,BelizeCity,
GuadalajaraandMonterrey fromour
hubs inDallas/FortWorth,LosAn-
gelesandMiami.Wealso launched
newservice toBarranquilla,our
fourthColombiandestination,
helpingusreachmostmajorcities
inLatinAmerica.Withnearly200
dailyflights to17countries inLatin
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PERSPECTIVE
PedroBarra
RegionalManager,
Maintenance
Bolivia,ChileandPeru
