<P> In 2015, the airline announced it will build a new headquarters in Fort Worth . Groundbreaking began in the spring of 2016 and occupancy is scheduled for summer 2019 . The airline plans to house 5,000 new workers in the building . </P> <P> It will be located on a 41 - acre (17 ha) property adjacent to the airline's flight academy and conference and training center, west of Texas State Highway 360, 2 miles (3.2 km) west from the current headquarters . The airline will lease a total of 300 acres (120 ha) from Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport and this area will include the headquarters. Construction of the new headquarters began after the demolition of the Sabre facility previously on the site . </P> <P> The airline considered developing a new headquarters in Irving, on the Texas Stadium site, before deciding to keep the headquarters in Fort Worth . </P> <P> In 1931, Goodrich Murphy, an American employee, designed the AA logo . The logo was redesigned by Massimo Vignelli in 1967 . Thirty years later, in 1997, American Airlines was able to make its logo Internet - compatible by buying the domain AA.com . AA is also American's two - letter IATA airline designator . </P>

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