American Airlines, which has a strategic alliance with British Airways ordered 260 Airbus A320s, paying about 23bn. It has options to buy a further 365 Airbus aircraft, worth 33.6bn.

This aircraft “skin tag” is made from the recycled materials of a special plane, A6-EDA, the very first Airbus A380 delivered to Emirates Airlines in July 2008. You could use the tag ...