American Airlines is leading to its Boeing 777 wide body to the transcontinental flights of New York.
This fall, the carrier will launch the 777-200ER service on one of its most premium routes, between the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York (JFK) and Los Angeles International Airport (Lax), the airline told TPG on Friday.
Among other things, that means that you can reserve your premium economic cabin on these national flights through the country.
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The tickets will go on sale on July 28, with the JFK-Lax 777 service scheduled to launch on October 5.
777 returns to JFK for domestic service
For American, it is a slightly unusual movement. Fort Worth headquarters, based in Texas, has a very limited schedule of wide body airplanes on national routes, which generally reserve their larger aircraft for the international long distance service (and Hawaii).
It currently does not have a regularly programmed transcontinental service in JFK twin aircraft. That will change in October with the arrival of its 777 of three cabins on the route.
What is behind the turn?
It is a bit complicated, but the short response is that the popular Airbus A321T of four cabins will temporarily replace.
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Replacement of the A321T (for now)
As TPG has reported for years, American is making big changes in its premium transcontinental service.
The A321T has generally been its reference plane for those main flights through countries, with its high content configuration Boke first and his business class pods.
However, American is eliminating the A321T, turning those planes into standard A321 designs, to give way to its new Airbus A321XLRS, which will feature the new flagship suites of the bearer with sliding privacy doors.
But, there is a dilemma: Airbus is staying behind the deliveries of XLR, and American has not yet received any of those planes.
However, some of the A321ts must also maintain heavy maintenance and reconfiguration. Therefore, the airline plans to continue eliminating the “T” configuration, with or without the XLR, and 777 will help fill the void on a domestic route that attracts a significant interest in the premium seats.
Read more: American Mulls New International Routes, more national seats with Lieve with New Jet ‘XLR’
THE EXPERIENCE 777-200
For now, customers will see the 777-200 of 273 US seats on some of these transcontinental flights between JFK and Lax. One of the international battle horses of the airline, the plane presents 37 executive class pods of lies in advance, with 24 premium economy reclinators in the middle of the plane.
Read more: American Airlines Premium Economy throughout the Atlantic
The premium economy cabin, in particular, will add a travel option that travelers do not currently have on the JFK-Lax route: the most spacious seats in American, which come with service kits and a high gastronomic experience compared to the coach.
We must take into account: Premium economy willpower Also be available in the new XLRS, the first of which the airline does Wait for the end of this year.
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After all, 777-200 is certainly not the newest Jet of the airline (and what to do with its cabins is something American He is currently reflecting).
But it should be a comfortable journey between the east coast and the west coast, however, and a unique for an airline that often does not fly these large planes on national routes.
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