American Activates A321 With Sharklets on LAX-JFK Routes, Homage to US Air
American Airlines starting 1/7/14 will introduce new Airbus A321 aircraft to its LAX-JFK route, which will replace the Boeing 767-200ER in 2 years.The Premium 3-class Airbus A321 aircraft with sharklet seats 10 First Class (full lie-flat 1-1 configuration), 20 Business Class and 72 Economy Class seats. There will be 6x dailys each way. Attention NONREVERS: This is a 100 seat capacity reduction to the 767-200.
Actually a reduction of 66 seats. The 762 currently has 168 seats (10F 30J 128Y). Still, on some days it is difficult enough to snag a seat on the 762 so any reduction in capacity without a comparable increase in frequency is a. There were unconfirmed rumors that the JFK-LAX route would go to an hourly "shuttle" service between 6am & 9pm once they have enough A321s. This would be a net increase of 18 seats per day based on the current 9 762 flights today.
To a nonrev, that is a significant decrease in seats..AA/US employees capacity cut...yikes
You can say that againOriginally Posted by isppilot
An hourly transcon shuttle on a 5/6 hour flight , I just don't know about that.
Keep'em Flying
Migflanker - Senior NonRev Correspondent - Los Angeles
Though I can't find it at the moment, yes, AA is going to be starting I believe 12-14 daily flights between LAX / JFK once the A321s start rolling out.
They made it a point in their press release to talk about the greater option customers will have when flying this transcon route / connecting from other cities, with their increased service.
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