American Airlines' Jaw-Dropping Miami 777 Schedule

...and, more opportunity to get space between passengers for protection.

Somebody's gotta fly all those superspreaders around the country to keep our COVID infection numbers up. Might as well be AA.

I think they're taking 777 from MIA-DFW for other MIA routes. So they're not adding more 777 to MIA.

I have DFW-MIA scheduled on 777 but just got notification it's now a 321.

MIA-PHL has 1x 772 and 1x 788 daily frequencies next month

Same thing happening on Delta. My flights in June were upgraded with schedule changes yesterday. PDX to ATL was on 737-9 now on 767-3 and CUN to SLC was on 737-9 now on a330. Seems pretty silly since not many seats have sold. Had already upgraded to first so very pleased to have better seats now.

There seems to be something wrong with AA'sd Website, with some of these 777s indicating "Systemwide Upgrades" but refusing to show the F cabin seats availability, and bonkers pricing ranging from 350 Y / 600 F to 1250Y / 1600 F which is ridiculous 3 months out and not a special day.

Also, the seating availability display is all over the place, with some cabins / dates not showing.

I've been flying MIA-LAX-MIA as a mileage run in PE for $55 return. I'm guessing that is not a money maker for AA...

I very much doubt Floridians will be visiting New York....

The flip side is that American's capacity share in Los Angeles and New York City relative to its primary competitors is shrinking. While they are adding capacity in some markets like Miami, they are pulling it out of larger markets.
American never listed MIA as among its strongest hubs financially before covid and is engaged in an all-out attempt to protect it from B6 and WN and others that are aggressively growing in S. Florida - but without using widebodies.
American has not yet gained a financial advantage since the pandemic began even while receiving the most federal aid in the industry.

There’s an article on CNBC today about it. It’s not just Miami and it’s not just AA. It’s a trend due to international travel being so uncertain.

Yes just what the country needs. People going back and forth to Florida which is leading the country in covid variants. Florida is also leading the country in number of young people infected with covid

What happens after 9/31 and no more payroll support? The airline I don't think can prevent another bankruptcy. We'll see what happens.

My delta flight just got up gauged to the 767!! My favorite

"While American has historically occasionally operated 777s between Miami and New York, we’ve never seen the airline operate the 777 so consistently on the route. In particular, I don’t ever recall seeing the 777-300ER regularly scheduled in this market."

Um, sorry no. AA has consistently operated the 777 on JFK-MIA-JFK for years on at least one and in some cases additional frequencies, notably as the 767s were on their way out, this does include the 77W though the mainstay has been the 772. Even more so during the pandemic when up to 2 x daily were on the 772 on some days of the week. AA's usage of the 777 on JFK-MIA has been to rotate planes between maintenance hubs. 777 maintenance is done at JFK and MIA among other locations.

@Dick Bupkiss you're a moron. You're lying, you know you're lying, so why would you state that?

Very bad indicator that international travel won’t be returning anytime soon. Why not purchase an a380 from the secondary market while they’re at it ?

I am flying in a week on LAX-MIA, for $93, which was an upgradable fare with an AA Business Extra Cert.

That's the best deal I've had since the last recession.

Maybe they are getting those planes ready for eventual return of International travel.

@Bill,

At least they are not putting the heavies to and from Michigan, that would be a true super spreader event!!

JFK-MIA is $249 on AA's 1st class on 777-300ERs...Pretty solid deal. Usually fly DL but I might book one on AA just to try it out

How did this article not bashing Miami and Florida make it out of OMAAT editorial control?
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Maybe we'll see some of those out of Charlotte!

All you selfish super spreaders should stay home.

I mean, Asian flights have this all the time. ANA flies like 10x daily 777s between Tokyo and Osaka in the before times. SIA flies 9x daily between Singapore and Jakarta with A350s and 777s. CX flies Hong Kong-Taipei 10+ times daily, also with widebodies.

Seat 1J on a 77W ? A 5 hour flight from Mia to lax big deal. You people wouldn’t even know what to do with it. Those planes are intended for 16+ hr ultra long haul flights to Asia. I’d rather American keep those planes dormant and feed you some 11X daily bs with a321’s between Mia -lax and Mia - Jfk . Wow there’s a flight every hour.

It's a logical consequence of Florida being open, thus driving a lot of demand. With very limited options to have an enjoyable hassle-free holiday (open society, no masks, no travel restrictions) the demand for a certain destination can actually go up even if the overal market is down. This happened in Europe the last summer, when places with less strict restrictions were booming and experiencing pretty much the normal demand. As it becomes less likely that the rest of the US will get to business-as-usual in time for the summer, Florida will thrive from it.

So has AA added frequency to the likes of the MIA-LAX/JFK routes, or just upsized the aircraft?

For the month of May (when schedules are pretty certain), American has reduced the number of flights for LaGuardia to Miami while increasing them at JFK and Newark and adding more widebodies on JFK. Pre-covid, Delta flew more flights LGA to MIA but has equal number of flights from LGA and JFK while United has reduced the number of flights from EWR to MIA. JetBlue has entered the Newark and JFK to Miami markets while Frontier has entered LGA and EWR to Miami. Capacity for all NYC to MIA and all carriers is up with a shift to EWR and JFK airports and away from LGA.

Lucky,

AA is selling F/C on the 773 as Flagship. You can not book a F/C seat when holding J. Hmmmmm.

I'm fully vaccinated and, by now, you should be too (or pretty close). There's no reason to stay home any more.

"it sure is nice to be an American Airlines flyer in Miami."

Except for all the ways it's not.

So you know, Ben, AA put 787s in MIA-MDE/CLO and 777s in MIA-BOG as well.

Thanks, Lucky! Booked 77W LAX-MIA PE $94. 788 MIA-ORD F 207.00 Amazing! Premium class seats seem to be filling quickly and a check of current wide body seat maps in and out of MIA show very solid load factors many at 100%. It's a great time to a socially conscious fully vaccinated Avgeek! Best regards, Scott

I think the article refers to domestic travel. He is missing MIA- PHL/CLT/SJU on that list. They all receive daily wide body service. If we go international, we’ll there are many more destinations outside of Colombia that are receiving widebodies.

Your information really messed me up. They are not selling business class on this plane. They are selling first. What they did is they merged first and business class together. So, some people get real first seats and others get business class seats branded as first. It is not correct that "if you buy business" you can get yourself into first class. There is no first class. I booked a first class ticket and assumed I'd get a real first class seat.

Amazing rates. I booked a RT LAX - MIA flight the week before the US Thanksgiving holiday (11/18) for only $917! Seated in Row 3, so proper First Class. So much to consider with respect to pilot training, crew certifications as well I imagine and the cost of fuel, food, beverages, I don’t see how they are eeking out any sort profit. Good luck! Thank you for the insight.