In late 2015 American announced that they planned on adding a premium economy cabin to much of their longhaul fleet. While the airline has long offered an extra legroom economy section, this is the first time they’re offering an actual premium economy cabin. The premium economy cabin has debuted on American’s new Boeing 787-9 aircraft,…
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Is it fair to say these routes/markets have higher preimum demands among the existing 772 markets? Also, I'm curious why JFK, as a LAA hub, is always out of the new fleet scope, no 787s or PE?
Now if only they'd add premium economy to all the legacy A330-300s that are flying from the East Coast....
Should AA set up a PE award both on their fleet and partners, such as CX and BA?
They're not adding PE to the A330-300s as they are due to be retired in a few years (as least that's my understanding. Certainly stinks for me as a PHL-based flyer.
Amazing how fast American can retrofit its planes but United will take until 2021 to install its much-hyped Polaris on only a "majority" of its long-haul fleet.
Are they also upgrading biz from the Zodiac seats to the BE Aerospace Super Diamonds, or are the Zodiac seats here to stay? I haven't seen a Zodiac-configured 772 with PE yet.