AA will introduce Premium Economy for long-haul widebody fleet

[FWAAA]

Finally, many years after its partners introduce premium economy, AA gets in the game:

http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/premiumeconomy.jsp?anchorLocation=DirectURL&title=premiumeconomy

http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/12/09/american-airlines-is-introducing-a-real-premium-economy-on-international-flights/

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/aviation/sky-talk-blog/article48771515.html

In the old days, the transcon (domestic) 767-200 business class seats had 40 inch pitch and fairly nice recline with legrests and footrests. For those who remember that product, this will be very familiar. It's essentially business class for the people whose employers won't pay for full lie-flat beds. And other than a few business prima donnas, most people can sleep on their backs in a recliner business class seat. Today's business class has morphed into what we used to call First Class, and employers are getting wise to that.

 

[USFlyer]

Excellent!  I flew Premium Economy on AF back in September on a personal trip.  Was worth every penny.  I'm so glad to see AA getting into the game.

 

[IORFA]

It looks to be the exact same cheap looking seat they are installing on the LUS A319 fleet. Except they at least added in seat video to this product. Now, let's bring a little humanity to the masses and bring back free snacks in coach on domestic flights. Soon AA will be the last hold out of the non LCC variety.

 

[FWAAA]

It looks to be the exact same cheap looking seat they are installing on the LUS A319 fleet. Except they at least added in seat video to this product. Now, let's bring a little humanity to the masses and bring back free snacks in coach on domestic flights. Soon AA will be the last hold out of the non LCC variety.

Agreed. The bulkhead row will be the desirable one, having the legrest and the integral footrest. Too bad they didn't go with the BA version:
 
 

 

[jcw]

Great first mover Advatange

 

[kirkpatrick]

FWAAA, and as business class approaches first class in comfort, with lie flat seats, the same size video monitor and virtually identical food, what do you do?  Answer:  eliminate first class, as we're doing on the 787 and 777-200.  We'll still have three classes, we'll just be calling them by different names.  Business, Premium coach and coach.
 
When I started in the early seventies FC on international was similar to FC on a domestic 737 today, although with far superior food.
 
MK

 

[JFK Fleet Service]

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