American Airlines has unveiled a new Flagship Suite premium seating and a reimagined aircraft interior for its long-haul fleet.
The suite will take flight with deliveries of its Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 787-9 aircraft from 2024.
The airline said its Flagship Suite seats will offer passengers a private premium experience with a privacy door, a chaise lounge seating option and more personal storage space.
“We are enhancing the customer experience across their entire journey with American,” said American’s Vice President of Customer Experience Julie Rath.
“The arrival of new long-haul aircraft and the customised seat design of the Flagship Suite seats will offer customers a truly private premium experience on our long-haul fleet.”
American was the first US airline to debut long-haul Premium Economy seats in 2016 and in response to customer demand the airline is adding even more Premium Economy seats to its long-haul aircraft. The new custom-designed Premium Economy seat creates more privacy and doubles the amount of in-seat storage space.
With the introduction of new interiors on its long-haul aircraft, premium seating on American’s long-haul fleet will grow more than 45% by 2026.
American’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft will have 51 Flagship Suite seats and 32 Premium Economy seats, and the airline’s Airbus A321XLR aircraft will feature 20 Flagship Suite seats and 12 Premium Economy seats.
American will also be retrofitting its the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to include Flagship Suite seats.
These 20 aircraft will be refreshed with the new interiors starting in late 2024.
American’s aircraft will feature more premium seats than its current design, with 70 Flagship Suite seats and 44 Premium Economy seats.
American will also retrofit its Airbus A321T fleet to align those 16 aircraft with the rest of its A321 fleet.
