American Airlines is going to add lie-flat seats to first class and business class on some of their cross-country routes, making them the first airline in the US to do so. The announcement was made on Monday and the airline will be adding the new seats to their Airbus A321 aircraft that operate on routes between New York and San Francisco and Los Angeles California, replacing the current Boeing 767-200 aircraft that currently service the routes. The new seats will be ready for use in November, 2013.
First class will have 10 lie-flat seats that will be located on the aisle. Business class will have 20 lie-flat seats that will be located two on each side of the aisle. American Airline announced last year the planned acquisition of 460 new Airbus and Boeing aircraft, 130 of which they plan to have within the next five years. After the first 130, they plan on getting aircraft that are still in the design stages and all aircraft will be more fuel-efficient.
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