American Airlines Continues Fleet Modernization With Plans for 
   Main Cabin Extra
New Product Offers More Leg Room and Priority Boarding

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 

American Airlines today  announced plans to outfit its entire mainline 
fleet with Main Cabin Extra, which  will offer more leg room as well as
priority boarding. American plans to begin installations this year, 
and over time will update all of its existing aircraft. New Boeing 737-800
aircraft being delivered to American will come equipped with Main Cabin
Extra seating beginning this fall. Anticipated future aircraft, including 
Airbus A321s, and A319s, and Boeing 777-300ERs and 787s, will also 
offer Main Cabin Extra.

"Customers traveling in Main Cabin Extra seats will enjoy four to six inches
of extra leg room compared to a standard Main Cabin seat, as well as
priority boarding privileges," said Virasb Vahidi, American's Chief 
Commercial Officer. "We continue to provide our customers with choices
that enable them to customize their travel on American to be the
experience they desire and value."

Main Cabin Extra seats will be located in the front portion of the Main
Cabin, allowing easier boarding and deplaning. AAdvantage Executive 
Platinum®, and AAdvantage Platinum® members, and customers who 
purchase a full-fare economy class ticket will receive complimentary access
to Main Cabin Extra, subject to availability. Also, AAdvantage Gold® 
members will receive complimentary access to the new seating product 
through Dec. 31, 2013. American will continue to reserve a significant 
portion of Main Cabin Extra seats and other seats in the Main Cabin 
exclusively for elite customers who can select these seating options at the 
time of booking up until check-in.

For other customers who wish to purchase Main Cabin Extra, prices will 
range between $8 and $108 per segment, depending on the length of the 
flight. Main Cabin Extra will be available for purchase beginning in spring 
2012 for travel onboard the 777-300ERs. Customers will be able to reserve 
these seats on AA.com, at self-service check-in machines, through American 
Airlines reservations, and through travel agencies using American's direct 
connect. Seats will be available for purchase from time of booking up until 
check-in. American intends to complete installation of Main Cabin Extra on 
the vast majority of its fleet within 18 months.

In addition to American's Main Cabin Extra seating, the airline's existing 
Preferred Seats product will continue to offer other desirable Main Cabin 
seats on a complimentary basis for all of American's AAdvantage elite 
customers. Preferred Seats will also remain available for purchase by all 
other customers, and are complimentary for active U.S. military and their 
family members traveling on the same reservation. For more information 
on Preferred Seats, visit: www.AA.com/seats.

For more information on American's fleet renewal program and 
Main Cabin Extra, visit www.AA.com/MainCabinExtra.

SOURCE American Airlines media relations