Intercontinental and Transcontinental
Watch out for codeshares and some routes have multiple aircraft types operating (with and without first class).
Names used for First Class
First Class - AA, BA, CX, JL, KA, QF
American Airlines
Aircraft type
All mainline aircraft type, but 757, A300 & MD-80 first class are of poor standard. Note within North & Central America 2-class aircraft are sold as First for USA and Business for Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Only 3-class flights (777 and 767-200 aircraft) are listed below.
Routes
Between Chicago O'Hare and
Beijing
London Heathrow
Shanghai
Tokyo Narita
Between Dallas Fort Worth and
Buenos Aires
London Heathrow (some flights)
Madrid (seasonal)
Sao Paulo
Seoul Incheon
Tokyo Narita
Between Los Angeles and
London Heathrow
Shanghai Pudong
Tokyo Narita
Between Miami and
Buenos Aires
London Heathrow
Los Angeles (some flights)
Sao Paulo (some flights)
Between New York JFK and
Buenos Aires
London Heathrow
Los Angeles
Rio de Janiero
San Francisco (some flights)
Sao Paulo
Tokyo Haneda
British Airways
Aircraft type
Only 747 and 777.
Routes
Between London Heathrow and
Abu Dhabi
Abuja
Bahrain
Bangalore
Bangkok
Beijing
Boston
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Capetown (some flights)
Chicago
Dallas
Delhi (some flights)
Doha
Dubai
Hong Kong
Houston
Johannesburg
Kuwait
Lagos
Los Angeles
Luanda
Mauritius
Mexico City
Miami
Mumbai
Muscat
New York JFK
Newark (some flights)
Philadelphia (some flights)
Phoenix
San Francisco
Sao Paulo
Seattle
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Sydney
Tel Aviv (some flights)
Tokyo NRT
Toronto (some flights)
Vancouver
Washington IAD (some flights)
Between London Gatwick and
Atlanta (some flights)
Bermuda
Bridgetown
New York JFK (not yet started)
Port of Spain
Tobago
Between Abu Dhabi and
Muscat
Between Bahrain and
Doha
Between Bangkok and
Sydney
Between Bridgetown and
Port of Spain
Tobago
Between Sao Paulo and
Buenos Aires
Between Singapore and
Sydney
Cathay Pacific
Aircraft type
All 747 variants, 777-300ER (but not non-ER), A346, some A343, some A333.
Routes
Between Hong Kong and
Adelaide (halted, may resume northern winter)
Amsterdam
Auckland (some flights, brief period in northern winter only)
Bangkok (some flights)
Dubai (some flights)
Frankfurt (some flights)
Jakarta (some flights)
Johannesburg (some flights)
London Heathrow
Los Angeles
Manila (some flights)
Melbourne (halted, may resume northern winter)
Milan
New York JFK
Osaka KIX (some flights)
Paris CDG
Rome FCO (some flights)
San Francisco
Seoul Incheon (some flights, northern summer only)
Singapore (some flights)
Sydney (halted, may resume northern winter)
Taipei (some flights)
Tokyo HND (some flights)
Tokyo NRT (some flights)
Toronto
Vancouver
Between Adelaide and
Melbourne
Between Bangkok and
Delhi (some flights, irregular)
Singapore
Between Taipei and
Tokyo NRT
Between Vancouver and
New York JFK
Dragonair
Aircraft type
Only A330.
Routes
Between Hong Kong and
Beijing
Kaohsiung
Shanghai
Taipei
Japan Airlines
Aircraft type
773 (not 777)
Routes
Between Tokyo Narita and
Chicago
Frankfurt
London Heathrow
Los Angeles
New York JFK
Paris CDG
LAN
Aircraft type
None.
Malaysia Airlines
Aircraft type
All A380 and ???
Routes
Between Kuala Lumpur and
London Heathrow
Paris CDG
Qantas
Aircraft type
All A380
Routes
Between Sydney and
Dubai (from 31MAR13)
Hong Kong
London Heathrow (via Singapore until 30MAR13 and via Dubai from 31MAR13)
Los Angeles
Singapore (until 30MAR13)
Between Melbourne and
Dubai (from 31MAR13)
London Heathrow (via Singapore until 30MAR13 and via Dubai from 31MAR13)
Los Angeles
Singapore (until 31MAR13)
Between Dubai and
London Heathrow (from 31MAR13)
Between Singapore and
London Heathrow (until 30MAR13)
Current as at ?. Updated to post #81.
Please advise any errors or omissions. Thanks to all those who have contributed.
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