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, MH, QF, QR


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 (777-200 and 777-300ER aircraft) are listed below.
Warning - 777-200 retrofit configuration does not have first class.

Routes
Between Chicago O'Hare and
Beijing
London Heathrow
Shanghai
Tokyo Narita

Between Dallas Fort Worth and
Buenos Aires (some flights)
Frankfurt (some flights)
Hong Kong
London Heathrow (some flights)
Madrid (seasonal northern summer)
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Seoul Incheon
Shanghai
Tokyo Narita

Between Los Angeles and
Buenos Aires
London Heathrow
Sao Paulo
Shanghai Pudong
Sydney
Tokyo Narita

Between Miami and
Buenos Aires
London Heathrow
Los Angeles (some flights)
Madrid
Santiago (seasonal northern winter)
Sao Paulo (some flights)

Between New York JFK and
Buenos Aires
London Heathrow
Los Angeles
San Francisco (some flights)
Sao Paulo

Between Raleigh-Durham and
London Heathrow (some flights, seasonal)


British Airways
Aircraft type
Only 747, 777 (some) and A380.

Routes
Between London Heathrow and
Abu Dhabi
Abuja
Austin
Bahrain
Bangalore
Bangkok
Beijing
Boston
Cairo
Capetown (some flights)
Chicago
Dallas
Delhi (some flights)
Doha
Dubai
Hong Kong
Houston
Johannesburg
Kuala Lumpur
Kuwait
Lagos
Los Angeles
Luanda
Mexico City
Miami
Moscow DME
Mumbai
Muscat
New York JFK
Newark (some flights)
Philadelphia (some flights)
Phoenix
Rio de Janiero
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose SJC
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
Grenada
Port of Spain
St Lucia
San Jose SJO
Tobago

Between Abu Dhabi and
Muscat

Between Bahrain and
Doha

Between Bridgetown and
Port of Spain
Tobago

Between St Lucia and
Grenada

Between Singapore and
Sydney


Cathay Pacific
Aircraft type
All 747 variants, 777-300ER (some a/c and not non-ER).

Routes
Between Hong Kong and
Bangkok (some flights)
Boston
Chicago
Dusseldorf
Frankfurt (some flights)
London Heathrow (some flights)
Los Angeles
Manila (some flights)
Milan
New York JFK
Osaka KIX (some flights)
Paris CDG
San Francisco
Seoul Incheon (some flights, northern summer only)
Taipei (some flights)
Tokyo HND (some flights)
Vancouver
Zurich

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
772 domestic, 773 (not 777)

Routes
Between Tokyo Haneda and
Chitose
Fukuoka
Okinawa
Osaka ITM
San Francisco

Between Tokyo Narita and
Chicago
Frankfurt
Jakarta (limited flights)
London Heathrow
Los Angeles
New York JFK
Paris CDG
Sydney (seasonal?)


LAN
Aircraft type
None.


Malaysia Airlines
Aircraft type
All A380.

Routes
Between Kuala Lumpur and
London Heathrow
Paris CDG


Qantas
Aircraft type
All A380 (but note some flights sold without first e.g. occasional SYD-HKG).

Routes
Between Sydney and
Dallas
Dubai
London Heathrow (via Dubai)
Los Angeles

Between Melbourne and
Dubai
London Heathrow (via Dubai)
Los Angeles

Between Dubai and
London Heathrow


Qatar
Aircraft type
A380 and ???

Routes
Between Doha and
Bangkok (some flights)
London LHR (some flights)
Paris CDG
some intra-Middle East routes have 2-class F


TAM
none


Current as at ?. Updated to post #208.

Please advise any errors or omissions. Thanks to all those who have contributed.