Sep 28, 2015, 1:29 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
AA to Fly LAX / Los Angeles <--> SYD / Sydney as of 17 December 2015
AA0073 and AA0072 are operated with Boeing 77W / 777-323ER
AA0073 and AA0072 are operated with Boeing 77W / 777-323ER
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Inaugural flights:
LAX-SYD: 17 Dec 2015 AA 73 Flight duration 15:05
Lv LAX 21:50 Dec 17 PST / 05:50 18 Dec GMT
Ar SYD 07:55 Dec 19 AEDT / 20:55 18 Dec GMT (same day)
SYD-LAX: 19 Dec 2015 AA 72 Flight duration 13:50Ar SYD 07:55 Dec 19 AEDT / 20:55 18 Dec GMT (same day)
Lv SYD 12:00 Dec 19 AEDT / 01:00 19 Dec GMT
Ar LAX 06:50 Dec 19 PST / 14:50 19 Dec GMT
Inaugural flight AA73, operated by Boeing 777-323ER ("77W") N720AN:Ar LAX 06:50 Dec 19 PST / 14:50 19 Dec GMT
2015-12-17 - AA73 - Los Angeles (LAX) STD 21:50 PST ATD 22:15 - Sydney (SYD) STA 07:55 AEDT ATA 07:30 AEDT
ARCHIVE: AA announces LAX-SYD-LAX 77W AA73 / AA72 (as of 17 December 2015)
Dec 17, 2015, 11:12 pm
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If anybody is curious, I'm pretty sure the new 77W route will be LAX-HKG.
Dec 18, 2015, 12:32 am
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AA uses 3rd party staff at HKG/SkyPier/in town check in.. had a couple of issues before at HKG and SkyPier and they were of no help..
Dec 18, 2015, 1:33 am
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How is this any different than DFW-HKG? And by the way, it wasn't Doug Parker who signed off on the 3-4-3 Y configuration. It was Tom Horton. So maybe Parker should give up his Y seat on the flight to him instead.
Last edited by Fanjet; Dec 18, 2015 at 2:09 am
Dec 18, 2015, 5:52 am
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Ten abreast is the new norm on the 777. Almost all recent deliveries are now ten abreast in Y. UA will soon be going ten wide on their 77Ws and retrofit their 77As to have ten abreast. It was also Doug Parker who signed off on W in a pretty spacious 2-4-2 arrangement of three rows on the 77W. While MCE will undoubtedly go ten abreast, having five inches of extra legroom is sufficient to make ten abreast on a 777 tolerable.
Dec 18, 2015, 6:13 am
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I am curious about this as well. Where is it mentioned?
Dec 18, 2015, 7:39 am
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Dec 18, 2015, 8:42 am
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Wow, AA/LAX will have quite the lineup up Pacific destinations (well, any destination really with all of the domestic adds too) very soon. Wish that had been the case when I lived in LA!