Apr 5, 2016, 6:48 pm
Last edit by: econometrics
Boeing 787-9 (789): Discussion of 787-9 AA as of 6 Oct 2016
22 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners were ordered in total by American Airlines.
Related threads:
Boeing 787-9 / 789: Best Business (B/E Super Diamond) Seat, Service (master thd)
Boeing 787-9 / 789: Coach, MCE & Premium Economy Seat, Service (master thd)
Retaining the wingspan of the 787-8, the 787-9 is a lengthened and strengthened variant with a 20 feet (6.1 m) longer fuselage and a 54,500 pounds (24,700 kg) higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW), seating 280 passengers in a typical three-class arrangement over a 7,635 nautical miles (8,786 mi; 14,140 km) range. Link to Wikipedia article.
- 30 Business class seats
- 21 Premium Economy seats
- 234 economy seats (207 Main Cabin, 27 Main Cabin Extra)
...we learned that American would be installing the B/E Aerospace Super Diamond seat on their (~half the 772 fleet) 777-200, A350, and 787 aircraft going forward. These are the same types of business class seats as on Air Canada, China Airlines, Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia, etc. (EXCEPT the AA seats will not offer privacy dividers for the Center pair of seats) Link to One Mile at a Time article
AA will receive an additional 10 787-9s in 2017 and will receive the final 8 in 2018. AA has ordered a total of 22 787-9s to complement its 20 787-8s. These will have the General Electric GEnx-1B engines.
787 Blog
The 787 blog, which is very accurate, has posted additional 787-9 delivery dates. These are the scheduled delivery dates for the ten 787-9 scheduled to arrive in 2017. Its actually going to be a while before these aircraft really start to show up en masse as AA is taking its final three 787-8s in February and March. It won't be until next summer where they'll be plenty of these aircraft flying around the system.
Line Number 560 Delivery Date: 6/6/2017
Line Number 563 Delivery Date: 6/12/2017
Line Number 570 Delivery Date: 7/7/2017
Line Number 587 Delivery Date: 8/16/2017
Line Number 596 Delivery Date: 9/8/2017
Line Number 610 Delivery Date: 10/12/2017
Line Number 626 Delivery Date: 11/22/2017
Line Number 635 Delivery Date: 11/27/2017
Line Number 671 Delivery Date: 2/27/2018
Line Number 682 Delivery Date: 3/26/2018
Line Number 692 Delivery Date: 4/19/2018
The 787 blog, which is very accurate, has posted additional 787-9 delivery dates. These are the scheduled delivery dates for the ten 787-9 scheduled to arrive in 2017. Its actually going to be a while before these aircraft really start to show up en masse as AA is taking its final three 787-8s in February and March. It won't be until next summer where they'll be plenty of these aircraft flying around the system.
Line Number 560 Delivery Date: 6/6/2017
Line Number 563 Delivery Date: 6/12/2017
Line Number 570 Delivery Date: 7/7/2017
Line Number 587 Delivery Date: 8/16/2017
Line Number 596 Delivery Date: 9/8/2017
Line Number 610 Delivery Date: 10/12/2017
Line Number 626 Delivery Date: 11/22/2017
Line Number 635 Delivery Date: 11/27/2017
Line Number 671 Delivery Date: 2/27/2018
Line Number 682 Delivery Date: 3/26/2018
Line Number 692 Delivery Date: 4/19/2018
DFW-MAD
DFW-GRU
DFW-CDG
DFW-ICN
ORD-CDG (From JUL-05, Until AUG-03)
LAX-NRT (From AUG-04, Until OCT-27)
LAX-AKL (From OCT-06)
LAX-GRU (From NOV-05)
LAX-SYD (From NOV-06)
Link to Boeing's global 787 tracker.
Updated 17 April 2017 by econometrics
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During the call I had to help the agent to navigate in the condition of carriage on AA website to have it approved (agent wasn't aware of that rule), good luck!
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AA cancelled my 8 p.m. DEN-LAX the day before Thanksgiving so I did a free schedule change and picked DEN-DFW-LAX with AA2489 DFW-LAX on the 787-9, seat 3L. I was more interested in keeping the same arrival time as I'm picking up someone in LAX, so I'm pleased with how it worked out. Assuming that aircraft goes on to SYD.
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I thought I wrote this here but it may have been elsewhere. The 787-9s flying DFW-CDG/MAD and ORD-CDG were merely temporary as so few 787-9s were in the fleet at the time. The 787-9 is going to LAX-NRT/HND/PEK/PVG/SYD/GRU, along with seasonal LAX-AKL, and DFW-ICN/PVG. This is as of March 25, 2018. The 787-9 was primarily designed for routes like these, as AA now has the opportunity to not only expand in the Pacific but make money. Notice the 772s, with the exception of double daily DFW-NRT, which likely is profitable on its own, have vanished from Pacific flying. Tells you all you need to know how AA was performing on Trans-Pacs. Once the 787-9 order is complete in Q1 2019, I would not be surprised if the 787-9 replaces the 772s on DFW-NRT. DFW/LAX-HKG will very likely stay 77Ws due to being the only aircraft with International F, I note Doug's comments on DFW-HKG usually selling out F, and the large J cabin, something that isn't present on the 787-9s.
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I thought I wrote this here but it may have been elsewhere. The 787-9s flying DFW-CDG/MAD and ORD-CDG were merely temporary as so few 787-9s were in the fleet at the time. The 787-9 is going to LAX-NRT/HND/PEK/PVG/SYD/GRU, along with seasonal LAX-AKL, and DFW-ICN/PVG. This is as of March 25, 2018. The 787-9 was primarily designed for routes like these, as AA now has the opportunity to not only expand in the Pacific but make money. Notice the 772s, with the exception of double daily DFW-NRT, which likely is profitable on its own, have vanished from Pacific flying. Tells you all you need to know how AA was performing on Trans-Pacs. Once the 787-9 order is complete in Q1 2019, I would not be surprised if the 787-9 replaces the 772s on DFW-NRT. DFW/LAX-HKG will very likely stay 77Ws due to being the only aircraft with International F, I note Doug's comments on DFW-HKG usually selling out F, and the large J cabin, something that isn't present on the 787-9s.
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AA takes delivery of its 19th 787-9 from Boeing today. N838AA / 8LV
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n838aa
Also, AA945/946 (DFW-SCL) is back to a daily 787-9.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n838aa
Also, AA945/946 (DFW-SCL) is back to a daily 787-9.