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American Cuts Dreamliner Luxury Seats to Offer Premium Economy
- Mid-price option commands fares that are double coach prices
- New offering will be on 124 of airline’s planes by mid-2019
American Airlines Group Inc. is removing eight business-class seats from its Boeing Co. 787-8 Dreamliners as it completes a drive to add a new premium-economy offering on its biggest planes.
The first plane is undergoing a retrofit and American expects all 20 of the aircraft to be finished by the middle of next year, spokesman Joshua Freed said in an interview. That caps a shift to premium economy on the airline’s wide-body fleet, except aging Boeing 767 and Airbus SE A330-300 planes that American plans to retire soon.