American Airlines is ditching first class on all flights because customers simply ‘aren’t buying it’
- American Airlines is ditching first class because customers aren’t booking seats.
- The airline is instead focusing on its new business class offering, known as Flagship Suites.
- AA said it plans to increase the number of premium seats on its planes by 45% by 2026.
American Airlines is ditching its first class seat offering on long-haul flights because customers have stopped booking seats in the premium cabin.
“First class will not exist on the 777, or for that matter at American Airlines, for the simple reason that our customers aren’t buying it,” American Airlines’s chief commercial officer Vasu Raja said during an investor call Thursday. Raja was responding to a question of whether the airline plans to retire the offering on some planes.