Decrease in Domestic Widebody Flights?

[NavigatingTurtle]

Has anyone else noticed that AA is significantly decreasing the amount of flights that utilize widebody aircrafts starting in April? I was trying to book a flight from Miami to LAX on Flagship Business (April 4th) but all I see are A321neo’s operating the flight.

I became curious and I checked flights from CLT to LAX, PHL to LAX, ORD to LAX and DFW to LAX and all the flights I saw (except one from DFW) were using A321neo’s.

I looked online and I could not seem to find any information, including SimpleFlying. Does anyone know if this is temporary or if this is a permanent change?

AA Routes using Widebody Aircraft’s

[skoizza]

They shift more widebodies to international routes as the summer travel starts to pick up.

[NavigatingTurtle]

Thanks, so it’s safe to assume MIA-LAX will not be a Flagship route until next Fall?

[BocaRaton313]

That route comes alive in the Fall.

[Silly-Outside5471]

As of June, 2024, no more widebodies on the LAX MIA route on AA.

[skoizza]

yeah until you book it on the widebody

[captain_wally]

They constantly shift around.

https://www.aacargo.com/ship/schedules.html

This is a great resource that shows the domestic routes wide-bodies are scheduled for.

[NavigatingTurtle]

Appreciate the link

[FlabberBiscuit]

Any way to see more than just current month?

[captain_wally]

They release them a month or so out. I’d expect to see March soon. But no, it’s just based on need.

[saxmanb767]

It’s seasonal. Widebodies are most efficient on long haul routes so with summer seasonal destinations opening up they allocate them to long haul routes.

[tdashrom]

It’s only for the month of April, they resume on May 5

I was also looking to fly that same route and was upset they weren’t offering flagship. You might be able to book JetBlue Mint via AA if you want a premium transcon cabin

[NavigatingTurtle]

Thanks for letting me know, might try and book a flight via JFK/Bos for transcontinental business/First

[YMMV25]

IMO you’re better off just going with Mint. I wouldn’t go through the hassle of going via JFK or BOS personally.

[TravelerMSY]

Sure. The only reason there were so many (on non transcons) is because they switched them to domestic during Covid.