American Airlines swaps to put a 787 on its Dallas – Shanghai-Pudong service

American Airlines will be doing an equipment swap on the Dallas Fort Worth to Shanghai-Pudong route, swapping out its venerable Boeing 777-200ERs it has been operating for its new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners.

American Airlines Boeing 787 fresh out of the paint shop. Image, The Boeing Company via Twitter.

The service will operate from the 26th June 2015, with the Boeing 787 will maintain the current timings the 777-200ER route have, namely:

AA127 DEPART DFW 10:40 ARRIVE PVG 14:55+1
AA128 DEPART PVG 16:50 ARRIVE DFW 18:10

Operates with a Boeing 777-200ER until 25th June 2015
Operates with a Boeing 787-8 from 26th June 2015
Data: Airlineroute

Now if you’re holding reservations on this service, I’d be fully expecting you to check your reservations, least of all for seating changes.

However, the American Airlines operate a two class service on the 787-8s (Business Class, Main Cabin Extra and Main Cabin). No First Class is fitted to these aircraft.

Checking the available tickets – you’ll note it from the image below.

And checking the seat map – the highest class is indeed… Business.

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If you need a First Class seat, you’ll need to be travel via Chicago or Los Angeles. However, if you’re after a 15 hour 15 minute direct service between Dallas and Shanghai, this could suit your needs rather well.

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