American Airlines Becomes First U.S. Airline to Launch Daily Nonstop Service Between Los Angeles And Shanghai
Significant Los Angeles Expansion Includes 28 Percent Departure Increase;
American Eagle Launches Nine New Destinations, Introduces
First Class Service on Select Routes
By Pearson Brown | April 13, 2011
American Airlines will operate the first direct to Shanghai route from LAX
American Airlines and its regional affiliate American Eagle launched a significant service expansion last week from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with 10 new destinations, including new daily nonstop service to Shanghai. American is the first U.S. airline to offer daily nonstop service from Los Angeles to Shanghai, the largest U.S.-China air travel market.
American Eagle also is launching nine new daily domestic destinations from LAX. American Eagle is introducing new two-class service to Denver and four of the new routes – Houston, Oklahoma City, Phoenix and Albuquerque, N.M. The service features a First Class cabin, with premium food and beverage service, and nine newly designed seats that offer adjustable headrests and ergonomically contoured back and seat cushions on the CRJ-700 aircraft.
American also will add seven additional daily flights from LAX, including two additional flights each to Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami and one additional flight each to Chicago, Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla.
Passengers also can make connections to China, Japan and other points in Asia from American’s and Japan Airlines joint business route from San Francisco to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
The addition of more than 30 round trip flights lifts total daily departures for American and American Eagle at LAX to over 150, up 28 percent. The additional routes and choices for customers strengthens American’s position in Los Angeles, one of its five cornerstone markets in the U.S. and one of the top five markets in the world for premium passengers. This effort further underscores American and its oneworld® Alliance partners’ position at LAX as the preferred airlines in providing customers international travel from the West Coast. Oneworld offers customers 17 international departures from LAX.
To celebrate the Los Angeles service expansion, American is offering customers the opportunity to earn triple AAdvantage miles by flying on a purchased First Class or Business Class fare on LAX-Shanghai, adding up to more than 20,000 miles for a one-way trip. Customers who fly on a purchased LAX-Shanghai Economy Class fare can earn double AAdvantage miles. The bonus miles offer is valid for travel between April 5 and June 30. Customers can also earn double AAdvantage miles for travel on any of American Eagle’s nine new domestic routes to and from Los Angeles.
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