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American Eagle Celebrates New Location in Miami HubAmerican Eagle Airlines, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, today celebrated the unveiling of its new location in the North Terminal of Miami International Airport (MIA).
A state-of-the-art facility housing both American and American Eagle, the new terminal offers customers improved check-in and domestic baggage claim, with an array of shops and restaurants featuring the flavors of South Florida. American Eagle has completed the initial phase of its transition to new departure areas at gates D53, D55 and D60.
**We are all excited about our American Eagle facility,** said Peter J. Dolara, American*s Senior Vice President based in Miami. **This facility will allow us to better serve our customers and solidify Miami as one of the premier gateways in the country.**
The new departure lounge features two concourse-level gates with jetbridges for convenient boarding. When the next phase of construction is complete, lower-level gates will eliminate the need for most shuttle buses to take passengers to awaiting aircraft. A new Skytrain is expected to open in September that will whisk thousands of customers per hour along the 1.4 mile North Terminal concourse, enabling easy connections to American Airlines flights.
**We are excited to move into this beautiful new facility,** said Pedro Fabregas, President of American Eagle*s operations in Miami and the Caribbean. **The new terminal will not only offer our customers a much more comfortable and enjoyable travel experience, but will provide convenient connections to cities throughout the American Airlines global network.**
The move comes just in time for American Eagle*s enhanced winter schedule, offering increased daily flights to twelve cities, including two new daily nonstops to Gainesville, Fla. on October 1 and two daily nonstops to Cleveland, Ohio, beginning November 18.
American Eagle currently flies from Miami to more than 30 cities throughout the U.S. and Caribbean.
22.08.2010. 13:39 American Airlines Rolls Out *Express Seats* American Airlines is introducing Express Seats(SM), the newest product offering under its Your Choice(SM) line of products and services that provide customers a way to purchase special services they value.
With Express Seats travelers can purchase seats in the first few rows of Coach, including bulkhead seats in that cabin. Additionally, customers who purchase an Express Seat are able to board with Group 1 of General Boarding for their flight, providing them the convenience of being among the first Coach customers on and off the plane.
Express Seats are available to all American Airlines customers and can be purchased exclusively via airport Self-Service Check-In machines anytime from 24 hours to 50 minutes prior to scheduled flight departure for travel wholly within the United States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Introductory pricing for Express Seats begins at $19 per flight, with pricing based on distance. Here are some examples of introductory prices for Express Seats on popular American Airlines routes:
$19 for St. Louis to Chicago O*Hare
$29 for San Francisco to Dallas/Fort Worth
$29 for Boston to Chicago O*Hare
$39 for New York JFK to Los Angeles
$39 for Chicago O*Hare to Honolulu
**Express Seats highlights American*s focus on offering customers what they value most,** said Virasb Vahidi – Chief Commercial Officer for American Airlines. **This is another great product under the Your Choice program that puts more travel choices in the customer*s hands.**
American still provides travelers with the option to pre-reserve other seats in the Coach Cabin at no charge. In addition, AAdvantage® elite status members, oneworld® elite status members and customers purchasing full-fare tickets will continue to have exclusive access to preferred seating, separate from Express Seats, on a complimentary basis.
22.08.2010. 13:38 American Enhances Existing 737-800 FleetFORT WORTH, Texas, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines today announced that the second of its original 76 Boeing 737-800s – which are being updated to match the customer benefits and amenities featured on its newly-delivered 737-800 aircraft – begins flying with a range of new features to improve the travel experience. Once the updates are completed, American*s initial fleet of 76 737-800s will match the 84 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft that American began receiving in March 2009 and will continue to receive through 2011.
The new 737-800s are being delivered to American with several enhancements, all of which will be added to the initial 76 737-800 fleet. These include new, more comfortable and spacious First and Economy Class seats, bigger overhead storage bins, updated inflight entertainment systems, and AC power ports. In addition, the new configuration of the 737-800s allows for 12 additional Economy Class seats, for a total of 160 seats.
A prototype of the updated aircraft has been in service since February. American will continue to upgrade the remaining 74 aircraft in its original fleet by installing new seats, new cabin interiors, enhanced inflight entertainment systems, and more storage throughout the aircraft. By accelerating its 737-800 fleet renewal plan last year, American took a significant step in its efforts to invest in products and services that benefit customers, while enhancing its competitive position with new aircraft that are 35 percent more fuel efficient on a seat mile basis than the MD-80 airplanes they will replace. American took delivery of 31 new 737-800s in 2009 and will take delivery of 45 this year and 8 in 2011.
**American remains focused on our long-term future, so it is vital that we continue to reinvest in our products and services to enhance the travel experience for our loyal customers,** said Lauri Curtis, American*s Vice President – Onboard Service. **Upgrading our existing fleet of 737s to match the new deliveries will benefit our customers, employees, shareholders and the communities we serve. These efforts will also keep our product competitive while offering cost, environmental and operational benefits.**
Upon completion, the updated 737s will feature new First Class seats designed specifically for American by Weber Aircraft. The seats have a **slim-line** seatback design and innovative seat bottom that create enhanced space and increase customer comfort. The Economy Class cabin will feature 144 newly-designed seats that utilize a higher recline pivot to provide increased knee room. Throughout the cabin, drop-down LCD monitors will replace CRT monitors and a digital media file server will provide better-quality video and audio entertainment. A 110 volt AC power port will be located at every First Class seat, and two power ports will be located per every three Economy Class seats for easy accessibility.
In addition, bigger overhead storage bins will significantly increase customer cabin luggage capacity by allowing rolling bags to be loaded wheels first. Over time, American intends to equip all of its 737s with Gogo® Inflight Internet service, which will allow passengers to surf the Web, check email and send instant messages conveniently from the air.
The update effort began in May and the retrofitting is being done by American*s mechanics at its maintenance base in Tulsa, Okla.
**Projects like this 737 retrofit are unique, rewarding and are appreciated by our engineering and maintenance teams, because we know that our work is going to directly improve the onboard experience of our customers,** said Bill Cavitt, Vice President – Engineering, Performance Improvement Strategies and Quality Assurance.
To view footage of the 737 retrofit being done by American*s mechanics in Tulsa, please visit: http://www.boeing.com/Features/2010/06/bca_american_airlines_06_28_10.html.
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