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American Airlines Brings Back Airbus A321T

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 26, 2021January 26, 2021 4 Comments

American Airlines Restore A321T

American Airlines will restore service on its premium-heavy Airbus A321T between Los Angeles and New York in March. Those who feared this aircraft would never return can breathe a collective sigh of relief.

American Airlines Will Restore A321T On LAX-JFK

Starting in March, the Airbus A321T will again start service between Los Angeles (LAX) and New York (JFK). Initially, it will operate just once per day:

  • AA3: JFK – LAX 12:00 P.M. – 3:24 P.M.
  • AA4: LAX – JFK 2:00 P.M. – 10:21 P.M.

The A321T used to operate almost hourly between LAX and JFK prior to the pandemic, but AA has opted for two wide body flights per day during the pandemic. Why? The A321T features only 102 seats, with 10 in first class, 20 in business class, and 72 in economy class. With business travel severely depressed, operating a premium-heavy aircraft has not made sense.

But AA has confirmed the A321T will return in March:

The A321T will start to return in March, supplementing some of the widebody flying that has been operating over the past few months. As customers safely return to the sky, we look forward to bringing back the product they know and love on an important route.

Additionally, the A321T will run twice daily between San Francisco (SFO) and JFK, in which American will go head-t0-head with United’s new 767-300 service to JFK.

CONCLUSION

Rumors have swirled since the pandemic began that American Airlines would never bring back its A321Ts in current form, but instead strip them of premium seats and add more economy class seatings. But news of the A321T return to LAX gives hopes that this customer-favorite aircraft will return as demand slowly picks up again.

Would you go out of your way to fly on the American Airlines A321T?


> Read More: American Airlines A321T Review

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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4 Comments

  1. Mike Reply
    January 26, 2021 at 9:53 am

    FWIW…it never left. AA has been operating the 321T at least 6x a week on JFK-SFO for the last year.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      January 26, 2021 at 9:54 am

      I know it didn’t leave SFO, but it left LAX and the rumors were it was never coming back. So I’m very happy to see this news.

  2. Tom Reply
    January 26, 2021 at 10:57 am

    AA (or any other airline in the US) can’t compete JetBlue’s Mint on this route and it’s not even close.

  3. Jason Reply
    January 26, 2021 at 12:04 pm

    Whether the 321T survives longer term or not, it is at least apparent that AA will not cede transcon flying to B6.

    Worth noting that SFO also gets a second daily frequency beginning in March.

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