American Airlines is Changing Planes for a Popular Route

American Airlines is moving forward with a somewhat surprising move for one of its most premium routes, but some travelers will be quite pleased.

As first reported by The Points Guy this week, American Airlines will be bringing its wide-body Boeing 777 to a route between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

This is good news for some travelers, because the three-cabin plane will allow customers to book its premium economy cabin on the cross-country flights.

While this is a positive change for many travelers, as it should allow for a more comfortable ride across the country for more people, it is somewhat surprising.

As The Points Guy explains, American Airlines typically does not use these larger, wide-body aircraft for domestic routes like this.

"For American, it's a bit of an unusual move. The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier has a very limited schedule of wide-body jets on domestic routes, typically reserving its larger planes for long-haul international (and Hawaii) service," Sean Cudahy wrote for The Points Guy this week.

"It currently does not have regularly scheduled transcontinental service on twin-aisle planes out of JFK. That will change in October with the arrival of its three-cabin 777 on the route."

Cudahy provided a thorough explanation as to why this is happening for anyone interested, but the short answer is that it's a temporary measure until the airline starts receiving its brand-new Airbus A321XLRs.

Passengers can begin booking tickets for the new JFK-LAX 777 service on July 28 with service officially set to launch on Oct. 5.