Flight: American Airlines AA 71 from Frankfurt to Dallas
Equipment: B787 (Boeing 787-8)
Class: Business
Seat: 2 D & H (Middle row seats with direct aisle access)
Seat Specification: True Flat Bed, Seat pitch: 60 “. Seat width: 21 ”
American Airlines operates a Boeing 787-8 aircraft between Frankfurt and Dallas. There are 28 lie-flat seats with 1 – 2 – 1 configuration in Business class. Some seats are rear-facing while others are standard forward facing.
Bottomline:
Seat: *****
Service: ***
Food: ****
The seat was long, quite comfortable and even though it was a daytime flight, had no trouble sleeping about 7 hours.
The service was good but nothing memorable. I was quite surprised by the catering though. I know US carriers get a bad rap on food in business class sometimes but was quite happy with the meal quality on this flight. The grilled seabass was moist and delicious while Karen loved her dessert. For trans-atlantic flights, I would not mind picking American Airlines over other carriers but for trans-pacific I am pretty sure I would still go for other Asian carriers (Singapore, Cathay, Asiana).