Fleet breakdown
American Airlines 787-9 Business Class
2 versions · 8.4 to 8.7 out of 10 · 9 tracked routes
CabinScore has measured 2 physically different business-class cabins that American Airlines flies on the 787-9, rated 8.4/10 to 8.7/10 — and booking sites sell every one of them as the same “Business” fare.
The Versions, Ranked
Top routes are the ones we most often observe each cabin flying, from the flight history we track, resolved to individual registrations; the percentage is how often a flight on that route is this cabin. They describe our tracked network, not American Airlines's whole 787-9 fleet — and a version we haven't measured would not appear here at all.
How to Tell Which One You're Getting
Flagship Suite8.7/10
Premium-heavy Boeing 787-9 “Version 2” / 787-9P (often shown as 78P) featuring all-suite, reverse-herringbone Flagship Suite seats with sliding privacy doors; 2 business-class cabins with larger bulkhead ‘Preferred’ suites at the front of each cabin; 1-2-1 layout provides direct aisle access for every seat.
- Aircraft listed as Boeing 787-9 ‘Version 2 – 244 seats’ on AA fleet pages
- Business cabin shows 8 ‘Flagship Suite Preferred’ seats + 43 ‘Flagship Suite’ seats (51 total)
- Seat map: two business cabins with bulkhead Preferred seats at the front of each cabin
Flagship® Business8.4/10
- Look for 1-2-1 reverse-herringbone layout (A/D/H/L seat letters on AA seat map)
- Often described as B/E Aerospace Super Diamond seats
Routes American Airlines Flies the 787-9 On9 routes
The percentage is this cabin family's observed share of American Airlines's flying on that route. Each route page shows the full equipment mix — including the other aircraft types American Airlines and its competitors schedule on it.