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American Airlines 787-9 Business Class

CabinScore has measured 2 physically different business-class cabins that American Airlines flies on the 787-9 — rated 8.7 and 7.8 out of 10 — and booking sites sell every one of them as the same “Business” fare. Your route decides which one you board.

The Versions, Ranked2 versions · 9 tracked routes

01

Flagship Suite

55.9cm wide · direct aisle access

8.7Elevated
American Airlines Flagship Suite cabin on the 787-9

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.

Spot it

  • 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
02

Flagship® Business

53.34cm wide · 152.4cm bed · direct aisle access

7.8Standard
American Airlines Flagship® Business cabin on the 787-9

Spot it

  • 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

Route shares are the share of American Airlines's observed flying on a tracked route that is this cabin, resolved from flight history to individual registrations. They describe the routes we track, not American Airlines's whole 787-9 fleet — a version we haven't measured would not appear here at all.

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