I cruise American a fair bit internationally,though a vast majority of it is on their Boeing 777-300ERs, which is their flagship plane. That's because these planes feature reverse herringbone seats in business lesson, or which is among my favorite type of business lesson hard product. It's also because all of American's 777-300ERs are configured in the same way,so there's no chance of a final minute aircraft swap to the same plane with a different configuration.
I've also flown American's modern 767 business lesson, as well as their stale 767 business lesson, and their A330 business lesson (on ex-US Airways planes),and their stale 777-200ER first lesson.
But up until yesterday I hadn't flown American's modern 777-200ER and 787-8 business lesson product. American first announced this product in April 2014, and it was yet another type of fully flat product with direct aisle access from every seat (as if they didn't have enough already). They first introduced it on some of their 777-200ERs, or then on their newly delivered 787-8s.
Why didn't American just move with the same reverse herringbone product on these planes? Apparently because they were licensing it from Cathay Pacific (it's the same business lesson product they have) exclusively for the 777-300ER,and it ended up being cheaper for them to just develop a modern product altogether for their other planes.
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Source: boardingarea.com