American Airlines has taken delivery of its first A319 on Tuesday July 23, 2013 with special ceremony at Airbus facilities in Hamburg, Germany. Teams from American Airlines, Airbus and CFM International celebrated the first of 260 Airbus single-aisles the airline has selected to fly it into the future.
New Airbus A319 American Airlines, features 128 seats on tree class configuration, consisting 8 seats on first class, 18 seats extra cabin class and 102 seats in economy class, powered by CFM56 engines. This aircraft will be used initially on the airline’s domestic route network, and then into Central America this fall, and the very first A319 to feature Sharklets.
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