American Airlines is introducing a new fleet of planes at its New York hub.The carrier will add the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to a report from The Points Guy. The publication identified the airline’s plans through Cirium schedules, and subsequently confirmed the news with an airline spokespersonThe new 285-seat plans will be serving American’s New York to New Delhi route beginning October 27. The new plan will replace Boeing 777-300ER aircraft currently flying between New York and New Delhi.American Airlines plans to add several Dreamliners to its New York-based fleet in conjunction with expanding the number of pilots it has operating from New York.“This weekend, American Airlines adjusted the aircraft type operating between New York (JFK) and New Delhi (DEL) starting in October. We will continue to offer daily nonstop service on this route as we optimize our network and fleet,” an airline spokesperson told The Points Guy in a statement.About 30 Dreamliners will be added to American Airline’s stable of planes over the coming years, according to The Points Guy. The first Dreamliner anticipated to come online later this year. The planes contain 51 Flagship Business suites, 32 premium economy seats, 18 Main Cabin Extra economy seats and 143 standard economy seats.
Good Airplane Food And No Security Lines At This New Miami Restaurant
23.02.2024 - 23:37 / forbes.com / Airlines
Rosana Bentos wanted to become a flight attendant when she was a little girl. And while she ended up as a partner in an auto repair business, her love of airplanes never faded. Now, she serves as many as 1,500 passengers, err, guests every Saturday and Sunday. On a Friday morning, there was a line waiting for tables.
In the heart of Miami’s Brickell financial district, two blocks from the Four Seasons Hotel, is the nose, cockpit, and forward section of a McDonald Douglas MD-88.
N956DL was delivered to Delta Air Lines in April 1990 before being stored in September 2019 and scrapped a year later.
Bentos, looking for airline seats, found the decommissioned jet and turned it into Sky Coffee Buenos Aires.
She says it’s an Argentinian version of Starbucks.
Justin Firestone, a local Coral Gables-based business executive, says he stumbled onto the airliner turned restaurant shortly after it opened in December.
It has quickly become his go-to place for meetings.
“The food is great. The coffee is excellent, and they’ve done a great job creating a differentiated experience,” Firestone says.
Servers and kitchen staff are outfitted as pilots and flight attendants. There are more than three dozen options for coffee – and tea–drinkers, many reasonably priced.
Basic coffee options range from $3.50 to $6.
VIP Caffeine drinks go from $6.50 for a Sky Mocha to $19.50 for Tierra del Fuego (“The finest and most elegant cappuccino made with our edible 24K gold comes with an exquisite gold-wrapped chocolate truffle to dip.”).
If you want to cool down, try an Iced Tea with Passion Fruit and Pineapple.
There is also an extensive menu of smoothies and milkshakes.
Sky Coffee Buenos Aires also gives airplane food a good name.
Firestone recommends the Caprese sandwich and all of the empanadas. Options (ranging from $6.90 to $10.90) include ham and cheese; beef, onion, and cheese; chicken, spinach, and cheese; or bacon and plum.
However, there’s no shortage of choices.
There are variously filled croissants (pistachio, dulce de leche, Nutella), gourmet toasts (avocado and salmon), sandwiches (steak, tuna, brie, and fig), and salads (burrata, pear).
For those of you with a sweet tooth, there are a half dozen different macaroons, cookies, madeleines, muffins, and cakes (almond, carrot, chocolate mouse, and more).
In addition to outdoor seating, there are first-class seats inside the airplane. You can also poke your head in the cockpit, where your jet looks ready for pushback.
Currently, the café is open daily for breakfast from 7 am and lunch, closing at 5 pm on weekdays and 3 pm on weekends.
Bentos says with no previous restaurant experience, she didn’t know what to expect, but now she is plotting possible new routes, umm, locations.
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