American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced the delivery of its first B787-9 N820AL (msn 40639) at Dallas/Fort Worth on September 13.

The Texas-based operator plans to deploy the type into revenue service on October 14 on domestic flights between its Dallas/Fort Worth hub and Los Angeles International. Thereafter, the twinjet will make its international debut on November 3 on flights from Dallas to each of Madrid Barajas, Spain and São Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil. Beforehand, the aircraft will undertake a validation flight on October 4 to London Heathrow as part of the long-range certification process.

American has a further twenty-one B787-9s on firm order from Boeing (BOE, Washington National), with the second scheduled to arrive early next month. The aircraft feature thirty seats in Business Class, twenty-one in Premium Economy, and 234 in regular Economy for a total of 285 seats. Of its twenty B787-8 on order from the manufacturer, seventeen have been delivered thus far.