American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is not interested in ordering Boeing's newest widebody aircraft, such as the B777X Family or the B787-10, Vice-President (Network & Schedule Planning) Vasu Raja has revealed in an internal newsletter to employees.

According to Flightglobal, Raja underlined that the carrier plans to grow its long-haul fleet but did not offer any details.

"Buying new planes is just one way to achieve that growth. Others include using larger aircraft, flying them farther or using our aircraft throughout more of the day, meaning scheduling them more efficiently," Raja has written.

According to the ch-aviation fleets module, American Airlines has thirty-two B787-9s on order from Boeing as of April 30, 2018. The carrier also announced a new commitment in April, consisting of twenty-two B787-8s and twenty-five B787-9s which will be used as one-for-one replacements for its outgoing B767-300(ER)s, A330-300s, and some B777-200(ER)s.

It is recalled that American Airlines had previously expressed a general interest in the proposed new Middle-of-Market (MOM) Boeing jet, although it is unclear as of yet if and when such a model will become available.