American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has confirmed it will base its first B737-8s out of its Miami International hub ahead of their deployment into commercial service to New York La Guardia from November 29 onwards.

The carrier said in an employee newsletter that the 172-seater MAX 8s will be used to replace the smaller A319-100s (128 seats) and 188 seat B757-200s on select services out of the Floridian gateway. It did not specify which routes would be affected.

As previously reported, American Airlines is expecting a total of four B737 MAX 8s this year out of a total of 100 MAX on order from Boeing (BOE, Washington National).