Flying American Airlines Brand New Flagship Suites to Philadelphia

It's not often that you get to try out a new product onboard a legacy carrier like American Airlines, so I was really excited to try out their new Flagship Preferred Suite onboard their BRAND NEW Boeing 787-9 on it's "Inaugural" service from Heathrow to Philadelphia.

American only started operating their new Flagship Suites on the London to Chicago and select LA to Chicago routes a few weeks earlier, and this was only their second international route to feature their new game-changing business class seat.

Would it live up to American's hype? Well, you'll just have to watch the video and let me know what you thought, as the cabin crew operate try to work out the kinks and bugs on their first time operating this new cabin layout.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:26 Flying to London
2:25 Heathrow T3 Lounges
3.59 Boarding
4:50 Flagship Cabin
7:28 Preferred Suite Tour
9:53 PDB and IFE
11:17 Push-back and Taxi to runway
12:05 Take-off from runway 27R
12:51 Rotate!
14:00 Onboard Service
15:44 Plane-spotting at 38,000 feet
17:00 Best Bed in the Sky!
17:46 Double "loo" review
18:52 My thoughts
24:44 Descending towards Philadelphia
26:05 Taxi to terminal
27:21 Outro

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Airline: American Airlines
Route: LHR-PHL
Aircraft: Boeing 787-9 (N117AN)
Flight Number: AA737
Seat: 11A
Date: 7 August 2025
Distance Flown: 3545 Miles (5705km)

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