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Updated: American Launching Los Angeles to Hong Kong Service on September 7

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An American Airlines 777-300ER (77W) taxis at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

An American Airlines 777-300ER (77W) taxis at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

Update 6:55PM PT: American Airlines has put out a press release on the addition of the LAX-HKG flight starting September 9. The schedule information and flight times are:

  • Departs LAX at 1:55am, and arrives at HKG at 8:10am the next day (subject to regulatory approval)
  • Departs HKG at 8:20pm, and arrives at LAX at 6:40pm

Furthermore, the flight will be operated as part of the joint business venture with Japan Airlines.

Original story appears below:

An eagle-eyed frequent flyer spotted an update to a page on American Airlines’ website, which indicated that the highly-anticipated service from Los Angeles (LAX) to Hong Kong (HKG) will commence on September 7 using the carrier’s flagship Boeing 777-300ER (77W). AirlineReporter confirmed that the webpage had indeed been updated to include the information on HKG, and tweeted out a screenshot of the page in the wee hours:

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