American Airlines highlights longest nonstop Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner routes for 2025

For 2025, data from Cirium highlights American Airlines’ longest nonstop routes using the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner:

Dallas/Fort Worth to Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the airline’s longest flights. The route operates up to three times per week year-round and is currently the only direct service between Dallas and Mainland China. In total for 2025, American will operate 122 outbound flights on this route with over 28,000 seats available each way. The outbound journey takes about 15 hours and 35 minutes.

Between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), American offers a seasonal direct service from late December through March. For the upcoming season there are 62 scheduled outbound flights with over 14,500 seats available. The flight covers a distance of more than 6,500 miles.

The Dallas/Fort Worth to Tokyo Haneda route sees up to five weekly flights in 2025. American plans to operate a total of 239 outbound flights on this link with nearly 56,000 seats available throughout the year. The journey takes approximately thirteen and a half hours outbound.

Another significant route is Dallas/Fort Worth to Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO). There are currently 49 scheduled flights for the year with more than 11,000 seats available on this city pair. The average flight time is ten hours and thirty minutes outbound.

American faces competition on these international routes from other carriers such as Air New Zealand and Delta Air Lines on services to Auckland; Japan Airlines on routes between Dallas and Tokyo; as well as Delta Air Lines, ITA Airways, United Airlines, and Alaska Airlines for services between the United States and Rome.

The airline also maintains four maintenance bases in Tulsa (Oklahoma), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Dallas/Fort Worth (Texas), and Charlotte (North Carolina).

Looking ahead, American has placed orders for Boom Overture supersonic aircraft—20 firm orders with options for an additional forty—which could significantly reduce travel times between major cities once operational. Over the next decade American expects delivery of more than three hundred new aircraft across various models including Airbus A321neo/XLRs and Boeing MAX series jets.

Robert Isom serves as CEO of American Airlines Group Inc., which continues its efforts to modernize its fleet while maintaining strong domestic and international connectivity through its hub network.