American Airlines will move its Beijing operations to PKX when service returns from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) on March 27, 2021. Flights between DFW and PKX will operate on a Boeing 787-8 and will be available for purchase from today. American stated that while the PKX terminal spans 700,000 square meters, customers “will never have to walk more than eight minutes to a gate”.
Before flights were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, American and China Southern codeshared on flights beyond Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) and intend to codeshare on flights beyond PKX. American is currently operating cargo flights to PEK, which will continue through the end of March. Customers booked on flights to PEK will be re-accommodated with optimal flight times for seamless connections at DFW, says the carrier.