American airlines starts flight to Beijing china

American Launches nonstop flights from Chicago ohare to Beijing china, The Beijing flight will be operated using a Boeing 777, with 14 First Class, 37 Business Class and 194 Economy passengers.

"China and the United States are two highly, mutually-complementary markets containing enormous business opportunities," said The Honorable Ping Huang, the former Chinese Consul General in Chicago. "The coming take-off of the flight is just opportune and will, in turn, inject fresh impetus into the ever deepening and expanding Sino-U.S. relations and bring great benefits to the people of our two countries."

American offers fully flat First Class seats and lie-flat-at-an-angle Business Class seats.
Beijing Capital International Airport’s recently expanded Terminal 3 will be home to American Airlines, along with oneworld partners British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Japan Airlines and Qantas. The Beijing subway system’s Airport Express Line conveniently serves travelers from the airport where they can connect to various stops throughout the city. Shuttle buses also serve the airport, linking travelers to wherever they need to go.

Chicago to Beijing as of May 25:
On Friday and Sunday
Depart: 8:30 p.m. Arrive: 11:00 p.m. (next day, local time)
On Tuesday and Thursday Depart: 9:30 p.m. Arrive: 11:59 p.m. (next day, local time)

Beijing to Chicago as of May 27:
On Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
Depart: 7:59 a.m. Arrive: 7:49 a.m. (same day, local time)
On Tuesday
Depart: 6:59 a.m. Arrive: 6:49 a.m. (same day, local time)

American also collaborated with celebrity chef Sam Choy to create new Asian-fusion menu items that artfully blend the deep traditions of Chinese cuisine with the flavors of Western fare. Sample premium class menu items include:

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp – bacon wrapped shrimp stuffed with sweet corn sauce and served with shiso rice

Rock Shrimp Cakes – rock shrimp cakes with ginger cilantro aioli, accompanied by sweet sausage fried rice and bok choy

Sweet & Sour Sea Bass – sweet and sour sea bass served with fried noodles and baby bok choy

Mushroom Crusted Beef Filet – mushroom crusted beef filet offered with paprika potatoes and grilled zucchini

Pork Belly – pork belly served atop shiso rice garnished with a mushroom medley and baby bok choy

Roasted Duck – roasted duck with oyster sauce, fried rice noodles and sautéed Kailan

Stuffed Salmon – salmon stuffed with spinach and shiitake mushrooms, offered with black bean sauce, sautéed vegetables and sweet sausage fried rice
American will have Mandarin-speaking flight attendants on each flight and premium passengers will be able to read a host of different newspapers while on board the aircraft, including the Wall Street Journal Asia, USA Today Asia and the Beijing Morning Post. Additionally, two Chinese movies in Mandarin will be available for viewing: The Rebellion and Storm Warriors. Additionally, in premium cabins, American will offer six films with Chinese subtitles: Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, The Invention of Lying, The Blind Side, Michael Jackson’s This is It and Planet 51.

AAdvantage

AAdvantage members who purchase tickets/fly from Chicago to Beijing from now to June 30, 2010, can get 15,000 AAdvantage miles if the purchase/fly on Business/First class tickets, and 5,000-10,000 AAdvantage miles for Economy class tickets. The mileage bonus for Economy depends on which type of Economy fare is purchased. For more details, visit http://www.aa.com/offers.