American Airlines is set to launch two new direct flights to Haneda International Airport in Japan from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) starting next year.

The airline said in a statement that beginning March 29, American and its Pacific Joint Business partner, Japan Airlines will offer a total of five daily flights to Haneda from four US cities: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas.

“Our flights to Haneda will provide access to downtown Tokyo with nonstop service from our Asia gateways — LAX and DFW,” said Vasu Raja, American's vice president of network and schedule planning, noting how the 10-mile proximity of Haneda to downtown Tokyo makes it convenient for business clients.

Subject to the Japan government's approval, American Airlines will offer a daily flight to Haneda from DFW departing at 12:35 pm (local time) using Boeing 777-300 aircraft and a 6:15 pm return flight (local time). Its daily flight from LAX will depart 12:40 am (local time) with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane and come back 11:55 am (local time).

American said it will be the only US carrier offering first class to Japan. The DFW to HND service will offer eight flagship® first seats and 52 flagship business seats, while the new and existing LAX service to Haneda, will provide 30 lie-flat flagship business seats and 21 premium economy seats.

“American has served Japan for more than 30 years and it is our largest market in the Asia Pacific region,” said Jim Butler, American's senior vice president of international & cargo. “Our team in Tokyo looks forward to welcoming customers to their city and providing them with easy connections to key Japanese cities like Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka with Japan Airlines,” he added.

American said the new flights will be available for purchase starting September 30, 2019.