United Airlines passengers flying on new Boeing 787-9s will find a new \u201cElevated\u201d aircraft interior when the fresh design debuts on international flights next year.
\nThe Dreamliner aircraft interior, which was unveiled on Tuesday, features new luxury United Polaris Studio suites for some business class travelers, sliding doors and 19-inch screens for standard United Polaris seats and improvements across classes of service in this \u201cnose-to-tail transformation.\u201d
\n\u201cThis is just one more step, many more yet to go, to create something really special in the sky,\u201d United CEO Scott Kirby said at a launch event for the new cabins Tuesday morning in Brooklyn.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s really the vision \u2014 to create the best airline,\u201d Kirby said standing in front of mockups of the seats. \u201cIt\u2019s just the start of much more to come \u2026 we\u2019re going to keep investing. We\u2019re going to keep innovating because we really are going to be the biggest, best airline in the history of aviation.\u201d
\nUnited Polaris Studio suites will be found in the first row of each business class section, with a total of eight on board. The new suites are 25% larger than the standard United Polaris offering and have privacy doors, an extra ottoman seat, exclusive meal options and a caviar amuse-bouche service. Luxury skincare, 27-inch seatback screens and hoodie-pajamas and slippers are among the other amenities for the Studio suites.
\nStandard United Polaris seats are also getting upgraded with sliding doors to create suites and larger, 19-inch screens. Customers can choose seats facing the window or the center of the aircraft for added privacy, or they can select aisle-facing seats with dividers that lower to accommodate passengers flying together.
\nUnited Polaris business class customers will also have access to a new, onboard grab-and-go snack bar.
\n\u201cTo build the biggest of the best you have to continue to innovate, you have to continue to change, you have to continue to push boundaries,\u201d Andrew Nocella, United\u2019s EVP and chief commercial officer, said at the launch event.
\nThe changes are designed to make people \u201cexcited to fly United every time,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I think we\u2019ve got it.\u201d
\nThe Elevated interior features \u201ca brighter and warmer feel throughout,\u201d according to United, and improvements throughout the cabin. United Premium Plus seats have privacy dividers and wireless charging, and Economy seats will feature what United says are the largest economy class seatback screens in the world.
\nThe airline said it has invested $150 million in total food and beverage improvements this year. New mid-flight meal options will include a regionally influenced tapas service, and Economy passengers will have expanded dining options with more choices
\nUnited expects to receive its first 787-9 with the new interior by the end of the year, and the first passenger flights \u2014 from San Francisco to Singapore and San Francisco to London \u2014 are planned for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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