United Airlines‚ one of the largest US based international carriers‚ is upgrading its International First® Class and International Business® Class products. This will provide passengers flying United Airlines with more privacy‚ personal space and added comfort on overseas flights .United currently has completed conversion of their entire B767 fleet‚ with 22 of the 24 B747 aircraft also complete. For more information on routes served and rollout details visit: suitedreams.united.com
With this transformation‚ United Airlines will be the first US carrier to offer fully lie-flat beds in Business class on overseas flights. The new seats have been designed in order to be an optimal space to work‚ sleep or relax while enjoying the latest entertainment and exclusive amenities. Once the entire modification is complete‚ customers can expect consistent lie-flat seating in United First and United Business across the carrier‘s entire international fleet of B767‚ B747 and B777 aircraft. Passengers can experience this state-of-the-art product by United on flights connecting through Amsterdam‚ Frankfurt‚ Zurich‚ Geneva‚ London Heathrow‚ Bangkok‚ Singapore‚ Tokyo to name a few.
The new United First Suite is nearly three inches wider than the existing popular United First Suite and reclines to multiple angles or serves as a fully flat 6-foot‚ 6-inch bed. Each suite offers a cutting-edge entertainment system providing a 15.4-inch widescreen flat panel monitor with an on-demand digital video and music system that offers multiple selections of movies‚ TV programmes and video games. United also will offer 50 channels of XM-branded audio content‚ delivering more than 3‚000 songs and a jukebox to create customized play lists. Both the entertainment system navigation controls and content will be offered in several languages.
The upgraded International United Business cabin features a new seat that reclines to a 180º‚ 6-foot‚ 4-inch lie-flat bed and is designed to provide customers ultimate comfort with more features‚ space and personalization options during their International travel. Every inch of the innovative‚ forward and rear-facing seat configuration is tailored to maximize personal space and privacy. The new international United Business seat is up to 23.5 inches wide and adjusts to a broad range of positions. The innovative forward and rear-facing design will provide customers a sense of more space and privacy‚ as well as better access to the aisles. Each seat offers audio and video on-demand and a video screen for viewing more than 150 hours of movies and TV programmes. At 15.4 inches‚ the video screen is three times larger than United‘s previous business class.
About United Airlines:
United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) operates nearly 3‚300* flights a day on United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles‚ San Francisco‚ Denver‚ Chicago and Washington‚ D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region‚ Europe and Latin America‚ United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance‚ which provides connections for our customers to 912 destinations in 159 countries worldwide. United‘s 49‚500 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world.