United Airways flyers will not have to attend for much longer to see the airline’s swankiest new seats — together with its nicest business-class product up to now.
Within the subsequent few weeks, the Chicago-based provider expects to take supply of its first 4 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners sporting its “United Elevated” inside, executives stated Wednesday.
These will not simply be new planes.
It’s going to be an all-new onboard expertise for United — one which the airline first unveiled final spring.
These plane will embrace Polaris suites geared up with sliding privateness doorways, a primary for the provider.
Moreover, every of the jets will function eight of the provider’s brand-new extra-spacious Polaris Studios alongside the bulkhead rows.
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These Studios, which shall be United’s most luxurious business-class product but, will function the most important leisure screens of any U.S. airline and upscale “delicate” product touches that embrace servings of caviar.
Altogether, these planes will sport an ultrapremium configuration, together with:
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- Eight of the brand new Polaris Studios
- 56 extra normal (however upgraded) Polaris suites
- 35 Premium Plus recliners
- 123 seats in the primary cabin, together with 33 Economic system Plus seats with further legroom
In all, that is a complete of 99 premium seats on board this 787-9, which incorporates the latest-generation Premium Plus product in the course of the airplane.
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United had hoped it will see these new planes with the luxe structure by the tip of final 12 months. That did not fairly occur (seat, plane and engine supply days are nonetheless widespread throughout the airline trade).
Nonetheless, it seems these new jets are coming (very) quickly.
On a convention name Wednesday, United executives stated 4 of those 787-9s with the “Elevated” cabin are being ready for supply “within the coming weeks.”
The airline introduced it can take supply of 16 extra of those Dreamliners in 2026, so this “United Elevated” expertise will begin to turn out to be way more prevalent on the provider’s most premium long-haul routes.
These 20 Dreamliner deliveries coming this 12 months, United claimed, would be the most twin-aisle jets a U.S. airline has obtained in a single 12 months since 1988.
In recent times, United has trailed solely Delta Air Traces in income amongst U.S. carriers thanks, largely, to the bevy of premium seats and merchandise it gives prospects — one thing flyers have clamored for ever for the reason that coronavirus pandemic.
However final 12 months, American Airways’ new Flagship Suites have been maybe the fanciest new high-end seat to hit the market (no less than amongst U.S. carriers).
Simply weeks into 2026, United seems poised to make an enormous splash of its personal, with the debut of a brand new product that can seemingly turn out to be the most well liked new United MileagePlus redemption within the months to come back.
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