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Πέμπτη 19 Απριλίου 2018

United Airlines plans to introduce new Polaris seats in business class





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United Airlines is planning to introduce a plane with new Polaris seats every 10 days until it completes the cabin retrofits at the end of 2020.

United Airlines is also making progress adding its new business class cabins to wide-body jets to make more comfortable journey for business class passengers.

The new comfortable and sleepy seats of United Airlines introduced by CEO of United Airlines, Oscar Munoz in June, 2016, began flying last year, but have not been installed as quickly as customers would like.Αποτέλεσμα εικόνας για United Airlines plans to introduce new Polaris seats in business class

They are now on only 19 aircraft, according to the carrier’s website, though United executives have said the program is on schedule, despite some early snags because of manufacturer delays.

In addition, executives said on their first quarter earnings call, United Airlines soon will begin introducing its long-haul, premium economy product, called Premium Plus, to long-haul jets.

The project won’t finish until the end of 2020. United Airlines said it could begin selling premium economy late this year in advance for 2019 flights.

The product should begin appearing on aircraft this summer, but at first, United will only let passengers buy up to it at the last minute.
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The new premium products are key facets of plan of United Airlines to close a key financial gap with Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, both of which tend to report higher margins.

As part of that plan, United Airlines is also trying to grow, planning to increase capacity 4-6 percent in 2018, 2019 and 2020, mostly through new flights at three hubs — Chicago, Denver and Houston.

When the executives of United Airlines detailed their growth plan in January on their fourth quarter earnings call, the investment analysts reacted warily, with some fearing the market could not absorb all the extra flights without fares falling.

But the airline said it had no choice, arguing more robust hubs with better connecting opportunities for customers would produce bigger profits. And so far, fares have held up.