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United Announces New Seats For International Business Class

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Following on the heels of American Airlines and others, United Airlines is announcing an overhaul of their business class cabins. The new international United Business cabin will have a seat that reclines to a 6-foot, 4-inch lie-flat bed. Each seat offers audio and video on-demand and a video screen for viewing more than 150 hours of movies and TV programs. Seats are in pairs of two facing both forward and backward. Other onboard enhancements, include new menu selections developed by Chef Charlie Trotter and fine wine offerings from Master Sommelier and Master of Wine Doug Frost. The modification of the carrier's entire international fleet should be finished in 2009.

United Throws Money at Premium Passengers

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In an effort to draw customers to their airlines, United Airlines announced today that it will be upgrading the international first and business class cabins in a program that will cost $165 million. They've partnered up with B/E Aerospace, a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products to design new premium seats. Don't go looking for these seats yet, the new premium cabins will come out in 2007 and reconfiguration of United's entire international wide-body fleet will take a few years. 

[via Airline Travel News]


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