Travel to Asia is getting more enjoyable and
relaxing with United’s international, lie-flat first and business class seats,
taking off today for the first flight to the region with a newly configured
Boeing 747. The aircraft will also feature iPod connectivity, enabling
customers in the front cabins to enjoy their own videos on a 15.4-inch personal
television screen.
United flight #869 from San Francisco is scheduled
to depart today at 1:12 p.m. PDT for a 13 hour and 48 minute flight to Hong
Kong, arriving at 6 p.m. local time Friday. The aircraft will continue on as
United flight #895 with a scheduled departure at 8 p.m. on August 15 and
arrival in Singapore at 11:35 p.m. The plane will primarily fly between San
Francisco, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
United Airlines Lie-Flat Business Class Cabin
United Airlines First Class Suite Lie-flat seat
United Airlines First Class Suite cabin lie-flat seat
“Trans-Pacific
travel just got even better for United customers, who will now have more ways
to relax on long flights,” says Graham
Atkinson, United Airlines – executive vice president and Chief Customer
Officer. “Today’s flight marks another
milestone in United’s continuing commitment to invest in products and services
that provide our customers with a more enjoyable travel experience.”
Customers in United First and United Business on
the newly reconfigured aircraft may enjoy more than 150 hours of movies and
television shows on-demand; relax with fully lie-flat seats; and dine on
appetizers and entrees designed by world-renowned chef Charlie Trotter on
outbound U.S. flights. United's entire fleet of international, wide body
aircraft are being reconfigured over the next two years and will include iPod
connectivity in first and business class.
United Airlines Ipod and Iphone connectivity
United
was the first major U.S. carrier to introduce lie-flat business class seats in
November 2007. More information about these seats – and the United Airlines International
Premium Travel Experience