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United Airlines: First American Airline to Introduce Flat Seats/Beds in Business Class

by Neil Woodburn (RSS feed) on Jul 29th 2007 at 8:26AM

Here's some exciting news from the world of cramped airline seats; United has announced that it will be the first American airline to offer a fully reclining seat for passengers flying international Business Class.

This isn't one of those half-seat/half-bed contraptions where one can only lay on their backs propped up like a poolside lounge chair. Nope, United's new seats fold down completely flat. And, they stretch out to 6'4" – nearly two meters!

Of course other international carriers already offer such comfort so this is nothing new in the world of international travel. But if United is your airline of choice (that's where I have most of my miles) than this is great news--especially for us tall folks!

Oh, and in case you plan on wasting that wonderful flat surface and actually staying awake during your flight, United's revamped Business Class will keep you busy with a 15.4-inch television, noise-canceling headphones, and iPod jacks.

Now, if they can just lower the cost of Business Class....

(photo above is a United First Class sleeper)

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

why not the LS2/LS7? Jul 29th 2007 1:56PM

Here's a link to the press release:

http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/united/28964/

and a link to a picture of just the seats (folded down): (probably won't work, use above link if so)

http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/united/28964/images/28964-hi-bed_mode.jpg

Note that to fit these huge seats, United will have to reduce the number of business class seats on these planes by about 15%.

Neil Jul 29th 2007 2:46PM

Cool! Thanks for the tips!
Neil

DriverG Jul 30th 2007 8:23AM

That photo actually looks like Delta's new lie-flat seat.

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