United Airlines’ newest Airbus jet is easily the airline’s fanciest narrowbody yet.
Adorned in a special blue-and-white livery and packed with 150 luxe new seats, the Airbus A321XLR underscores United’s continued push to court higher-paying travelers as demand for more comforts grows.
Most notably, sliding doors are now a feature in Polaris business class — an increasingly common feature in newer premium cabins and something long requested by many of United’s most valuable flyers.
Meanwhile, Premium Plus, United’s version of premium economy that sits between business and coach, has new privacy dividers.
During a tour of the jet at the Farnborough International Airshow near London last week, Peter Wolkowski, United’s...
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