United announced a row of Economy Plus seats on its new Airbus A321XLR aircraft with extra elbow room and access to a shared table across an open middle seat. This new Economy Plus offering will be available for sale starting later this year.
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United expects to include this new Economy Plus option on its entire order of 50 A321XLRs and is exploring offering these types of seats on other aircraft types in the future. United expects to be the only U.S. airline that will offer this seating option, and it follows the airline’s recently announced United Relax Row, multiple rows of seats on its Boeing 787 and Boeing 777 widebody aircraft that transform into a couch and available in early 2027.
On each XLR, one row will have large, custom-designed tables stretching from armrest to armrest across the open middle seats, giving customers sitting in the window or aisle seat extra space to stretch out on longer international flights. The table is permanently fixed, with a soft leather-like covering, and two indentations for cups. And the extra space is in addition to the three inches of additional legroom already offered in Economy Plus on the XLR.
More information about the new product, including pricing, will be offered before it goes on sale later this year.
United plans to offer its first domestic flights on the new A321XLR later this autumn, with international service expected to begin by early 2027. United will operate the A321XLR with 5 flight attendants on most transatlantic flights, consistent with its practice on the Boeing 757 it is replacing.
