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Dec 17, 2018, 7:57 pm

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Originally Posted by EWR764

Perhaps, but can you give an example of a similar product roll-out that was completed faster than what United is doing with Polaris?

For all the hype of the Delta One Suite, it was announced only a few weeks after Polaris and is currently available on fifteen (15) ships... in other words, 1/3 of United's progress in virtually the same time period.

If I'm remembering correctly, Air Canada redid J, introduced PY, and reconfigured Y on 25 777s from Sept '15 to Jun '16, so maybe ten months. I don't think there have even been that many Polaris retrofits by this point.

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