Originally Posted by
CApreppie
It is pretty obvious that the US carriers will use the 321XLR for thinner trans-Atlantic and South America destination. The range map for the 321XL excludes it from trans-pacific. Nothing surprising in those statements.
The interesting comment is that they are taking the "most liked" aspects of Polaris and tailoring it to the A321XLR. The installed seat may not even look like the latest Polaris suite except that I'm sure each seat will have individual aisle access and completely lie flat seating. I'm sure those are two of the highest liked features of the latest suites.
I agree with (1) completely lie-flat ~6’6”: (2) direct aisle access being the top-two criteria, on which UA will deliver. UA is very enamored with its long-haul hard product. Will be interesting to see what the width and potential pencil shaped footwell end up being on a narrow body on UA based on what SK and others are doing on the A321XLR. I am not even going to get into soft product because UA chooses to be uncompetitive on long haul, and delivers in spades.