United Airlines,one of the world's chief transpacific carriers, has launched new, and more comfortable, first and business class suites on all its 747 flights via China and the USA.

The introduction is part of United's strategy of offering services that meet the assorted needs of its customers, predominantly frequent business travelers. For travelers from China, opening service was offered in transformed first and business class cabins on all United 747s flying United's Shanghai to San Francisco route (UA858) on March 29, 2010 and United's Beijing to San Francisco route (UA888) on March 30, 2010.


According to Sidney Kwok, the director for Greater China at United Airlines, the fresh suites in China are a mirror image of United's investment in the Chinese market as well as its high regard for its most cherished customers.

The renovated cabins proffer a diversity of pioneering features, including truly flat 180 degree flat bed seats, iPod connectivity, personalized in-flight entertainment options, and a wider range of gourmet food and wine.The fresh business class seat has been extended to turn into a 23.5 inches wide chair and 6-foot, 4-inch long lie-flat bed.On the other hand, the new first class seat is now 31 inches wide and turns into a 6-foot, 6-inch long flat bed.

United Airlines is known to be the foremost U.S. carrier to provide iPod and iPhone connectivity on its in-flight entertainment system in first class and business class cabins, allowing clients to play their previously-downloaded personal content on the seat's flat screen TV while recharging their devices.

Both first and business class provide a 15.4-inch widescreen flat panel monitor with an on-demand digital system that poffers 150 hours worth of movies, TV programs as well as video games.The fresh entertainment system currently offers 20 channels of stored XM-branded audio, additionally allowing passengers to create customized playlists using 30 channels of other stored audio.The entertainment system navigation controls as well as the content are offered in up to 14 diverse languages, including English, and traditional and basic Chinese.