{"id":220007,"date":"2026-03-25T09:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=220007"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:44:40","slug":"united-airlines-economy-sleeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/united-airlines-economy-sleeper","title":{"rendered":"A seat like a lie-flat in economy class on United Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/united-airlines-premium-classes\/\">United Airlines<\/a> Following the example of Air New Zealand's Skycouch, which involves booking three economy class seats to benefit from a couch. Dubbed \"\u00a0<span class=\"m_-4640279766041374672nb m_-4640279766041374672rb\"><span class=\"il\">United<\/span> Relax Row<\/span>\u00a0Concerning the American airline, this offer effectively allows the traveller to sleep horizontally. And, to mitigate the discomfort generated by the space between each seat, passengers <span class=\"m_-4640279766041374672ob m_-4640279766041374672sb\">will benefit from a custom mattress topper, specially designed blankets, additional pillows, and a plush toy for children - in the case of a family trip, a rarer occurrence for a business traveller! - to create a comfortable and soothing atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The only slight downside for now is that we'll have to wait until 2027 to benefit from the product on the first aircraft. United is indeed planning to deploy the \"United Relax Row\" on over 200 <span class=\"m_-4640279766041374672ob m_-4640279766041374672sb\">long-haul Boeing 787 and Boeing 777 aircraft by 2030. With up to 12 rows <span class=\"il\">United<\/span> Relax Row by-air. These seats will be positioned between the cabins <span class=\"il\">United<\/span> Economy <span class=\"il\">United<\/span> Premium Plus\u00ae. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_-4640279766041374672ob m_-4640279766041374672sb\">According to Andrew Nocella, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of <span class=\"il\">United,<\/span> \" <em><span class=\"il\">United<\/span> will be the only North American airline to offer a product such as <span class=\"il\">United<\/span> Relax Row, which contributes to strengthening our customer loyalty<\/em>\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleeping horizontally without being in business class is what United Airlines will be offering from 2027.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":220009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[121,2457],"type-darticle":[52],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-220007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerien","tag-etats-unis","tag-classe-economique","type-darticle-breve","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>United Airlines ajoute des &quot;couchettes&quot; en classe \u00e9conomique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Des couchettes en classe \u00e9conomique en r\u00e9servant et transformant 3 si\u00e8ges en un. 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