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United p.s. is a premium service offered by United Airlines on flights between Newark Liberty International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport or San Francisco International Airport. The fleet consists of specially configured Boeing 757-200 aircraft with three classes of service: United BusinessFirst, United Economy Plus, and United Economy. Each class of service includes certain amenities not offered on regular flights. On June 16, 2015, United announced plans to shift United p.s. from John F. Kennedy International Airport, from/to where p.s. flights had been operated since launching the service in 2004, to its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and to increase the size of the service's Boeing 757-200 fleet. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=United Airlines Strengthens New York/New Jersey Hub with Move of p.s. Transcontinental Service to Newark )〕 ==History== Following the post-9/11 decline in air travel, coupled with often high legacy labor and fixed operating costs, such as the operation of relatively inefficient aircraft models (such as the Boeing 727, and Boeing 767-200) and unprofitable routes, United filed for bankruptcy in December 2002. Once the airline began to bounce back, United launched TED, a low cost airline, in 2003 and United p.s., a luxury service between JFK and SFO and LAX, in October 2004. The transcontinental service offers extra amenities not found on other domestic flights, as well as high frequency of departures as a flagship/signature service. United's premium product competes with the ''American Flagship Service'' introduced by American Airlines for the U.S. domestic market in 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of AMR Corporation and American Airlines )〕 On March 22, 2010, the Chicago Tribune reported that United would be retaining its p.s. service after the merger with Continental Airlines. A number of interior improvements such as upgrading the lie-flat beds and the cabin service are planned for the p.s. 757 fleet. On August 22, 2011, the airline announced the p.s. fleet would be gutted and "reborn" with: Flat-Bed Seats, New Economy Plus Seats, AVOD and Wi-Fi, however these changes include the elimination of United First, making p.s. a "two-plus" class service. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=United Airlines - Premium Service )〕 On June 16, 2015, United announced plans to transfer all p.s. operations from JFK to their existing mainline hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and to increase the size of the p.s. Boeing 757-200 fleet by displacing aircraft from select transatlantic services, in favor of Boeing 767 widebody aircraft. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=United Airlines Strengthens New York/New Jersey Hub with Move of p.s. Transcontinental Service to Newark )〕 The final p.s. flight from JFK (which was also the final United flight from JFK) was UA535 to Los Angeles on 24 October 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United p.s.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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