United excels in aesthetics with new Polaris, Elevate (fka Adient) Ascent suites and studios

More than just the new Studio business-plus suites, this is one of the best cabin designs in years.

By John Walton 13 min read
Interior, business class cabin. Two women play cards in a suite, one on the main seat and one on the partner seat.

Privacy doors are now the standard in business class, and front-row business-plus suites spreading across more airlines, United Airlines is the latest to unveil a next-generation premium cabin range, with what it’s calling its “Elevated” interior and new Polaris suites in both a regular Polaris business and business-plus Polaris Studio version, an excellent implementation of this new type of front-row studio class product.

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John Walton

Editor in chief of The Up Front, with two decades of experience reporting across the global aviation industry, specialising in business and first class, seats, cabins and the passenger experience.