United p.s.

United p.s. is a premium service offered by United Airlines on flights between Newark Liberty International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport and 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.

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.

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.

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