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United's new seating option ditches the middle seat

United Airlines on Tuesday unveiled a new economy offering on its new Airbus A321XLR aircraft that will give passengers some extra elbow room access to a shared table across an open middle seat.United said the new Economy Plus offering will be available for bookings starting later this year, with the feature expected to be included on all 50 of the A321XLR jets it ordered from Airbus. It added that it's exploring ways to offer seats like these on other aircraft in its fleet in the future.The company said in its announcement that it expects it will be the only airline offering this seating opti...