United Airlines has unveiled brand new uniforms that will be rolled out to its 70,000 employees from cabin crew to ramp agents.
The US-based carrier has teamed up with women’s wear designer Tracy Reese as well as men’s clothing brand Brooks Brothers and work wear specialists Carhartt to create the new outfits.
The uniforms will now be tested multiple times over the coming year and the airline hopes to distribute them to all staff in 2020.
United Airlines has unveiled brand new uniforms that will be rolled out to its 70,000 employees. Pictured left are the new cabin crew uniforms which have a flash of purple and right are the customer service agent outfits, which have a flash of turquoise
Customer service agents working for United in Hawaii can wear the ‘aloha wear’ uniforms of Hawaiian shirts and navy shorts
All of the new uniforms will have a base colour called ‘rhapsody blue’ and the airline hopes this will make all staff across its business look like one team.
However, a different pop of colour on each outfit denotes the job of the wearer.
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For example, the cabin crew uniforms include a flash of purple, while customer service agent outfits have a turquoise pop.
Flight crew suits have burgundy ties while tech operation and ramp agent uniforms stand out with hi-vis colors.
United says it has focused on using high quality fabrics with improved breathability so its staff ‘feel good as well as look good’.
All the new uniforms will have a base color called ‘rhapsody blue’ and a pop of colour depending on the wearer’s job. Pictured left is the flight crew uniform, which has a burgundy tie. The flight attendant attendant uniform, right, has a splash of purple
More than 1,300 pilots, flight attendants and customer service agents will be the first to test out the new pieces.
United says that during this time, they will continue to refine the designs based on staff feedback.
Designer Tracy Reese, who created the female uniforms, said: ‘I’m excited for United employees and customers to see the designs we’ve been hard at work on, and for employees to begin to wear-test these new looks to test their fit and function.
‘I’ve travelled the world with United to meet with thousands of employees to better understand their job duties and hear first-hand what is needed in a uniform so that these women look and feel good, but most importantly – perform at their best.’
Both technical operatives, left, and ramp agents, right, will receive new uniforms. United hopes to roll out the new uniforms by 2020
While Brian Lane of Brooks Brothers added: ‘These designs represent months of collaboration with United’s front-line employees to develop a uniforms programme that the United team will be proud to wear.
‘Uniforms are such a critical part of employees’ work lives, so no stone was un-turned as we created these designs with enthusiastic employee input.
‘This includes high quality fabric, improved breathability, enhanced fit and pops of color. We will continue to refine these garments based on feedback following the upcoming wear test.’
Pictured are United Airlines cabin crew staff walking through Houston Bush Airport wearing the company’s current uniform