PDX hangar had opened:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity ... 11616-PEDB
Boom XB-1 demonstrator had its first flight: https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/inaugural-first-flight-xb1-supersonic-demonstrator I’m no engineer but I thought this was interesting: Supersonic intakes: XB-1’s engine intakes slow supersonic air to subsonic speeds, efficiently converting kinetic energy...
Jump to postF9's built a nice operation for themselves at SJU. By my count this makes 23 and 24 destinations served.
Jump to postCoalways wrote:The A321XLR tails numbers reserved gives them the option to to order up to 28 more birds? So they have the option to order 28 more A321XLR?
Some new-to-me renders of IAD Concourse E:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/edward-r ... 21152-Yv1B
United tells Boeing to stop making the Max 10s the airline ordered: report - Fox Business "We’ve asked Boeing to stop building Max 10s, which they’ve done, for us and start building Max 9s," Kirby said Tuesday at a JPMorgan investor conference, according to Bloomberg. "It’s impossibl...
Jump to postUA's annual 10-K filing is out. As always, the fleet information is the most interesting, and this year, the order table is fascinating: https://i.ibb.co/31f3px1/Screen-Shot-2024-02-29-at-9-54-12-PM.png As UA executives have promised, they have taken the MAX 10 out of the fleet plans altogether unt...
Jump to postseansasLCY wrote:Can anyone help me with this question: How many 737s does United have based in Guam? Are they based there or rotate through?
Are there any plans, or at least rumors, to add seatback IFE to the domestic (non-ER) 772’s? I can’t imagine a status quo where every aircraft with >100 seats has screens, and part of the brand identity is “screens everywhere!”, will allow an “*except these few planes we put 364 people at a time on...
Jump to postUnited CFO: More 737-9s, A321neos Likely To Cover 737-10 Delays - Aviation Week Another option is keeping some of the older aircraft that some of the new orders are slated to replace, including about 60 757s. But since Next includes a cost-reduction element, any unplanned heavy maintenance work wil...
Jump to postUnited Airlines to lean more on MAX 9 and Airbus A321 amid Boeing delays - Reuters At Citi's industrial conference, Leskinen said the airline would not be able to grow as fast without MAX 10. "What you're going to see now is much more MAX 9 and 321 aircraft," he said. "The mix of whi...
Jump to postcapejet wrote:Do you think UA will ever serve Springfield IL or Bloomington IL nonstop from DEN?
A very fractured local market is exactly why you would serve OAK.
Jump to postDelta's putting lifeflats on 21 of its A321neos: https://onemileatatime.com/news/delta-a321neo-flat-beds/ They'll have 16 Delta One, 12 Premium Select, 54 Comfort+, and 66 main cabin seats: https://twitter.com/ByERussell/status/1508489609927446535 This is in addition to however many 757-200 "75...
Jump to postNow that UA doesn't have any 738's with mid cabin lavs, why do they have so many versions of 738/max8 arrangements, and so many versions of 739/max9? Do they have different size lavs in the rear? Or do the different F seats take up a different amount of space? Surely, it wouldn't be that hard to ha...
Jump to postVC10er wrote:Totally different question: will EWR see the A321neos on a regular basis?
United Airlines updates long-haul routes: • Chicago (ORD) to Delhi (DEL) removed through end of schedule Delayed from end of March to end of October: • Hong Kong (HKG) to Newark (EWR) • Shanghai (PVG) to Newark (EWR), Chicago (ORD), & Los Angeles (LAX) • Beijing (PEK) to Newark (EWR), Chicago (...
Jump to postBut most of the planes on routes like EWR-LHR are these high-J 767's, meaning that economy demand for this route must be really low? If I count correctly, picking a random day in July, there are 21 flights a day from NYC to LON across 7 airlines who are offering a total of 3170 economy seats. Plent...
Jump to postRMTAviation wrote:Anybody think United 77W's will get a mid-life refresh sometime soon?
United CEO kickstarts Airbus talks amid Boeing delays, sources say - Reuters United CEO Scott Kirby flew to Toulouse recently to sound out the planemaker on a potential quid-quo-pro deal after a mid-air emergency on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 raised new doubts over certification of the already de...
Jump to posthttps://thepointsguy.com/news/united-ai ... ens-route/
Jump to postUA 2024 Published Fleet Plan: https://ir.united.com/static-files/fc3b080c-d944-46c1-bf16-bc3ce7cd684d Comparing to today's fleet counts on the fleet website : ⋅ No change in 777s ⋅ 9 more 787s in 2024 ⋅ No change in 767s ⋅ No change in 757s ⋅ 75 mor...
Jump to postStruggling Mesa Airlines reworks United deal and continues selling CRJ900s - Flight Global Under the new agreements, United has increased Mesa’s block-hour rate retroactively to 1 October 2023 and extending through 31 December 2024, which Mesa estimates will generate $63.5 million of additional rev...
Jump to postResumptions and a new route: Washington Dulles (IAD) to Anchorage (ANC) starting May 23 with a daily Boeing 737 MAX 8 Washington Dulles (IAD) to Vancouver (YVR) starting May 2 with a daily Boeing 737 MAX 8 Denver (DEN) to Fairbanks (FAI) starting May 23 with a daily Boeing 737 MAX 8 Newark (EWR) to ...
Jump to postAllegedly DEN-TQO is going to be launched:
https://www.threads.net/@ishrion.aviati ... BZx6JMOpS/
ILikeTrains wrote:I wonder how long inspections across the fleet would take. Could it be done at any of the hubs? I would imagine its just pulling the interior sidewalls, then pulling the plugs to check the seal.
LAXPolaris wrote:I’ve always found it very interesting that UA doesn’t serve VIE on their own metal. I’d like to see EWR-VIE.
Swiss serves 18 destinations year round from GVA. Of those, only 5 aren’t served by United on own metal. (And one is VIE — Austrian has its own ORD-VIE.) Those 4 destinations are already served from FRA, MUC, and ZRH.
Jump to postI also didn't realize they were still converting E175's to E175SC's. Given that a new pilot contract has been worked out and all the COVID groundings are done, what is the purpose of these? Can someone remind me of the max # of 76 seaters and 70 seaters was in the contract? Seems odd that it would ...
Jump to post2023-2024 Overview: Basic overview of 2023 Fleet changes: 2x 78J Delivered 763 PP mod (76A->76Q) completed 764 Polaris/PP mod (76S->76U) completed 752 Refresh/slimline mod continued (only 2 remaining in old config) NEXT Interior modifications began for 319, 320, 738, and 739 fleets 31x 7M9 delivere...
Jump to postIs there more “NEXT” type of upgraded interiors or is this it until they start receiving their Social Security checks? 2) any upgrades planned are already on all but 2 birds, they have all been retrofitted with reupholstered diamond seats, there is zero reason to retrofit anything newer to these bi...
Jump to postI recall as well an A319 on MKE-SFO in 2020 that never started.
Jump to postEarnings call is Jan 23. I imagine there will be some full-year guidance then.
Jump to postddaly241 wrote:fun2fly wrote:Malayil wrote:I’m hoping for the return of EWR-MAN.
Add BHX to that list.
And BFS
There’s an excellent fleet website maintained here by calpsafltskeds that tracks repaints, current livery, cabin refits, current cabin, operational status, deliveries, retirements, and much more.
Jump to postIf the airline can’t get adequate slots for hub services, they’re not going to use a slot on non-hub services.
Jump to postjoeljack wrote:Are the 752's going to get remodeled? If so, maybe the pulldown is for that? Or are they just getting retired?
I don't know if this is a recent development but I noticed today a widebody UA flight operating from EWR Terminal A:
https://www.united.com/en/us/flightstat ... EWR/IAH/UA
50 NG/ceo/‘57 retirements between 2020 and 2026 is interesting.
Jump to postIt is also an even longer route, which makes things more challenging operationally. I hadn't realized IAH-SYD is UA's longest flight (by great circle) at 8599 statute miles. LAX-SIN was a little longer at 8770. SFO-SIN is a little shorter at 8441 miles. Trivia, but also relevant to this thread, the...
Jump to postFrom GUM conversion discussion on page 19 of this thread: What does the conversion between the GUM fleet and mainland entail? Is it just the crew rest seats in First? Over in this other thread LAXintl says this: Different satcom, dual HF, nitrogen generating system, spares kit, crew rest seat, addit...
Jump to posthttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231210-uans24inc Thought this was interesting in that link, too: United continues to file following route although reservations remain unavailable or only available at highest fare classes: Chicago O'Hare – Beijing Capital Chicago O'Hare – Delhi Chicago O'Hare – Shang...
Jump to postdmcreif wrote:capejet wrote:Is UA the largest US carrier to Spain in terms of operating its own metal? Not counting codeshare flights.
I think that's AA.
What is the likelihood we'll see routes from West Coast to East Coast non-hub cities (BOS-SEA)? Near zero. The '21s and -10s replace -9s. The -9s replace '20s and -8s. The '20s and -8s replace '19s and -7s. The '19s and -7s replace 175s and -700s. The 175s and -700s replace 550s and 200s. The -550s...
Jump to postDoes United have any “classics” or “Jurassics” in their fleet? Surely not the 100! No. Question: when the day comes a 737-900NG like the one I just flew, goes in to be “NEXTized” how long is she out of service? Aside from the reupholstered F seats, will the NGs get everything else? Bins, bulkheads,...
Jump to postDelta will have Y+ on their lieflat A321neos so it wouldn’t surprise me if UA includes it too on their lie flat -10. It is just adding a few rows of the standard domestic F seat on board along with lieflats. When you say Y+, do you mean Comfort+ (equivalent to Economy Plus) or Premium Select (equiv...
Jump to postLow-hanging fruit: IGW 789 would maybe re-enable LAX-SIN, EWR-BOM, and ORD-DEL. Those we're told stopped flying because they were at the extremes of the current 789's profitable range. High-J 789 would be great for SFO-SIN, LAX-SIN, LAX-SYD, LAX-MEL, IAH-SYD. (Maybe SFO-SYD, SFO-MEL? I don't know if...
Jump to postGEWhiz, are you referring to this Reel? https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzMHer6ucJq/ Yes Referring back to this video, Is it safe to assume this is one of the lie-flat units? Because the mid lavatory is too far back to fit the usual 20 people cabin. That leads me to my second question, no Premium Cl...
Jump to postGEWhiz, are you referring to this Reel?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzMHer6ucJq/