Usair320 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 991 posts, RR: 3 Posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3072 times:
I just flew one PHL-LGW Flight 98. It was OK a little beat uP. and the over head locker was not functioning correctly. The main screen movie sucked. O by the way this was in the summer time.
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 58 Reply 2, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2877 times:
US has ordered the A332 to replace its 762s - the only questions are can US afford another 10 brand-new widebody aircraft, does it really need another 10 widebodies in its fleet, will US still be in business when the planes are to be delivered, and, finally, even if they are still in business, US may be a smaller carrier with no need for the A332s.
US has not invested money in keeping its 757/767 fleet up to date as far as interior design, business class seating, and creature comforts - and its a shame. While I know all of the new Airbuses are wonderful aircraft, they are very expensive to own/lease.....the older 757/767 are far more affordable and with US in the tight financial position that it is in, needs to save every penny that it can. Updated 757s would be ideal for Florida/Las Vegas/Caribbean and some transcon routes (where the capacity is needed and the superb economics of the 757 can be appreciated) and the updated 762s are ideal for less-popular "thin" transatlantic routes, opening new long range routes accross the atlantic, and also make sense for some high-density domestic flying (US should take at look at how CO uses its aircraft - no more capacity then necessary and keep fares up). While the idea of a pretty, new (and effecient) A32X and A33X fleet for US Airways is a nice one, the fact is that US simply cannot afford all of these new planes at this difficult time. I truly fear that we may see those beautiful US A333s parked in the desert in the near future.
PHLapproach From Philippines, joined Mar 2004, 1181 posts, RR: 22 Reply 3, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2826 times:
US will be reconfiguring the seating in the 752's to accommodate more seats and as Dutchjet has said US was slowly replacing the 762's with A333's. I have to reinstall Excel so if someone could see how many A333's have still not been delivered to US to open the deliveries its at the bottom of this page http://www.airbus.com/media/orders_n_deliveries.asp.
ContinentalEWR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3762 posts, RR: 15 Reply 4, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2753 times:
US will be out of business by the end of the year. WN is going to kill them.
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 58 Reply 5, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2732 times:
Per Airbus, US has received all 9 of the A333s it ordered, and US now has 10 A332 on order. (Also, I did not realize that US still has large undelivered orders for the A320 and A321. - They must be kidding!)
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 6, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2658 times:
Can anyone tell me if US Airways has scrapped one of it's 762's. A few years ago, I was on a layover in PHL, and we were on the crew bus going over to the terminal. We were dropping off a FedEx crew at their facility, and I noticed a gull-grey painted 767-200. It had no engines, the cabin doors and overwing exits were missing. Flight deck windows were missing, Various acces panels on the empanage were missing. It looked like it had a bit of fuselage damage on it and seemed it was about to go under the cutters torch. I did not see a registration on the aircraft, but since US Airways is the dominant carrier there, I assumed it might be one of theirs. Anyone have any info on it?
JBirdAV8r From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 4459 posts, RR: 22 Reply 7, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2614 times:
Can anyone tell me if US Airways has scrapped one of it's 762's. A few years ago, I was on a layover in PHL, and we were on the crew bus going over to the terminal. We were dropping off a FedEx crew at their facility, and I noticed a gull-grey painted 767-200. It had no engines, the cabin doors and overwing exits were missing. Flight deck windows were missing, Various acces panels on the empanage were missing. It looked like it had a bit of fuselage damage on it and seemed it was about to go under the cutters torch. I did not see a registration on the aircraft, but since US Airways is the dominant carrier there, I assumed it might be one of theirs. Anyone have any info on it?
Yeah, that bird had an uncontained engine failure at PHL maintenance with resulting fire (I believe?) and was written off and ultimately scrapped.
PHLapproach From Philippines, joined Mar 2004, 1181 posts, RR: 22 Reply 9, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2548 times:
Oh maybe that's what some of the other a.net guys were talking about at PHL last Sunday. I think they said that maintenance was taxiing it and one of the engines exploded. I didn't really hear, maybe it was another A/C, could you guys maybe fill us in on this. I was too busy watching aircrafts on final when they were talking about it
MD11LuxuryLinr From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1385 posts, RR: 16 Reply 10, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2527 times:
It was N654US that was written off after an uncontained engine failure and subsequent fire. As PHLapproach mentioned, we were talking about it last Sunday, in fact, I was the one that was wondering where it was. The airframe was still in one piece as of about a year ago, there is a pic of it in the database.. IIRC, Bryan and Joe both said it had been completely parted out and finally broken up.
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 2337 times:
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 12, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2321 times:
"I think we can see a potential 7E7 customer"
USAirways and Boeing get along about as well as the Hatfields and the McCoys...so if US survives this would be equivalent to WN or AS ordering Airbuses, as in, it aint ever happening...
Nonetheless I flew on a 762 about a year ago CLT-PHL and saw nothing blatantly obviously wrong with them, just a normal interior, in normal condition...
Greg
Chief A.net college football stadium self-pic guru
RockyRacoon From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 938 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 2269 times:
They get their pax from point A to point B just fine. Us is in no condition to be worrying about their 762's.
Tan flyr From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 1847 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2137 times:
I flew on one last weeek from CLT to MCO...all seemed normal to me.
Sine new Airbusses seem to out of the picture cost wise, maybe US outh to look at picking up a few used 762's that AA and UA are retiring...maybe they can squeeze a few more years out of tehm and make money doing it..remember ( if do correctly) the 757's are ex-EAL..delivered in the early 80's..and they seem to be doing OK.
(Not baiting a A vs B war...but maybe Boeing builds planes that you can operate longer and squeeze more pennies of operationg profit out of in the later years??)
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