AviationAddict From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 540 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2652 times:
Does anyone know what the plan is for all the 737s in US and HP service? I've noticed that most of the US 737s are in desperate need of a paint job, yet none of them (at least none that I know of) have received the new colors, even those that have gone in for maintenance. Are these models scheduled for retirement in the near future?
FCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6 Reply 1, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2634 times:
Some are going back, but the last US jets going back are just about gone with a couple more HP birds out the door as well. The combined fleet will stabilize for the near term at around 125 733s and 734s. Any retirement beyond that will require more mainline jets coming on board, either Airbuses or the hotly-rumored Embraer 190s. I wouldn't expect to see those for at least another four or five years.
Bottom line? Expect US 737 Classics to hang around well into the next decade.
The US birds are not getting the new paint, because the goal of the paint program is to get the corporate image unified. So, the America West aircraft are getting the bulk of the paint. There's close to a dozen HP birds either painted or in the paint shop now - all Airbuses.
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Hawk44 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 759 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2617 times:
Quoting FCYTravis (Reply 1): The US birds are not getting the new paint
If I remember correctly a few of the US 737's will get the new paint by the end of 2006.
Quoting FCYTravis (Reply 1): because the goal of the paint program is to get the corporate image unified
Which is why it would be a good idea to get them in the new colors
Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5095 posts, RR: 13 Reply 3, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 2599 times:
Quoting Hawk44 (Reply 2):
Which is why it would be a good idea to get them in the new colors
Hawk44
True, but it is even more crucial that the HP birds get the new US scheme, as they have nothing linking them to US whatsoever. The US 737, though an old scheme are still for the least in a US scheme.
AviationAddict From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 540 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2432 times:
I guess I can understand the need for a unified corporate image, but man, some of those US 737s look horrid. Some of the ones I've seen going in and out of DCA look like they've flown through a big tub of paint thinner; there are huge chunks of paint missing from bodies. Yet, at roughly $50K a pop for a new paint job, I can also understand why a cash strapped company like US is a little slow to get them all repainted.
ERJ170 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 6636 posts, RR: 19 Reply 6, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2431 times:
ARe they going to redo the interiors of the US birds? I mean, that is need nearly as bad as a unified fleet..
Well they aren't cash strapped anymore, but yes it is very expensive to paint an aircraft. It will be done, but the HP planes will be done first for obvious reasons.
ERAUMcDlover From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 74 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2412 times:
I thought HP was all Airbus except for the 75s....where do their 733s come from??? I mean I know they had them, but I thought they went all Airbus last year, or was that F9 that finally simplified, unfortunately to the a32x? I agree, they might need paint, but if its in a US scheme, leave it, get the HP birds done, and then come back and get the paint and interior on the original US aircraft.
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CRJ900 From Norway, joined Jun 2004, 2081 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2409 times:
Quoting ERAUMcDlover (Reply 8): I mean I know they had them, but I thought they went all Airbus last year, or was that F9 that finally simplified, unfortunately to the a32x?
F9 went all Airbus last year, HP still have a lot of B733s, as another poster mentioned.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 10, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2338 times:
Quoting AviationAddict (Thread starter): I've noticed that most of the US 737s are in desperate need of a paint job,
Quoting Hawk44 (Reply 2):
Which is why it would be a good idea to get them in the new colors
I like the US 737's in their old colours....I guess it would take a while to adjust to their new colours....but I'm glad they will be in the fleet for many years as I prefer US's 737's over HP's A319/A320.......
COERJ145 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1420 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 2184 times:
Will the HP planes get the US airways interiors/seats or visa-versa? Also, are the US F/C seats the same as the HP airbus ones?
HPRamper From United States of America, joined May 2005, 3706 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 2164 times:
Quoting Hawk44 (Reply 2): If I remember correctly a few of the US 737's will get the new paint by the end of 2006.
The word was that ALL aircraft would be repainted by the end of 2006. But maybe that was just all the HP planes. But the term "all" was definitely there
Quoting ERAUMcDlover (Reply 8): I mean I know they had them, but I thought they went all Airbus last year,
I think from now on they are only taking delivery of Airbus. They still have MANY 733s though, they have been a 737 based fleet from the beginning and only finally retired the last 732 last year.
FCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6 Reply 13, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 2103 times:
The last Boeing aircraft delivered to America West came in 1999 - used 733s. Everything since then has been Airbus.
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Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 14, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2071 times:
Quoting HPRamper (Reply 12): The word was that ALL aircraft would be repainted by the end of 2006
Monorail From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 624 posts, RR: 5 Reply 15, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2041 times:
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 16, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2041 times:
SPREE34 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 2114 posts, RR: 10 Reply 17, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 2022 times:
Not that it's a big issue, the AWA 733s are glass cockpit, USA 733 and 734s are not. AWA used to fly a mixed fleet of 732, 733 non-glass, and 733 glass.
I don't understand everything I don't know about this.
HPLASOps From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1928 times:
Quoting Monorail (Reply 15): So the special c/s HP 757s going to be repainted as well?
The latest rumor I've heard is that the state flags will stay, perhaps even a Pennsylvania and North Carolina paint scheme added, but the teamwork plane, AZ Cardinals, probably the Ohio (since CMH is no longer a hub) and the AZ Diamondback schemes are going away. But no firm decision as to what will happen with the HP 757s has been made yet.
PSA727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 972 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1927 times:
Adding to COERJ145's reply (#11), does anyone know of the final seat
configuration of HPs and USs common aircraft? Has anyone in Phoenix made
a decision on this? I'm hoping for the US standard because they appear to
have more F seats as well as more seat pitch in Y (although very minor) to
HPs. For example USs A320 is 16F/126Y and HPs A320 is 12F/138Y; and
USs A319 is 12F/108Y and HPs A319 is 12F/112Y. So it appears that US
replaces the 2 rows of Y seats that HP has in the A320s with 1 row of F seats.
And the seat pitch of 1 row of F seats does not equal the seat pitch of 2 rows
of Y seats. With that in mind, it would appear that the rows of Y seats in
USs A320s have about 1 inch more of pitch than HPs A320s. I know it sounds
a bit trivial, but every inch of seat pitch in Y class counts. Plus, it is always
nicer to have more F class seats to upgrade to when available.
FCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6 Reply 20, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1899 times:
I would not expect more F seats in any aircraft except for the US Airways 757s. They'll probably be brought back up to 14 to match the HP birds.
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