MIAUA777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 45 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3657 times:
With AA and CO equipping their fleets of 757s with winglets and using them for long flights, especially CO, will UA follow suit and start to introduce 757s on longer international flights?
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26718 posts, RR: 83 Reply 1, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3630 times:
Unlikely. UA's primary European presence is FRA to feed LH flights and, to a lesser extent, LHR to feed BD flights. The other cities they serve are mostly O&D demand or partner hubs that have strong feeds into/from them.
Also, the PW powerplants UA uses are, I believe, the weakest model available on the 757, but in p.s. config, could probably cross the ocean, but I just don't think the traffic is there.
UA772IAD From Australia, joined Jul 2004, 1635 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3606 times:
Additonally, the 757 much too important for UA's domestic flights. It is so versitile, that it is sent on flights as short as IAD-LGA, and flights as long as ORD-ANC, and SFO-LIH. I was at DEN yesterday, and all I saw was 757s. As Stich mentioned, Europe loads are strong enough for 744s 777s and 763s.
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22053 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 3579 times:
Unlikely. UA only has a subfleet of 16 ETOPS B757s and they are heavily committed to Hawaii. While others could be converted, I'm not sure if the cost involved would be worthwhile. In addition UA seems content riding out the recent winglet craze.
On the other hand 757s could help connect some Star cities such as IAD-LIS, IAD-MAD, IAD-Scandinavia.
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Bdl2dca From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 313 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 3394 times:
Quoting Laxintl (Reply 3): On the other hand 757s could help connect some Star cities such as IAD-LIS, IAD-MAD, IAD-Scandinavia.
Let's think back a couple years when BD stuck the 757 on IAD-MAN. The flight, which had been doing well as a 332, took a turn for the worse with the wet-leased 757. The aircraft struggled to make the flight, and passengers found it to be just too far to go in a 757.
IAD (38°56'40"N 77°27'21"W) MAN (53°21'13"N 02°16'30"W) 3565 mi
IAD (38°56'40"N 77°27'21"W) LIS (38°46'53"N 09°08'09"W) 3591 mi
IAD (38°56'40"N 77°27'21"W) MAD (40°29'37"N 03°34'00"W) 3816 mi
IAD is really too far from Europe to use the 757 regularly. I know that CO has some flights in the 3500 mile range, but EWR is about an hour closer to Europe than IAD. If IAD-MAN struggled, I don't think IAD-LIS would happen reliably, and I'm SURE IAD-ARN would not work.
LPLAspotter From Portugal, joined Jan 2005, 682 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 3391 times:
I think LIS is getting saturated from the US to quickly. It used to be only TP (which now flies the 332) and CO (757) and now they've got USAir (757) and I heard through this website that Delta is thinking of resuming their flights back there. I don't think LIS needs another carrier from the US.
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 3327 times:
Quoting Laxintl (Reply 3): Unlikely. UA only has a subfleet of 16 ETOPS B757s and they are heavily committed to Hawaii. While others could be converted, I'm not sure if the cost involved would be worthwhile. In addition UA seems content riding out the recent winglet craze.
Sticking winglets on their aircraft would save fuel on shorter flights too, so United would be well served to look up what it takes to pick them up. You are correct though about the reason we will likely not see United hoping the pond in their 757s and I will add that their non-ETOPS aircraft are also PW2037 powered and not certified to the full 255,000 pounds, which would be necessary for flights beyond Lisbon/Ireland/Great Britain. One thing that may work to United's advantage is that their 757s are rather new compared to most fleets of that size and they could possibly uprate their engines without component replacement.
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MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8553 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 3284 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 6): You are correct though about the reason we will likely not see United hoping the pond in their 757s and I will add that their non-ETOPS aircraft are also PW2037 powered and not certified to the full 255,000
Agreed. The only routes UA runs with the ETOPS 757's are to Hawii. I think UA used to do a SJU run with the 757 from LAX.
Bobnwa From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 5977 posts, RR: 9 Reply 8, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 3267 times:
Quoting Bdl2dca (Reply 4): AD (38°56'40"N 77°27'21"W) MAN (53°21'13"N 02°16'30"W) 3565 mi
IAD (38°56'40"N 77°27'21"W) LIS (38°46'53"N 09°08'09"W) 3591 mi
IAD (38°56'40"N 77°27'21"W) MAD (40°29'37"N 03°34'00"W) 3816 mi
Aircraft distances are usually stated in nautical miles for comparison purposes.
RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8746 posts, RR: 52 Reply 9, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 3261 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 6): Sticking winglets on their aircraft would save fuel on shorter flights too, so United would be well served to look up what it takes to pick them up.
That's not completely true. On short routes, the isn't much benefit to winglets and they can actually increase fuel consumption since they add weight. I don't know what distance makes them essentially break even. But on short trunk routes, the added weight will decrease efficiency. It would make sense to put them on the PS 757s and ETOPS subfleet though.
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UnitedNRT From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 281 posts, RR: 10 Reply 10, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 3082 times:
IIRC United has more PW2040 powered frames than it does 2037 frames, yet only 16 are certified ETOPS. I will get the exact number of 2040 frames when i go to work tomorrow.
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Tiago701 From Portugal, joined Jun 2006, 157 posts, RR: 3 Reply 11, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2905 times:
Quoting LPLAspotter (Reply 5): I think LIS is getting saturated from the US to quickly
I don't think LIS is getting saturated of flights from and to the US. There is room for growth especially to the West Coast but also to the East coast as long as synergies are created within the several alliances connecting LIS and the hub to serve in the US.
One can only talk about saturation when loads start to drop or/and the yields decrease, which is not the case.
BOS, IAD and SFO come to mind when I think of possible new routes to LIS.
Jamake1 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 895 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2865 times:
Per recent company meetings at WHQ in Chicago, this question came up. United has NO plans to deploy 757's on any trans-Atlantic routes in the forseeable future. Furthermore, UA has fairly limited resources until at least 2010: The current fleet of 460 aircraft in which to work with...
LPLAspotter From Portugal, joined Jan 2005, 682 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2709 times:
Quoting Tiago701 (Reply 11): There is room for growth especially to the West Coast
You would know since you live on the mainland. However, I remember when TP used to fly an L1011-500 from LIS to TER and then LAX. That flight was always empty. As a matter of fact I took it 4 times and one time there were only 30 people on the aircraft between TER and LAX. Great for lying down in the middle and catching a snooze on a 9 hour flight!!
I agree with you that no synergies existed when that flight operated (1989 to 1991) if I remember correctly. So, flights to the West Coast would probably make more sense now.
Tiago701 From Portugal, joined Jun 2006, 157 posts, RR: 3 Reply 14, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2401 times:
Quoting LPLAspotter (Reply 13): You would know since you live on the mainland. However, I remember when TP used to fly an L1011-500 from LIS to TER and then LAX. That flight was always empty. As a matter of fact I took it 4 times and one time there were only 30 people on the aircraft between TER and LAX. Great for lying down in the middle and catching a snooze on a 9 hour flight!!
I agree with you that no synergies existed when that flight operated (1989 to 1991) if I remember correctly. So, flights to the West Coast would probably make more sense now.
That flight was obviously aimed "only" to the Portuguese community in California. TP management only forgot that the majority of this community is concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFO/OAK).
Since then almost 20 years have passed and many changes occurred in Portugal and its infrastructures and economy. In the Bay area more than 300.000 people are Portuguese or of Portuguese ancestry that currently use other airlines such as CO, BA, LH, AF, KL to get to Portugal.
In my view there is demand for a 3/4 weekly flights between LIS and SFO. We'll see what happens although i can't see TP opening this route, not in the short term at least. Maybe there's a job for UA.
Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7348 posts, RR: 7 Reply 15, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2358 times:
UA's international amallest plane is the 767 and its should stay that way. The yields in southern Europe stink anyways. Milan's yields are better then Rome's because more BiZ traffic to Milan(fashion and Italy's Business Capital); Rome is more for tourists.
UnitedNRT From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 281 posts, RR: 10 Reply 17, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2254 times:
As far as I've seen in my time at UA, there is no physical difference between the two plants, except for the power setting. A mechanic told me that a 2040 was just an uprated 2037 so the aircraft could reach its certified MTOW. This explanation was probably in layman's terms, but it worked for me.
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UnitedNRT From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 281 posts, RR: 10 Reply 19, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2225 times:
MTOW on the 2040 plant powered 752 is 255,000, while i believe the 2037 plant powered is 240,000 i believe. I'll check my numbers for the number of 37s and 40s, and the exact MTOWs.
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UnitedNRT From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 281 posts, RR: 10 Reply 20, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2089 times:
United operates 50 PW2040 powered frames and 47 2037 frames.
United B757-222 with PW2040 are certified for 255k, 550lbs shy of the max for the 757, while the PW2037s have MTOW of 240,000lbs.
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UnitedNRT From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 281 posts, RR: 10 Reply 22, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2049 times:
yes sir the 2040 B757-222 is used on Hawaii, United tries to keep the 16 ETOPS 757 rotating solely on the Hawaii stages, but you do see the type on lower 48 flights.
[Edited 2006-09-06 23:04:16]
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