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UA 777 Replacement?

747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3301 posts, RR: 2
Posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2860 times:

Now that we know that UA will replace their 744 with A350 900XWB, I wonder when will UA start looking into a replacement for their 777-200 fleet? Maybe their replacement have not hit the drawing board yet?

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2707200X From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 6928 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2830 times:

If UA wants to replace the 747-400 with a smaller plane that should fit as a replacement for the 777-200, they are looking as smaller planes, in this case they would probably use the 787-9 or even the 787-8 that they have on order that would also replace the 767-300.

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UnitedTristar From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1240 posts, RR: 4
Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2751 times:

I think this is why they have 50 options for each type, for the eventual 777 replacement, having options for both allows for a later choice after having experience with each model.

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alphaomega From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 531 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2413 times:

UA 777-200 replacement? 777-200s....they're not going out of style yet.

dl767captain From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 2539 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2399 times:

Quoting 747400sp (Thread starter):

I'm thinking the A350 will be more of a 777 replacement than the 744. If they went for the A350-1000 then it could be, but UA seems to fill it's 744s enough to need a large aircraft.

PM From India, joined Feb 2005, 6715 posts, RR: 66
Reply 5, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2372 times:

Quoting UnitedTristar (Reply 2):
I think this is why they have 50 options for each type, for the eventual 777 replacement, having options for both allows for a later choice after having experience with each model.

When the time comes, UA can choose their preferred version(s) of 787 and/or A350. They'll have plenty of options to scale up or down or stay more or less with the same capacity.

Quoting alphaomega (Reply 3):
UA 777-200 replacement? 777-200s....they're not going out of style yet.

United's oldest 777 is 15 years old. Their youngest is 8. They'll start getting 787s and A350s in 2016 when their 777 fleet will be between 21 and 14 years old. If UA don't want to be flying 25-year old 777s they'd better be thinking now about how they are going to replace them.

bmacleod From Canada, joined Aug 2001, 2081 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 2075 times:

Assuming Boeing goes ahead with it; what about the 787-10?

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rjpieces From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1733 times:

Obviously some combination of 787s and A-350s down the road. Those two aircraft will be the core of United's long-haul fleet for a long time....

lijnden From Netherlands, joined Apr 2003, 557 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1710 times:

I always thought that UAL will replace all current widebodies (767/747/777) with a mix of A350's and B787's in a 8-10 year time frame starting 2012?

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RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8737 posts, RR: 52
Reply 9, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1666 times:

There is no forecast date for the removal of the 777s. They will eventually be replaced, but that will happen after the 767s and 747s have left the fleet in 2019. Depending on what plane performs better and has lower total costs, it might be the 787 or A350.

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