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Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

VC10er wrote:
wjcandee wrote:
764ER
But you left off the 753, which I think DL or UA should order 20 of tomorrow if they could.

Darn, I did forget the 753…maybe it was Freudian???

My vote is the 773ER!! Forgot that too

Great question though.

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Re: United “Actively investigating… corporate campus activity” outside DIA

Young professionals, and certainly a good chunk of UA's newer workforce in Willis, would likely prefer urban living and amenities over a suburban commute. I don't really understand the thinking that professionals want suburban office space. Who wants to spend hours in traffic commuting to a 'burb w...

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Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

I am hoping that UA can grow into double daily on as many SFO-Pacific and EWR-Europe routes as possible. Anyone have a list or link to know how many are already double daily? The following have 2x daily (or more*) in the peak season: EWR-LHR* EWR-FRA EWR-CDG EWR-FCO EWR-DUB EWR-TYO (split between N...

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Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

I am hoping that UA can grow into double daily on as many SFO-Pacific and EWR-Europe routes as possible. Anyone have a list or link to know how many are already double daily? The following have 2x daily (or more*) in the peak season: EWR-LHR* EWR-FRA EWR-CDG EWR-FCO EWR-DUB EWR-TYO (split between N...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

calpsafltskeds wrote:
737MAX8 New Deliveries:
N17326 exited RFD Induction 3870/4Dec
N17321 exited SEA Induction 3882.2Dec
N37325 exited RFD Induction 3865/1Dec

I believe this puts all 153 delivered MAX's in service.
Also AC 14502 the 2nd 321 is scheduled to reposition TPA-ORD as flight 3902 at 3PM EST today.

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Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

I think there's plans to build a train, although I think what might complicate things is if the satellites are going to get used for international arrivals from destinations without customs preclearance, in which case an underground walking tunnel would be needed. (At either rate, this tunnel will ...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

calpsafltskeds wrote:
737MAX8 New Delivery:
N37325 sked to enter RFD Induction 3847/28Nov

Changed to flight number 3838/28Nov.. Max 151..

Anychance you can show N17322 as In Service? Been flying for awhile now. Thanks.

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

calpsafltskeds wrote:
Yes, 931 is correct. On my excel sheet I didn't include the 78X in the SUM total.

Thanks for all the great work on your site. Just want you to get proper credit.

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Recalculation UPDATE - UA has most seats Quick look based on average seat sizes on SeatGuru and Planespotters total (including parked) DL # 1 in aircraft, UA #1 in total seats and average seats Airline -- Aircraft------Total Seats Avg Seats--WB DL ----- 970------------174,763---------180.2------161...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Kden95 wrote:
Any idea of when the A321s will start flying out of Denver?

Keep an eye out. May see a 321 in DEN very soon. Albeit just a test and familiarity flight not a revenue flight. Most likely within the week. Sorry no idea when revenue flights will make it through DEN.

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Re: Denver Aviation - 2023

I need to connect through Denver on the Monday after thanksgiving. I will be arriving on Lufthansa's flight from Munich and I can either select a flight that leaves an hour after that or a flight that leaves in four hours. Would I have enough time to clear customs and go through security if I pick ...

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Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

There are so many int'l routes that AA once flew nonstop from ORD. As an Executive Platinum member for years, this makes me very frustrated and honestly sad for Chicago. I am excited to see the top-off order for UA on the 787 family. I have been disappointed that UA once flew many int'l routes from...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Does someone have the breakdown by aircraft type of the 800 orders pending delivery for United ? If I'm doing my math correctly: ⋅ 130 A320neo ⋅ 50 A321XLR ⋅ ~400 737 MAX of flexible variant ⋅ 150 787 of flexible variant Wow this will keep calpsafltskeds and ...

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Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

It seems like the first satellite is underway, albeit ground work. Many cranes operating over by T1. The current construction on C at South end is building temporary JW's, parking and fuel pits for gates C2-C8. This will allow for the connecter to the C extension to be built. At this time gates C1-...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Follow along on the Fleet Website. Just updated to reflect CALTECH's update. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LVbhIyzWCPovwV0dwQVWEjO4gcSnRG1VW0lgbkeEDD8/edit#gid=96918390 As always thanks for the great work on the site. A few questions if ok. Will you be keeping the spreadsheet of the Polar...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

https://sites.google.com/site/unitedfleetsite/home

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

I believe #4036 has also received NEXT. Was at MLB for a few weeks and United app now shows as having in-seat IFE etc. I'm chalking up 4036 with NEXT on UA Fleet Site. Has the exact same amenities as 4001. United NEXT Mod progress: 319: 4 complete: N801UA, N832UA, N835UA, N836UA. 4 in Mod: N814UA, ...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

calpsafltskeds wrote:
737MAX8 New Delivery:
N17310 sked to exit RFD Induction 3886/23Jul.
First revenue flight sked 1218/25Jul

Now planned out 1791/23Jul ORD-PHL. Getting right to work!!

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Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

Apologies if I’ve missed a post, but is there another operational breakdown at EWR today? Seeing a ton of cancels - including all flights after noon heading to ORD. It’s not even raining here. Seems like there’s always an operational breakdown at EWR unfortunately. But yes - today looks particularl...

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

calpsafltskeds wrote:
737MAX8 New Delivery:
N37313 sked to enter GSO Induction 3845/29Jun
38M #55. MAX #119. NEXT Interior #95

Wouldn't this be the 120th MAX?
55 38M
65 39M

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Re: Major Delays @ NYC Airports

Hearing rumors of a fire at Potomac TRACON which is reason DC area has ground stops and I'm sure along with weather East Coast is
going to be a complete mess for rest of day and into tomorrow.

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Re: Denver Aviation - 2023

Question for all the DEN followers. Would it be possible to build a Northern Terminal with access off I76 and !470 via 120th. If built just North of the future 8L/26R and just East of 34R/16L in vicinity of Trussville road. and 114th. With this new Northern access you could go ahead and build Conco...

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Re: Denver Aviation - 2023

Question for all the DEN followers. Would it be possible to build a Northern Terminal with access off I76 and !470 via 120th. If built just North of the future 8L/26R and just East of 34R/16L in vicinity of Trussville road. and 114th. With this new Northern access you could go ahead and build Concou...

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Re: Aviation Terminology Derived From Railroading

Always thought term "cattle car" for coach cabins came from the railroads

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Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

The quote about LHR is interesting. I live in PHX and was looking for a leisure trip to London. (retirement trip that was postponed by Covid shut downs) and was very price sensitive. Being an AA gold I was looking to AA and BA non-stops out of PHX. Being fed up with AA I looked around and UA had th...

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Re: New United Airlines Route Teaser - Routes TBA on 4/18

Probably LAX- AKL/CHC..

Hoping LAX-NAN..

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Re: Security guards at LHR T5 are to strike for 10 days from 31 March over pay.

Did the strike start or was there a last minute reprieve? There was no reprieve. The strike is in progress. Be prepared to check your carry-on bag if you are connecting at LHR (at least on BA, I can't speak for other carriers). Passengers destined for London itself are exempt from this requirement....

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Re: Security guards at LHR T5 are to strike for 10 days from 31 March over pay.

Did the strike start or was there a last minute reprieve?

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Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Question on new United Polaris 787-9 seat maps. United does not show on their App where the L2 Door is when you click on the seat map. Is it true they only have one seat configuration now and all of the 787-9’s are the same or no? I am flying Polaris in Row 6 and want to be in front of the engine a...

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Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

Rl12383 wrote:
What's the new expansion by gate C16? Saw it pop out this last year, and still seems to be under construction... Is this for an expansion of the united club?

Yes!!!

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Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

E7 would probably be a tight fit for an A319 and anything larger is probably a no. The rest can handle most narrowbodies. E7 might be a good spot for an E175 from one of the B or C gates that can accommodate larger aircraft, instead of parking an E-jet. Looking at google maps and a terminal map, it...

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Re: United Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Wow, that is about 12 or 13 Empire State Buildings lined up tip to toe! So if the payload of the 787-10 is limited, where will UA cut to reduce weight? Freight? It is a comfortable aircraft in Polaris for a 16+ hour flight- I assume it’s a nonstop? What equipment does UA use to Cape Town? Normally ...

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Re: United adds IAD-CPT

jetblastdubai wrote:
That's a very strange flight number for a United International trip. Normally an 800 or 900-series number.

Well EWR-CPT is 1122 and return is 1123. Since the IAD flight will operate the other 3 days
kinda makes sense to use 2222 and 2223. Just an opinion.

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Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

How many wide body gates are there at terminal 1 and terminal 3? Can't comment on T1, but I THINK T3 has 6 (K5, K9, K13, K15, K16, and K18). L10 used to be one but was converted to 3 large RJ gates. T3 has 8 widebody gates: H15, K5, K9, K12, K13, K15, K16 and K19; K18 is NB only. For T1 wide body g...

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Re: AC & UA Announce Transborder JV

idjim319 wrote:
Out of interest, in addition to LH and UA across the Atlantic, does AC have a JV with anyone else?

I believe they are working on a JV with Emirates. Could a UA//AC/LH/EK JV be in the future?

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Re: United Airlines Network Thread - 2022

It's pretty clear that airlines have operationally overextended themselves this summer. That, combined with a lot of severe weather (particularly on the east coast) and ATC restrictions to manage volume, and it's wreaking havoc. Delta was smart to trim their schedule, but I'm not even sure it was e...

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Re: Geneva Center Power Outage

https://www.aero.de/news-42821/Schweize ... perrt.html (German).[/qu

Thanks for the info. Going to get very messy very quickly for a lot of passengers.

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Geneva Center Power Outage

Anybody over the pond have info on this.

Flights to GVA and ZRH diverting,
UA 3 to FRA
UA 134 to FRA
UA 52 ro MUC
UA 956 to CDG

TG 970 to MUC
EY 73 to MUC

TK 6329 appears to be headed to MXP

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Re: United Airlines Fleet Thread - 2022

Seat map for the 764? Looking at the 764, Current center section is 9 rows of 35" and 3 rows of 31" = 408 total inches One possible center section 4 rows of 38" and 7 rows of 31" = 380. There should be some transition between PP and E+, but not sure if it equals 18". Door 2...

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Re: Qantas Adding MEL-DFW

Doubt it. UA’s 789’s have a denser configuration which would likely make IAH-MEL more difficult. Down the track who knows though, especially if the VA partnership continues to build and it can make the route work with its fleet. You have that density backwards. UA is more premium heavy but less den...

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Re: Qantas Adding MEL-DFW

Be interested to see if United follows suit with Houston to Melbourne, really putting Delta/SkyTeam in a pinch on U.S. to Australia. Doubt it. UA’s 789’s have a denser configuration which would likely make IAH-MEL more difficult. Down the track who knows though, especially if the VA partnership con...

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Re: United to extend CPT to year-round service

capejet wrote:
United will fly a 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft that includes 48 lie-flat, United Polaris® business class seats, 21 United Premium Plus® seats and 39 seats in Economy Plus®.

How many regular coach seats are there?

149...

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Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

You mentioned upthread that AS was moving into T2 once DL moves. Aside from UA and AC, are those the only 3 flying out of T2 these days? It's been so long since i had a flight out of T2 (very early 2019 I think). Aside from a handful of of E gates, isn't most of T2 RJ gates? Yes, just UA AC and DL,...

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Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

Now that the north runway construction is finished do landing aircraft backtrack to cross the parallel runway like on the south side? I'm a fairly regular radar watcher and I have yet to see 9C/27C and 9R/27L operating together in a way that might require the backtracking familiar on the S. side. T...

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Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q4 2021

There’s a 78X on its way back from NRT after having gone XMN. Does anyone know what it went there for? Likely a crew change. Under current covid restrictions it's not uncommon for airlines to attempt to avoid layovers. Thus, a single crew can bring one aircraft into the MX station and then immediat...

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Re: Delta 201 - JNB to BOS 7,900+ Miles Yesterday

While I think Boston makes more sense I don’t think it’s difficult at all for delta to get a crew to San Juan Not really. A350 crew bases are DTW, ATL and LAX, but ATL and LAX are recent additions (target date for opening was end of 2020, but I suspect that that was slower than originally expected ...

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Re: DL201 diverts to SJU

So something everyone seems to be missing here. The flight on 28 Nov was a planned diversion. The decision took place prior to take off and the flight was dispatched JNB-BOS with prior planning. Last night's flight (2 Dec) was not a planned diversion. The flight was dispatched as JNB-ATL, and if yo...

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Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q4 2021

No shock, but United moving operations staff away from Willis Tower back out to the suburbs (Arlington Heights) effective April 1st. Back in January, UA previously announced it would give up 3 floors of its Willis lease. https://www.bloombergquint.com/amp/business/united-air-to-move-operations-staf...

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Re: United Announcement 12/1/2021

"That to me is the bigger news. I am happy to see United push forward on a positive note. Sorry that is such a disappointment to this site!" Mostly just a few vocal minorities, fortunately. Which is hilarious - they come to a civil aviation airline forum to bitch about things happening in...

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Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q4 2021

Hello everyone, I have not checked in to A.net in ages so I have missed a lot. I intent to go through this thread from the start. I have a few questions that may have been answered on previous pages. Please excuse me if I am repeating news. First, any word on timing for the 737MAX-10? Second, I rem...

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