UA said it will start summer 2025 in the statement, so I don’t think it’s an issue with the market. I think it is likely lack of aircraft as you mention. They have not received all the aircraft deliveries they were supposed to for this summer. The other new routes such as ORD-ATH are still happenin...
Jump to postNo, I didn't forget that facet of the issue. I never said replace 1 753 with a 2 321s. Think: - 5 or 6 321s where there are 4 or 5 753s today Or - 2 321s where there is a 753 and a 320/319 today - Even at LAX, you could make up the lost 753 seat by subbing all 321s for all flights to other hubs. To...
Jump to postOn what, performance or CASM? No doubt the 757 is a more capable aircraft, but for the most part United doesn't use the 753 on missions where stage length, field performance, etc matters. They are using them as people haulers between hubs with stage lengths of less than 1800 miles. My point was tha...
Jump to postYesterday Southwest had a compressor stall landing in BWI tower reported seeing flames and sent the fire department. Third engine issue this week for Southwest…. And….JetBlue shut down an engine on a 321 in ETOPS on the NATs and turned around and landed in SNN….. These things just don’t happen ever...
Jump to postThe minimal amount of responses from a.net members is concerning. Surely you don't expect Boeing or United employees to comment on this and risk their livelihoods. I didn't say anything about Boeing or United employees. My point was if these incidents happened to a US airline not named United, Sout...
Jump to postI believe EWR-CPT will become the longest scheduled 772 flight by any airline worldwide, a title it's taking away from EWR-DXB. UA currently flies 777-200ERs on SFO - SYD which is a GC distance of 7,417 miles, EWR - DXB is only 7,817 miles. Just wanted to correct your distance on DXB-EWR, although ...
Jump to postYes, and it's generally packed, both upfront and in back. I've taken in yearly (granted, EWR-CPT-EWR, not IAD-CPT-EWR), generally in Feb and it's been full every time with American tourists. It's become a year-round route, so I do wonder in US Summer, when teh weather in teh Cape is not the best if...
Jump to postI'm curios if the UA expansion is more focused on domestic or international? I mean for domestic, why not start converting the entire 772s into the high seat 360+ configurations? 70 strong domestic 772s on main sites can do a lot to relief the NB now to other domestic choices. I'm betting that is p...
Jump to posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C4LcFnhu ... hmaXpyd3I=
New route announcement on Instagram. New service to Marrakesh, Medellin, Cebu. Added flights to ICN, PVG, HKG.
May I ask a not so related question? I don’t know what thread to put it in, but given United’s huge fleet of 772’s, I’ll just throw it out there: Why didn’t the 772 ever get a winglet? If they genuinely save fuel, and UA has 74 of them, there must be a logical reason. She’s the only bird I can thin...
Jump to postIt would appear to me that the 777As may have some years left, but it's probably too expensive to upgrade the seats with NEXT type systems for a few years. I see two options with 772A retirements: 1.) Do the 787-10 swap to make the current 78Xs domestic units. However, the current 78X is a fantasti...
Jump to postplanemanofnz wrote:RyanairGuru wrote:... seasonal capacity to NZ and Aus is just something to do with the aircraft in the Europe low season.
... which perhaps creates an opportunity for new seasonal NW routes, e.g. UA on IAH-MEL?
RMTAviation wrote:Why did United continue to fly ORD-DEL until the airspace closure if yields were bad?
While already mentioned on the United Airlines Network Thread I thought this might deserve it's own thread. @xJonNYC UA: there wasn’t/aren’t any rumors of a new UA “hub” in recent months, right? Presumably someplace warm. @xJonNYC actually it was "someplace sunny" -- nothing further, anyth...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1754975749054873921 Interesting hint at a new “hub”. Of course hub can mean lots of things, from a focus city all the way up to ORD, not to mention how many rumors are always flying around, but he is a great source of information. UA needs a Florida hub. If they h...
Jump to postI just saw that UA is starting flights between PHX - CLE. In fact, I'm seeing that UA flies to multiple non-hub destinations which seems atypical for them. What's going on at CLE for UA? It was a former CO hub that was unfortunately close to other larger hubs post merger. UA still keeps a healthy s...
Jump to postThe ‘high-J’ 767s were specifically configured, and deployed, in a handful of markets where there was high demand in Polaris. Note the remaining 767s not in the high-j config, as well as the rest of the widebody fleet, that are deployed everywhere else. That makes sense. But most of the planes on r...
Jump to postNo one other than oil companies' private planes at the moment, but Houston is/was the largest O/D to Perth in the US. They are sister cities because of the energy business there are a lot of biz class seats sold between the two. A non-stop is not forthcoming or anything but it is a common oil route...
Jump to postSome unusual proposals came out today, to say the least: Contour has submitted proposals for EAS for ORD-MKL (Currently served by Southern, but to ATL and STL), and ALS-DEN (Currently served by Key Lime Air to DEN). With Contour now proposing TWO Denver Routes, plus currently flying/proposing ORD.....
Jump to postIAH - SYD is the longest flight operated by UA. IAH - MEL is 400mi longer that - SYD and it is only 10mi shorter than IAH - PER (longest 787-9 route). Who flies IAH-PER? No one other than oil companies' private planes at the moment, but Houston is/was the largest O/D to Perth in the US. They are si...
Jump to postYeah feels a bit underwhelming. No start dates given yet but these seem to be winter-oriented routes so likely early December. According to Ishrion: • DFW-BNE begins October 27 with daily 787-9 (new configuration with new seats) • DFW-KOA relaunches on October 27 with daily 787-8 • DFW-GIG begins O...
Jump to postAA just announced DFW-BNE. What are the chances DFW performs better than LAX? Wow, I am very surprised to see AA announce DFW-BNE. I did not think we’d see any new INTL outside of Europe or South America from AA for a while. I wonder what this means for UA’s BNE services. Do they double down on the...
Jump to postThings work diferently in different parts of the world. Remember when... - the Ghanaian president took issue with BA moving ACC flights from Terminal 5 to Terminal 3 and using clapped out 747s on the route? While the 747s are long gone from BA as such, BA's ACC flights still operate from T5. - Brit...
Jump to postI cannot understand why most people believe that Airbus owes something to United. Well, remember the old saying on a.net : "Airbus cannot get rid of their planes if they don't give them away for free!". This is the same mentality. I agree. If I were Airbus I would start with firming the A...
Jump to postSaving face? UA gets GUM and AA gets JFK. I don't see AA keeping this flight for long, they'll somehow gunk it up even with JAL feed. Are both these new routes happening or where is UA to GUM coming from ? And who else applied for Delta's slots besides American ? Kind of embarrassing for Delta's JF...
Jump to postBN727227Ultra wrote:United skrood the pooch--pretend, for the sake of discussion that the aggrieved party isn't a U.S. Congressman:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/01/22/dan-crenshaw-united-n2633981
DeSpringbokke wrote:Listening to the earnings call now. The current plan is 767-300ERs will be removed from Intercontinental flying by 2028 and will be completely retired by 2030. The 767-400ERs will continue flying beyond 2030.
I would like to hear those people making a case for 787 in the DL fleet also wholeheartedly make a case for the A350 in the UA and AA fleet You are right thou , no case for the 787 at DL apart from GE engine rights , absolutely no case at AA because they don't need the a350. Maybe we can make a cas...
Jump to postOne of the big things I'll be watching this year is what United does in terms of rebuilding IAD's feed network. It is a relief to see MWAA and United finally start to build Tier 2. One of my long term theories has always been that once IAD was fully built out (and if United puts serious fleet asset...
Jump to postAs far as the 767-300ERs, there's no replacement for those...Will the A338 be a good candidate? Could be the closest one but that's a little too much plane and that's closer to the 767-400ER and I don't see DL ordering it because it's not selling well. 787s? No...because Delta isn't interested in o...
Jump to postInternational long-haul growth is obviously going to be constrained by available aircraft. So I imagine any further additions are likely going to be minimal. Ones I see as likelier than others would be additions like LAX-FRA and maybe LAX-MUC (with 787-9s or -10s), or an additional SFO-SIN flight. ...
Jump to postpanam330 wrote:bigb wrote:Simple answer to this is the fact that United doesn’t fly any Hawaii or Trans-PAC flights with 767s…
They most certainly do. There are both HNL-IAD and HNL-EWR flights in the air right now with 764s.
Wouldn’t UA also need a really nice United Club at JFK as well? Aside from gates, could they find the space? I bet they have those 2 large porcelain Chinese dogs that used to guard the front doors to the old First Class lounge! It would be funny if they dusted them off for a new United Club. Would ...
Jump to postAmazingly fun chart to read! (Also cool that it’s been designed using UA’s new color palate!) I know that having the largest fleet doesn’t necessarily add up to becoming #1 in revenue, but with that many additional aircraft over DL & AA, and if all those additional frames fly fairly full, it sh...
Jump to postUnited will downgauge one of the two daily SFO-SYD flights between 15FEB-28MAR2024. During those dates, UA829/870 will be operated with the 77E instead of 77W. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231221-ua1q24sfosyd There we go UA isn't doing good in Australia. They will probably cancel both flights for...
Jump to postThere we go UA isn't doing good in Australia. They will probably cancel both flights for next year. In all seriousness it makes sense for the small down gauge. It is at the tail end of the year and the crews can be the exact same meaning the aircraft are the only thing they have to change. I wonder...
Jump to postUnited will downgauge one of the two daily SFO-SYD flights between 15FEB-28MAR2024. During those dates, UA829/870 will be operated with the 77E instead of 77W. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231221-ua1q24sfosyd There we go UA isn't doing good in Australia. They will probably cancel both flights for...
Jump to postAs for ADL, CNS, NAN, and WLG, NAN is all but a sure thing. The others would be tougher especially CNS when UA couldn't make LAX-BNE work or even GUM-CNS on a 737. UA did make LAX-BNE work - it's coming back next year again, albeit for a short season. Don’t read too much into what is filed in OAG a...
Jump to postThey are not old but they do not work. So eventually a call will need to be made. You can always get rid of newer aircraft. Obviously nothing is happening in the next few years due to the lack of WB and the 321XLR but 4-5 years from now I could see them being sold unless they find some yet undefine...
Jump to posthttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231210-uans24inc Looks like the 772 is going on EWR/IAD-CPT in March. Westbound CPT-EWR is pushing 15h 30m in the air, is this going to present any issues for the 772? I don't see why it would present any issues, UA operational cost will go up. Most likely they are go...
Jump to postThere is a second IAD-FCO starting in June I believe? Can't remember the exact start date but the earlier flight is a 772 and the later one is a 763. I think that the 2nd IAD - FCO was added for the same reason as the 2nd EWR - BRU; smaller aircraft. IAD - FCO was a 777-300ER for a while and now th...
Jump to postI think we can already consider IAD-FCO a year-round flight or borderline one. I would be very surprised if UA started a second IAD-FCO. Since I believe November the current IAD-FCO has been downgauged from a 777 to a 767 (I would say upgauged because the 767 is so much more comfortable than the 77...
Jump to postI'm surprised IAH didnt get BCN and MAD just gave to SFO why is UA doing that? I'm not sure they just "gave to SFO". Perhaps the SFO hub is more successful at earning revenue on these flights than IAH is at the moment. Perhaps the customers are in the WEST and not in Texas. Perhaps connec...
Jump to postI would be willing to bet in the next week or two WN will come in with a competing offer for HA. It would eventually fold into WN. WN would quickly place an order of more MAX (8-9 and 10 ) to replace the 321s. The 330s, and 787s would be disposed of. The INTL network would be dropped. But WN would ...
Jump to postUAL 970/971 (ORD-FCO)'s spring resumption has been moved up by three weeks: https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-to-relaunch-chicago-rome-flights/ UAL now plans to restart its SFO-FCO route (UA 507/506) on March 30 instead of May 2 just like the 2nd EWR-FCO (UA 510/509) will also resume earlier...
Jump to postWhy's that? mply because it is not needed. DL is running LAX - SYD 2x daily and it is working for them. LAX I can connect most people to SYD that SEA could. Also SEA is 300 miles further, that could eat into revenue and or seats. It just doesn’t make sense. It's not a zero sum equation - they can f...
Jump to postWill DL shift some of its recent LAX TPAC expansion to SEA (e.g. the second daily SYD flight)? HKG and SYD seem to be obvious gaps in SEA's network. DL ran 330s to the former pre-Covid. I doubt we will see DL add SEA - SYD ... Why's that? mply because it is not needed. DL is running LAX - SYD 2x da...
Jump to postInteresting it's from SEA rather than LAX where a lot of their TPAC expansion has been of late. DL needs to start using SEA for its intended purpose (Asian connections). Will DL shift some of its recent LAX TPAC expansion to SEA (e.g. the second daily SYD flight)? I'd say this isn't the last TPAC r...
Jump to postYeah I was going to say, number of seats might be close but in terms of number of flights/frequencies to Europe ORD is clear number 3 after EWR and IAD. KEF, EDI, MXP, and FCO were all missing from the initial list. ORD is still considerably larger on seats to Europe than SFO. About 4,000 daily sea...
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