Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
Considering some of these aircraft are less than 13 years old, they could fly them for a long time, I suppose. The current 24 747s are late 90s early 2000s deliveries, so they aren't that old. Many of the Airbus are even newer than this.
I was thinking the same thing regarding their age. United sure seems to know how to fill them to HKG, FRA, ICN, PVG, NRT and PEK. I would love to see them stick around until the early 2020's.