Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
That's very bad info---their intern must be new.
Here's the actual UAL release:
United Airlines Announces Fleet Update
Company to add 25 new Boeing 737-700s; plans to accelerate retirement of Boeing 747s
PR Newswire United Airlines
CHICAGO, March 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced an order to purchase 25 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The order is in addition to the previously announced order of 40 737-700s. United will take delivery of the aircraft beginning at the end of 2017.
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Maybe so, here is the story source from the news page
(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik and Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey)