Originally Posted by
sailingfun
We have no plans to retire any widebodies prior to 2027 that I am aware of. If there is a economic downturn I suspect the 767’s will leave sooner but that’s not the plan. We have 60 widebodies on order coming quickly and will almost certainly announce a order for 20 additional airframes larger than any United has on order plus I hear some additional NEO’s may be in that order.
I thought the 339s were replacing some 763s. Not sure on that though, you may very well be right.
I think we parked 35 or so WBs during the pandemic (18 777s and I think around 16 763s) I’m not aware of UA parking any.
UA has also been taking growth 787s during the last few years without parking any aircraft.
I hope we get the WB growth as you describe, that would be great! I also hope we try to compete domestically with UA, as they clearly want to be a bigger player in that market.