Originally Posted by
coast in
Oldest 767 (641UA) is 34 years old, built in 1991…….Oldest 777 (777UA) is 30 years old. Those airplanes both want to be retired, tomorrow if convenient. Approximately 134 787-9/10’s on firm order. Got one on Thursday, check the MX ramp at Dulles. Its the big shiny one..
The 777A's are holding up pretty well. As has already been said, it has one of the lowest seat mile costs in the entire airline. It's efficient, and makes tons of money. We'd have to have new planes ordered if they were candidates to be retired. The plane you are talking about, 777UA was built in 1994, part of the flight test fleet. UA got it when the flight tests were done.
After doing the heavy MX on the 767-300's and -400's, they'll be around for some time. Next black swan event? Is it here now? No idea. But the 777A's aren't going anywhere.