jdt30

CO orders new 777s and 737s from Boeing
CO has added 27 aircraft to its firm order positions at Boeing, including eight new 777 and 19 new Next-Generation 737 (737NG) aircraft. The aircraft orders give CO the flexibility to replace less efficient airplanes and to pursue growth opportunities.
This new order brings CO’s total firm commitments to 111 new Boeing aircraft (25 Boeing 787s, eight Boeing 777s and 78 Boeing 737s) for delivery over the next six years. In addition, CO has options to purchase a total of 102 additional Boeing aircraft. CO has taken delivery of five 737NG aircraft this year and plans to take delivery of 27 additional 737NG aircraft by the end of 2008.
Already operating 20 777 aircraft globally, CO will use the eight additional aircraft announced today for long-haul international routes, such as the Newark Liberty-Shanghai route that is scheduled to start in 2009. The need for international widebodies is also driven by CO's commencement of service to London Heathrow next month, which represents the company largest-ever expansion into a single airport in one day. CO will begin service to Heathrow twice daily from Liberty and twice daily from Houston.
One of the world's most popular and reliable aircraft, the Boeing 737NGs feature advanced technology for greater operational efficiencies. The 19 additional 737NGs, along with other 737NG aircraft already on order, will give CO the flexibility to continue to grow while replacing less efficient 737 Classic aircraft, such as the company's 737-300 and 737-500 aircraft

Bigflya

Congrats CAL guys. Hiring should continue over there for a while.

HercAC

Flew a brand new 737-800 recently...sweet!

grant123

Any chance that the 777's could be of the -300 series??
How cool would that be!! Love to see them takeoff for "Down Under-Ausieland"! What a great fleet they will have and certainly a great place to be a flyer. Congrats!

blindspot

So what paint job wil they be united or cal.

jdt30

We've hired Peter Max to paint all of them his famous easter egg scheme that way all they have to do is change the name of airline on the side of the airplane.

HercAC

Or we could simply have multiple paint schemes like that other merging airline.

ewrbasedpilot

Rode in our newest 737-900ER the other day. Nice aircraft. First class seats were really comfortable. No audio-visual/entertainment system in them though which seems a bit strange in this day and age. Maybe we'll install something ourselves and save some $$$?

jdt30

I believed you until you said you sat in a first class seat.

HercAC

That's quite common while awaiting your EDCT to Newark.