N6279P

Pretty sure the Hawaii planes are replacing 3 of the oldest existing 767-300’s.

cadetdrivr

That *was* the plan, but if you count the number of airplanes that UA says are gonna be converted to the "Hi-J" (167 pax premium config), it would appear that they are all gonna stay around a little longer.

Unless, of course, UAL converts some of the existing Polaris airplanes a second time to the Hi-J.

In any event, it seems the demise of the 767 at UAL is not happening in the short term.

GoCats67

All three are "on the property", but only one is done with the mod to the new UA configuration.

The second one went into mod on 3/24/19 and the third one went in on 5/1/19. All three will be in the new Low Density configuration of:

46 Bus/First
22 Premium Econ
47 Econ plus
52 Econ

As far as original UA aircraft go, there are still 7 older 767-300s (92-93 builds) that show as not slated for either Polaris or the Low density config. There are 10 767-300s (98-01 builds) that show they are planned to get Polaris Low Density plus 4 more that are already converted. There are 14 767-300s (91-93 builds) that already have been converted to the regular density Polaris config. The regular Polaris config and the old 2 class config have the same number of seats (30 and 184) so, those two configurations can be easily interchanged during the time when aircraft are going through the Mod.

So, as we see older aircraft get the Polaris mod (14 91-93 builds thus far) that is at least some indication that they are planning to keep the older builds a bit longer. Hopefully we will see the 7 remaining older 767-300s get Polaris, giving further hope for keeping those aircraft a little longer.

Boeing Aviator

Had Kirby on jumpseat last Sumner. Said back then we were never getting rid of any 767’s and Hawaiian ones were always for growth. Said weren’t advertising that due to all the scrutiny from Wall Street over our growth plan at the time.

Said all 767’s and all 757’s minus P&W 757’s (before it was made public) would be on property for at least 10 years (from last Summer) as there is nothing to replace them with.

Now with Max’s parked heard we took all P&W 757’s parked out of desert and we are flying again.

iahflyr

I missed this announcement. When is this service supposed to start?

C11DCA

Offering the most service between the U.S. West Coast and Australia by any U.S. carrier, United is adding new nonstop year-round service between San Francisco and Melbourne three times per week, beginning October 29, 2019. For more than 35 years, United has offered nonstop service to Australia. Today, United offers nonstop service to Sydney from Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco and provides nonstop service between Los Angeles and Melbourne. United operates all flights between the U.S. and Australia with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

C130driver

Clearly you’ve never been to Pattaya, Thailand or Angeles City, Philippines.

Airhoss

I wouldn’t bet on that if I were you.

Read on.

JurgenKlopp

From what I've seen, gigantic white mustaches turns one into an ultra sex symbol in that realm of the world.

Airhoss

You guys are really up on your hookerfu!