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Thor 03-07-2020 05:53 PM
UAL 777 Fleet Reduction
 
With the announced 777 SRL and public announcements that UA is “parking widebody aircraft” - this thread is to track the retirement schedule and related impact.

WhisperJet 03-07-2020 05:56 PM
Originally Posted by Thor (Post 2991692)
With the announced 777 SRL and public announcements that UA is “parking widebody aircraft” - this thread is to track the retirement schedule and related impact.
Did UAL publicly say they were parking WBs? I may have missed that. Source please?

Thor 03-07-2020 06:10 PM
Originally Posted by WhisperJet (Post 2991693)
Did UAL publicly say they were parking WBs? I may have missed that. Source please?
I’m sure the company put out a press release, I’ve been seeing it in the news. I haven’t seen any confirmation of the specifics of the drawdown but based on the SRL for the fleet I think it’s a safe guess.

In a message to employees, United said it would cut international flying by 20% and domestic flights by 10% in April, and park some of its larger, less fuel efficient widebody planes. Further cuts could follow in May, the airline said, if warranted by demand. The cuts were first reported by CNBC.

82spukram 03-07-2020 07:28 PM
Wouldn’t the less efficient wide body aircraft be the 767?

cadetdrivr 03-07-2020 07:32 PM
There are differences between reduced utilization, alternate deployments, temporarily storing aircraft, and retiring aircraft.

UAL has not said anything about retiring 777s (aka fleet reduction).

However, UAL is absolutely overstaffed with 777 FOs as the airplanes are redeployed into domestic service because it does not take 3 FOs to staff a transcon.

cadetdrivr 03-07-2020 07:39 PM
Originally Posted by 82spukram (Post 2991736)
Wouldn’t the less efficient wide body aircraft be the 767?
It’s not all about absolute efficiency.

For example, a 3/4 full 767 is more efficient than a 1/2 full 777.

ugleeual 03-07-2020 09:04 PM
I bet they early retire some older 756/767

Andy 03-07-2020 09:31 PM
We've got some old 777s. I could see some of them flying to Vacaville.

Winston 03-07-2020 09:44 PM
Originally Posted by Andy (Post 2991787)
We've got some old 777s. I could see some of them flying to Vacaville.
What? Like to Nut Tree?

[laughing sideways emoji]


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