none until lga 200 comes back...if it does. Only base we have that we do hard stands with.

 

That’ll go away once LGA construction is complete as well.

 

From Forbes:

United Airlines May Announce The Largest Aircraft Order Ever, Sources Say

United Airlines plans to announce a large order for aircraft next week, perhaps the largest ever.

The carrier has scheduled an investor presentation for Tuesday morning, saying it will provide an update on its strategy.

The order is likely to be the largest aircraft ever, two industry sources say, although they were unable to clarify whether that would be by value or number of aircraft.

Reports that the carrier will order new aircraft have been widespread.

Bloomberg, quoting sources, reported June 10 that United could order 100 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets. Subsequently, CNBC reported, quoting sources, that the carrier was in talks to buy around 200 single-aisle jets in a multibillion-dollar deal involving both the Airbus A321 and the Boeing 737 Max.

The largest aircraft orders in history include American’s 2011 purchase of 460 narrowbody jets: 200 Boeing 737s and 260 Airbus A321s.

The deal was valued at $38 billion list price; typically, list prices are cut by about half in big aircraft deals. In this deal, Boeing agreed to revamp the 737 with new engines, leading to the creation of Max and the subsequent safety fiasco.

No U.S. carriers have placed larger orders since 2011.

The biggest aircraft deal ever, as ranked by website Simple Flying in 2020, came in 2013, when Emirates announced an order for 150 Boeing 777X aircraft valued at $76 billion. In 2019, Emirates chose instead to take a mixture of 126 Boeing 777X aircraft and 30 Boeing 787s. List price for the revised order was about $50 million. Still a record, if the deal is ever executed.

In May, Emirates President Tim Clark warned Boeing that the airline would refuse delivery of 777X jets if they fall short of contractual performance commitments.

Cowen & Co. analyst Helane Becker wrote Wednesday that the United investor meeting could include discussion of a potential aircraft order, as well as of earnings targets and a focus on coastal gateway hubs including Newark, where a media event is scheduled.

“United has the largest widebody fleet among the passenger airlines, so the announcement may include new widebody aircraft to fly to new international routes,” Becker wrote.

Also Wednesday, United spokeswoman Leslie Scott said, “We do not currently have a deal in place with Boeing or Airbus to purchase new aircraft and do not comment on speculative aircraft orders.”

The big three airlines have adopted different strategies in response to the pandemic. Delta has strengthened its premium image, keeping middle seats empty until May. American has refocused on its Charlotte and Dallas hubs, which were both quickly restored to nearly pre-pandemic levels, while boosting coastal partnership deals with Alaska and JetBlue.

As for United, “We have, for months now, turned our attention away from managing the crisis of the pandemic and toward planning for our bright future,” Scott said, in an email. “Those plans include thinking about how to harness the power of the best, midcontinent hubs in the industry; capitalizing on the financial benefits of increasing the gauge of our fleet and, most importantly, building on the significant improvements in our customers’ experience.”

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Can someone post a link to the google docs tail spread sheet. I can’t seem to find it. Ugh

 

https://sites.google.com/site/unitedfleetsite/

 

I’m Hopeful we see the A220 on property in the near future. Connecting smaller cites has always been a weak point for United despite Delta showing us how lucrative it can be. If they truly want to capitalize revenue in the mid continent hubs, they need more connections.

 

I have a friend who commutes to Ord from Bna. For years United has only flown 50 seaters in there . Southwest recently started servicing bna to Ord and he now uses them , not to mention he says the plane is 85-90 % full each way now . Market share opportunities that someone else capitalized on .

 

thanks

…filler

 

Will be interested to see if the order includes any 737s. I feel like Oscar ordered 50 or 60 3 years ago, and Kirby showed up and modified it to 4. Amazing how he can make himself seem smart to cancel an order, then seem smart to place one.

 

Great aircraft order, it’s nowhere close to the largest however. That would be Indigo.