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Old 10-17-2024 | 07:36 AM
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Anyone remember what the fleet sizes were pre-merger, including before/after the infamous parking of lUal's 737s to "right-size" for a mergar?


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Old 10-17-2024 | 08:51 AM
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Both airlines retired older 737s (300 and 500s) prior to the merger.

https://crankyflier.com/2016/06/13/a...hifting-fleet/
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Old 11-07-2024 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Crewdog
Anyone remember what the fleet sizes were pre-merger, including before/after the infamous parking of lUal's 737s to "right-size" for a mergar?


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Both airlines parked airplanes before legacy United was merged into. Legacy Continental parked all of its 737-300/500s. They each had similar fleet sizes(a difference of around 10 airframes) although, at the time of the merge, legacy United had more widebodies. Unfortunately all of the 747s were gone by 2017 and quite a few 757s too.
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Both airlines parked airplanes before legacy United was merged into. Legacy Continental parked all of its 737-300/500s. They each had similar fleet sizes(a difference of around 10 airframes) although, at the time of the merge, legacy United had more widebodies. Unfortunately all of the 747s were gone by 2017 and quite a few 757s too.
The 737-500s were still flying after the merger. They were eventually sold to a Russian carrier and were gone by 2014.
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