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Old 03-07-2020, 05:53 PM
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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.
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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?
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Old 03-07-2020, 06:10 PM
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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.
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Wouldn’t the less efficient wide body aircraft be the 767?
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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.

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Originally Posted by 82spukram View Post
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.
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I bet they early retire some older 756/767
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We've got some old 777s. I could see some of them flying to Vacaville.
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We've got some old 777s. I could see some of them flying to Vacaville.
What? Like to Nut Tree?

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What? Like to Nut Tree?
I want see THAT full stop!! Hahaha!!!
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