http://boardingarea.com/blogs/waapblog/2009/12/08/united-to-order-50-new-airplanes/ one plebe's journey Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/waapblog/2009/12/08/united-to-order-50-new-airplanes/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Matthew Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:25:57 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/waapblog/?p=1353#comment-989 Gray, check out the Q&A section of the press release (or my blog post on the new order). It appears UA plans to phase out the 777. Gray, check out the Q&A section of the press release (or my blog post on the new order). It appears UA plans to phase out the 777.

]]> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/waapblog/2009/12/08/united-to-order-50-new-airplanes/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Chaz Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:07:04 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/waapblog/?p=1353#comment-983 So let's see...right now UA's longhaul fleet is 100% Boeing and is now going 50/50 Boeing/Airbus. UA just dumped all the 737's, and only has Airbus planes doing short-haul, with mid-range runs on 757's. Hummm...looks like United is moving to an Airbus-dominated fleet. That's really unfortunate. So let’s see…right now UA’s longhaul fleet is 100% Boeing and is now going 50/50 Boeing/Airbus. UA just dumped all the 737′s, and only has Airbus planes doing short-haul, with mid-range runs on 757′s. Hummm…looks like United is moving to an Airbus-dominated fleet. That’s really unfortunate.

]]> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/waapblog/2009/12/08/united-to-order-50-new-airplanes/comment-page-1/#comment-978 whakojacko Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:13:52 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/waapblog/?p=1353#comment-978 actually, the A350-900 is a decently-sized replacement for United's 777s. Its the 747s which wont have a direct similarly-sized replacement actually, the A350-900 is a decently-sized replacement for United’s 777s. Its the 747s which wont have a direct similarly-sized replacement

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