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United Airlines Fleet Updates [2014 Thread]

Old Jan 1, 2014, 11:25 am
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The Fleet Status site is:

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

At the site, you can find information about the interior features, livery, etc., for every plane in United's fleet.

To determine which plane your flight will be on go to mobile.united.com and then click on flight status. Put in the flight number for your flight and just have it use today's date (occasionally it'll say flight not operated on this date in which case just choose one of the other 3 dates it lists). In the address bar you'll see something like this:

mobile.united.com/FlightStatus/FlightDetails?carrierCode=UA&flightNumber=415&flig htDate=9%2F15%2F2015&origin=JFK&destination=SFO

https://mobile.united.com/FlightStatus/FlightDetails?carrierCode=UA&flightNumber=415&flig htDate=9%2F15%2F2015&origin=JFK&destination=SFO

Just change the flight date to match the day of your scheduled flight and then change the origin / destination as necessary. Once you do that look in the details tab under aircraft # and if they have assigned a plane it'll say something like #3506 and the type of plane. Once you know that go to the United Fleet website listed above and cross-reference the four digit number against the "aircraft" column under the appropriate aircraft type.

Keep in mind that things change as they get closer and sometimes either they won't have assigned an aircraft yet or it'll be assigned #0 if it's a few days away and they are anticipating aircraft movement.

You may also check the specific fleet variant of each flight at the United Cargo site under "Schedules & tracking". This data tends to be reliable starting 7 days in advance, but is always subject to change.

United Airlines Equipment (Aircraft) Codes (via JOSECONLSCREW28):

sCO
77Y - B777-200ER (Tail #s 001 - 022)
76P - B767-400ER (Tail #s 051 - 066)
78V - B787-8 (Tail #s 901 - 910, 912, 913)
78Z - B787-9 (Tail #s 950 - 951)
75B - B757-200 AVOD (Tail #s 101 - 141)
75C - B757-300 DirecTV (Tail #s 851 - 859)
75A - B757-300 Overhead IFE (Soon to be streaming content) (Tail #s 860 -871) (Tail #s 860 - 863, 865 have Personal Device Entertainment)
73V - B737-900ER (Tail #s 413 - 478)
73I - B737-900 (Tail #s 401 - 412)
73F - B737-800 DirecTV, Short Field Performance (Tail #s 501 - 518)
73T - B737-800 DirecTV (Tail #s 519 - 531)
73J - B737-800 DirecTV (Tail #s 202 - 226, 228 - 231, 233, 234, 237 - 239, 241 - 245, 247, 248, 250 - 259, 260, 267, 278 - 299.
(Tail #s 260 - 277 will be included here when installed with DirecTV)
73X - B737-800 Mid-Cabin Lav, Overhead IFE (Tail #s 261 - 266, 268 - 277) Will become 73J when installed with DirecTV and mid-cabin lav is removed.
Also known as "midlav" ships.
73M - B737-800 Guam, Overhead IFE (Tail #s 201, 227, 232, 235, 236, 240, 246, 249)
73A - B737-700 Mainland, DirecTV (Tail #s 701 - 719, 721 - 724, 726 - 733, 750)
73P - B737-700 Guam, Overhead IFE (Tail #s 720, 734 - 736)

sUA
19J - A319 (Old Configuration)
19S - A319 (New Configuration) (Slimline Seats)
20B - A320 (Old Configuration 12F/132Y)
20S - A320 (New Configuration 12F/138Y) (Slimline Seats)
20U - A320 (Old Configuration 12F/126Y)
37K - B737-900ER (Tail #s 811 - 848) (Slimline Seats)
47C - B747-400
57Q - B757-200 2-cabin (54xx Tail #s)
57U - B757-200 2-cabin (56xx Tail #s) (Overwater)
67I - B767-300 3-cabin (Tail #s 6441 - 6463) (11 aircraft to become 76E)
73B - B737-900ER (Tail #s 801 - 810)
75J - B757-200 ps (59xx & 53xx Tail #s)
76E - B767-300 2-cabin (Tail #s 6664 - 6677)
77A - B777-200 2-cabin (Tail #s 2510 - 2515) (Non Reconfigured)
77C - B777-200 2-cabin (Tail #s 2368, 2372 & 2379) (Reconfigured)
77D - B777-200 3-cabin (24xx Tail #s)
77H - B777-222 2-cabin (Tail #s 2510 - 2515) (Reconfigured)
77J - B777-200 3-cabin (Tail #s 2704, 2706, 2786, 2791, 2792, 2793, 2795, 2796, 2799)
77Q - B777-200 3-cabin (20xx & 28xx Tail #s)
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United Airlines Fleet Updates [2014 Thread]

Old Aug 18, 2014, 1:51 pm
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How are the 737-900's with the "reduced" E+ section referenced in the google docs? United has an updated seat map here:
http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/inflight/aircraft/737/900/v5.aspx


But when you book that flight and use the seat-chooser, it removes the non E+ seats forward of the exit row ? (maybe they do that on purpose to avoid problems in case of a swap?)

[I think this is the same issue mentioned in post #343....didn't see anyone respond, though]

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Old Aug 18, 2014, 6:04 pm
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Originally Posted by crenshaw
How are the 737-900's with the "reduced" E+ section referenced in the google docs? United has an updated seat map here:
http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/inflight/aircraft/737/900/v5.aspx


But when you book that flight and use the seat-chooser, it removes the non E+ seats forward of the exit row ? (maybe they do that on purpose to avoid problems in case of a swap?)

[I think this is the same issue mentioned in post #343....didn't see anyone respond, though]
Until an exact aircraft is assigned (approx 48~72 hours before departure) you will see a hybrid seatmap for the vast majority of 739 routes (new or old config). I don't know how many such discussions have happened here (versus threads discussing the specific seating changes), but they do this in a number of fleets (COMike has a 73G/8 hybrid map they use, a few different RJ fleets as they went through conversions, etc.). The one exception seemed to be the 738/9's that were delivered without E+ (not sure how the managed that).
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Old Aug 18, 2014, 10:02 pm
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319: N801UA, N821UA, N843UA, N846UA, N847UA and N849UA have WiFiStream
320: N402UA, N409UA, N419UA, N420UA, N431UA, N432UA, N436UA, N445UA, N453UA, N460UA, N470UA, N489UA and N490UA have WiFiStream. Is N418UA at LCQ, ORD or somewhere else (has not flown since 8/15)?
738: N76519, N76523 and N77525 have scimitar winglets (all 738s that have exited INT since 8/1 might have scimitar winglets); N76529 now shows WiFi active on united.com
744: N120UA, N171UA, N175UA, N178UA, N179UA, N180UA and N199UA have WiFiStream in Y cabin
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Old Aug 18, 2014, 10:51 pm
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Thanks for the updates - they are posted. I had just checked all the 744 this morning for Stream and was not shown.

320:
N492UA entered LCQ 2155/18Aug, hopefully for slimline seats

739:
N79402 sked to exit INT 2153/19Aug with WiFi
N37456 sked to enter INT 2153/19Aug for WiFi

763:
N659UA entered SFO 2150/18Aug

772:
N794UA sked to enter CWF 2147/19Aug, could be paint, aircraft now in Star paint (painted to new livery Star already)
N70008 sked to enter HKG 2122/20Aug

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Old Aug 19, 2014, 1:12 am
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Originally Posted by Bunky
Thanks for the updates - they are posted. I had just checked all the 744 this morning for Stream and was not shown.

320:
N492UA entered LCQ 2155/18Aug, hopefully for slimline seats

739:
N79402 sked to exit INT 2153/19Aug with WiFi
N37456 sked to enter INT 2153/19Aug for WiFi

763:
N659UA entered SRO 2150/18Aug

772:
N794UA sked to enter CWF 2147/19Aug, could be paint, aircraft now in Star paint (painted to new livery Star already)
N70008 sked to enter HKG 2122/20Aug
Was confused as to what SRO was, until I looked up on FA that you meant SFO. Wonder why they ferried it and didn't fly revenue pax between hubs.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N659UA
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Old Aug 19, 2014, 12:07 pm
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Thanks for posting the updates, Bunky! Here are some more:

319: united.com shows N838UA has WiFiStream
320: united.com shows N403UA, N408UA, N412UA, N413UA, N421UA, N423UA, N452UA, N453UA, N455UA, N459UA, N460UA, N478UA and N485UA have WiFiStream

No 744 updates at this time
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Old Aug 19, 2014, 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Bunky
Since UA got caught up on all "dark" 739 aircraft that were in the fleet, starting with 3830 new units have gone from SEA to INT for WiFi. There are no mainline aircraft that are without at least one of the following types of IFE: AVOD, Overhead TVs, personal TVs, DirecTV, WiFi and/or streaming WiFi content.
This is sort of good news now. No more dark planes (mainline) fleetwide.
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Old Aug 20, 2014, 1:10 pm
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Thanks again for posting my updates regarding the WiFiStream Bunky! Here are a few more, including a 744 update:

319: ua.com shows N808UA, N839UA and N845UA have WiFiStream
320: ua.com shows N401UA, N413UA, N434UA, N442UA, N457UA, N458UA, N461UA and N476UA have WiFiStream
744: ua.com shows N119UA has WiFiStream in Y cabin
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Old Aug 21, 2014, 11:03 am
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More WiFiStream updates:

319: ua.com shows N802UA, N804UA, N805UA, N806UA, N807UA, N811UA, N816UA, N818UA, N820UA, N822UA, N825UA, N829UA, N830UA, N832UA, N834UA and N836UA without any IFE; ua.com shows N803UA, N809UA, N810UA, N812UA, N813UA, N814UA, N815UA, N824UA, N826UA, N828UA and N831UA have WiFiStream and no channel 9

320: ua.com shows N448UA, N454UA and N498UA without any IFE or channel 9; ua.com shows N416UA, N418UA, N422UA, N430UA, N443UA, N465UA, N474UA, N477UA, N481UA and N494UA have WiFiStream
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Old Aug 21, 2014, 10:09 pm
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320:
I show that N481UA does not have streaming content yet.

738:
N79521 exited INT 2138/21Aug with WiF, posssible scimitar winglets but no confirmation
N76502 entered INT 2138/21Aug for WiFi

739:
N65832 (new delivery) entered SEA induction 2188/21Aug
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Old Aug 22, 2014, 1:15 pm
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319: ua.com shows N820UA, N827UA, N832UA, N836UA, N841UA, N848UA and N854UA have WiFiStream
320: ua.com shows N441UA, N462UA, N471UA, N473UA, N483UA and N486UA have WiFiStream
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Old Aug 22, 2014, 10:25 pm
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319:
N825UA entered LCQ 2143/22Aug, probably for Slimline
N852UA exited LCQ 2145/22Aug with slimline seats
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Old Aug 24, 2014, 11:01 pm
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E175 (Skywest)
N117SY began revenue service 8/22/14

E170:
N865RW is now in Globe paint

320:
N486UA now has streaming content

738:
N78511 entered INT 2160/24Aug for WiFi

739:
N66831 sked to exit INT 2161/25Aug with WiFi

763:
N664UA exited GSO 2152/24Aug
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 6:36 am
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United Airlines Fleet Updates [2014 Thread]

Have seen conflicting feedback, which UA aircraft have slimline seats installed. Which are planned? Any avoid this pain in the back?
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Old Aug 25, 2014, 10:52 am
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319: ua.com shows N805UA, N807UA, N816UA, N829UA and N840UA now have WiFiStream and N819UA has slimline seats

320: ua.com shows N406UA, N414UA, N417UA, N427UA, N429UA, N435UA, N437UA, N439UA, N444UA, N449UA, N451UA, N467UA, N475UA, N479UA and N495UA have WiFiStream
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