UA fleet consolidation Spring 2016: LAX->Int'l is on the 787 and 767/777 back to IAH

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Sep 1, 2015, 9:53 pm

#256

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So the Dreamliner isn't what it's cracked up to be, at least if you're flying economy?

Boeing sells a ton of them because airlines can cram more seats in the back?

Sep 1, 2015, 10:29 pm

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Originally Posted by wco81

So the Dreamliner isn't what it's cracked up to be, at least if you're flying economy?

Boeing sells a ton of them because airlines can cram more seats in the back?

Yes, they're quite efficient for high-density medium-capacity long-haul travel.

Sep 1, 2015, 10:44 pm

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It's a "game changer"

Sep 2, 2015, 6:53 am

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Originally Posted by wco81

So the Dreamliner isn't what it's cracked up to be, at least if you're flying economy?

Boeing sells a ton of them because airlines can cram more seats in the back?

Great plane for small framed people, not me.

Sep 4, 2015, 5:10 pm

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FWIW I was told today by a pilot it was announced this week internally SFO-CDG is being up gauged to a 3 class 777 by next summer. I just checked, it's not loaded on the site, but he showed me a spreadsheet with the summer 2016 aircraft allocations and sure enough it was listed as a 777.

Sep 4, 2015, 6:46 pm

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I'm very happy ORD remains a primarily 3-class, 777/747/767 intl hub. Please keep the 787s and other 2-class planes away from us as long as possible!

Sep 4, 2015, 7:11 pm

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I'm very happy ORD remains a primarily 3-class, 777/747/767 intl hub. Please keep the 787s and other 2-class planes away from us as long as possible!

Can't agree with this more! ^

Sep 4, 2015, 9:12 pm

#263

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Yup, was told the same thing 2 days ago by a friend. 67I ---> 77Q

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I'm very happy ORD remains a primarily 3-class, 777/747/767 intl hub. Please keep the 787s and other 2-class planes away from us as long as possible!

You'll get a few more years in, but when it ends, it's gonna end fast. I've grown up to UAL being nothing other than a 3-class carrier, so for me personally it's going to take time to accept.

Sep 8, 2015, 10:23 pm

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They've got a plan:

1 - first, slim down your passengers by serving nothing good/free to eat
2 - second, put in narrower seats
3 - go to step 1

Oct 22, 2015, 4:37 pm

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LAX-LHR 772 again?

When I booked LHR-LAX earlier this year it was on the 772, then it changed to 789, today I see it's back as 772 ( trip is in June 2016 ).

Oct 25, 2015, 6:45 am

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It's mentioned on the first page of this thread that United will fly SFO->HND with a 789.

I couldn't find evidence of this anywhere else though. Can someone share a link please?

Oct 25, 2015, 7:45 am

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It's mentioned on the first page of this thread that United will fly SFO->HND with a 789.

I couldn't find evidence of this anywhere else though. Can someone share a link please?

The 789 is loaded in to the schedule for this route starting 1 Aug 2016.

Oct 26, 2015, 6:01 am

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The 789 is loaded in to the schedule for this route starting 1 Aug 2016.

Thanks! Where can I find that?

Oct 26, 2015, 7:11 am

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Thanks! Where can I find that?

http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/10/ua-s16update2/

Oct 26, 2015, 7:42 am

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Thanks! Where can I find that?

I have access to OAG so I looked it up there. Otherwise you're at the whim of various other public sites to do lookups until you find where it changes.