Originally Posted by 1kBill

According to an article in The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 24, the plane will be leased out in the fall.

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"United Airlines has been one of the most conservative airlines on the capacity front. Still, some rivals griped when it put a retired 747 back into service over the summer. But the big plane served only as a spare and will be leased to another airline this fall to fly outside of the U.S."