Originally Posted by
GeoMedic
Yes, I see now that many of the 320's are recent in the past few years. The 777's show the youngest as 2003. This is a very small portion of the fleet that is "slightly older than CO's fleet average". UA's fleet average is considerably older than CO's, but then we digress from the thread topic.
It's not a "small portion" of the UA fleet.
There are 153 Airbus 319-320's in the UA fleet (42%). The average fleet age of all these Airbuses is 10.7 years.
To put in perspective, the average fleet age of CO's 737's is 9.3 years.
There are 52 777's in the UA fleet, the average fleet age of which is 12.3 years.
By comparison, there are 22 777's in the CO fleet, the average fleet age of which is 9.6 years.
Together, the UA Airbuses and 777's represent 57% of the current UA fleet.