Originally Posted by
IainC
How old are UAs 777s? I bet like UAs 747s they are well past due, so can those of us who fly this route regularly expect to see more reliability? - I suspect not.
Worse still, the reduction in BF seats in 777 is all but going to make upgrades impossible for those of us 1K's who play the GPU roulette.
UA 747s started coming in between 1988 and 2000. UA's 777-200ERs started coming in 1997 and beyond, so the average age is 5-6 years newer. Also the 747s are relatively young...well at least compared to DL's fleet haha. UA has a good number of A320s that are older than the 747 and thus have a lot more landing cycles on those frames.
Originally Posted by
flybit
with no upper deck, it really sucks. Also the 777 will have range issues so that will be the next nightmare with load limiting on windy days.
Not likely. the UA's 777s still has a larger cargo capacity than the 747s, and they already fly the longer ORD-HKG route with relatively* little issue. Remember at MTOW configuration; a 772ER's range is longer than that of a 747-400.