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Old May 8, 2018 | 10:26 am
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Originally Posted by dmurphynj


This shouldn’t be terribly surprising.

Wasn’t the hangar that United wanted built at EWR - you know, the one that ended Smisek’s career - specifically slated for Dreamliner maintenance?

I couldn’t imagine UA building a new maintenance hangar for a plane that never cycled through EWR ...

So it’s likely a little behind plan, but Dreamliners
finally being based at Newark shouldn’t be a shocker to anyway.

This is really the finale to the quid-pro-quo that brought down a CEO and PANYNJ chief.
Hangars aren't specific to fleet type. It's dimensions make it a "widebody" hangar (one of 3 WB hangars at EWR) and UA uses it for line maintenance of all types of aircraft at EWR.
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