Happy New Year!!
Picking up from the 2018 thread
United Airlines Fleet Updates [2019 Edition]
In 2018:
4x 77Ws delivered
4x 789s delivered
3x 78Js delivered (all with Polaris and PP seats)
3x ex-HA 763s delivered
753 slimline and new F cabin mostly completed
752 scimitar program completed and new Y seats covers underway
9x 7M9s delivered
73G slimline and new F cabin completed
77W PP modification underway
77E Polaris/PP modification underway
763 Polaris and Polaris/PP mods underway
4 50-seaters were removed from service (all ER4s)
64 50-seaters were added to UAX service (9 ER4s and 55 CR2s)
13 37-seaters were removed from service (3x E35s, 7x Q200s, 3x ATR-42s)
1x 76-seat E175 was delivered
1x CR7 removed from service
Jan 2019 United Fleet & 2019 Outlook:
A319 fleet: 68 total - all have new F seats, anticipate 7 more used frames from China Southern in 2019
A320 fleet: 99 total - all have new F seats, no changes expected
73G fleet: 40 total (2 in Guam service) - all have scimitars, slimline seats, and new First seats
738 fleet: 141 total (5 in Guam service) - all have scimitars and slimline seats
739 fleet: 148 total - all have scimitars and slimline seats
7M9 fleet: 9 total, all entered 2018, all have slimlines and new F seats, expect deliveries to increase in 2019
752 fleet: 56 total - scimitars on all except 15 sUA units, new Y seat covers mostly completed, no changes expected
753 fleet: 21 total - slimline/new F seats in progress. All to be complete early 2019 with PDE entertainment only
763 fleet: 38 total - 14 with Polaris (one still in mod), 17 to get high-J Polaris/PP, 7 to stay in current config
764 fleet: 16 total - crew rest modification complete, no other changes anticipated this year, last fleet to get Polaris mod
772 fleet: 19 total - domestic config, no changes anticipated
77E fleet: 55 total - 13 in Polaris/PP configuration, mods continue in 2019
77W fleet: 18 total - all Polaris, 7 with PP, PP mods continue in 2019
788 fleet: 12 total - Polaris/PP modification to begin in 2019
789 fleet: 25 total - Polaris/PP modification to begin in 2019
78J fleet: 3 total - all with Polaris and PP, 6 more deliveries in 2019
CRJ-200 fleet: 160 Total (62 Air Wisconsin, 84 Skywest, 14 ExpressJet) plus 14 floaters - ExpressJet Fleet to add 6 more frames, Skywest may add a few more as it shifts its floater fleet
CRJ-700 fleet: 64 total (19 Skywest, 20 Mesa, 25 GoJet) - 25 to be retired to make room for more E175s
E170 fleet: 38 total (all Republic) - no changes anticipated
E175 fleet: 153 total (65 Skywest, 60 Mesa, 28 Republic) - 25 more expected in 2019 to go to ExpressJet
ERJ-145 fleet: 175 total (105 ExpressJet, 39 TransStates, 31 CommutAir) plus 5 floaters - expect more to transition from ExpressJet to CommutAir in 2019
** note some of these fleet numbers differ from the UA fleet plan because I have included all frames where UA does not include pro-rate contract planes