Originally Posted by
PsiFighter37
I do wonder what UA does to fill the gap when the 767s come up for retirement. Do they upgauge to 788s? But A330neo? With NMA seemingly dead now, I can’t think the XLR fills all their needs.
my bet is that UA replaces both the 767 and 77E fleet with the 789 and 78J. they're clearly very pleased with both variants, kirby has said as much to employees. they'll probably also add at least a few more A321XLR and 77W, but i don't think we see the 779 in UA livery (and the 778 will never be built as a passenger aircraft, regardless of QF's project sunrise).
the 788 is a nice aircraft, but UA not adding to the subfleet of 12 frames that they've operated for 5 (!) years now is telling, especially when they've added to their 789/J orders.