Originally Posted by
Kacee
It's possible there's been some shifting of aircraft assignments due to the PW issue, but the cancellations (and possibly the downgauges) are undoubtedly due to lack of bookings and anticipated demand. The pattern of cancels 2-3 months out has been the norm since the pandemic started.
Agreed, I've had to rebook my May flight back home to Syd 3x now due to schedule changes that have been 3-6 months out
Some of it has been domestic cancellations causing a miss connect and also they canned the IAH->SYD flight which I had originally booked on
RE the PW777, does UA have any 788/789 or other 777 sitting in storage at the moment? if so I would hazzard a guess that if UA actually needed any frames they would pull them out
Otherwise just temp lease some 777 sitting in the desert from any of 20+ other airlines... (I would be amused to fly a united operated QF body)