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Old Nov 24, 2022, 1:00 pm
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Originally Posted by JoeDTW

UA's first 767 delivery was in Aug 1982, several months before AA's and DL's. UA began 767 service on ORD-DEN in Sep 1982, two months before AA began SFO-JFK 767 service and three months before DL began ATL-TPA service.
I'll concur with UA operating the first revenue 767-200 service with their aircraft equipped with P&W engines.

And I also seem to recall that several months later, Delta was the first to inaugurate 767-200 flights with aircraft equipped with GE engines.
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