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Old Mar 28, 2024 | 1:30 am
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Originally Posted by dmurphynj
In related news …. I just read that due to softness in the freight business, FedEx gave up some factory slots for 767-300Fs.

Economics aside … curious whether it’d be even remotely feasible for Boeing to be able to use those slots to build more 767-300ERs at this point?
Given all the 763s are going to be retired likely within 10 years, I feel like UA would rather retrain all those pilots to be on the 787 / A350 vs. maintaining a small subfleet for new-build 767s, which could theoretically be in the fleet for another 20+ years.
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