Originally Posted by
hikouki
Interesting. That would mean that perhaps in the next two years, they would have:
Polaris 1.0, non-IGW
Polaris 2.0/ Hi-J, non-IGW
Polaris 2.0/ Hi-J, IGW
Polaris 2.0, IGW
I do wonder, with 140+ 789s on order, if UA might convert some of those to IGW -10s? Or maybe the non-IGWs (both -9s and -10s) may slowly replace the 777-200s, especially on domestic runs?
The first IGW 78J won't be ready until 2027. By the start of 2027, UA will have 7 more High J 789s scheduled to be delivered. My guess is UA will start taking IGW 78Js once available, which could end up being over 100 aircraft. That pretty much would kill the A350 at UA for now. I have suspected that the 22 GE powered 772ERs or the 21 78Js originally delivered between 2018 and 2022 could be reconfigured to replace the 23 77HD fleet, that is if UA were to replace that fleet. Neither aircraft could have any problem with a dense configuration flying to Hawai'i or HNL-GUM.