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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 4:25 am
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SealBeach
 
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Originally Posted by CApreppie
I agree with past posts that UA went with Airbus due to Boeing not having a competitive product at the time and the deal was too good.
Also I've heard the 737 production backlog at the time was way to long for UA's needs.

Originally Posted by CApreppie
They are a loyal Boeing customer.
As they should be given their Boeing Air Transport roots. See http://www.united.com/page/middlepag...3,2286,00.html for more detail.
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