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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 7:24 am
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Originally Posted by qasr
The 747's in VCV are no longer UA's even though they have UA livery. IIRC they were repo'd and have not been sold/leased by the current owner for whatever reason.
I thought UA only had the 763's repo'd? (also FWIW Boeing has about 5 763's for sale on thier website)

Since some of the 744's have had thier engines "borrowed" I figured they were still owned by UA.

Also, why wouldn't the owners of the 744's in VCV lease to UA at a major discount? Seems they only have about 10 years of useful life before they will be valued at -0-?

Finally, if UA does get the IAD-PEK route (I am not holding my breath)... could a 744 work it? or would it need the 772ER?
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