UA and CO Fleet Tracking Thread
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Yeah, I've noticed the new leather seats and LCD screens on some of the domestic 767s flying to/from Hawaii also. No nose numbers yet. It's nice to see the projectors removed. (not that it's limited to Hawaii/ETOPS routes, but that's where I tend to see them.)
-David
-David
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4/29/79 UA Fleet Operation Analysis
I had a hobby after college, construct aircraft operation analysis for my favorite airline, aircraft routings, flow, and utilization on 4/29/79
Aircraft Number Block Hours Utilization
B747 17 205 12.1
DC-10 35 386 11.0
DC8-61,62 25 272 10.9
DC8-50 13 143 11.0
727-200E 46 525 11.4
727-200J 27 250 9.3
727-100 70 652 9.3
737-200 55 467 8.5
2900 Block Hours 288 Aircraft 10.1 Daily Average Utilization
Here is the actual data for the 747
ORG DEPART FLIGHT AIRCRAFT ROUTING BLK HR UTILIZATION
ORD 1030 1 HNL 2 ORD JFK 1848
JFK 1200 5 LAX HNL 196 LAX 1600
LAX 0930 191 LAX 118 ITO LAX ORD 1500
ORD 0825 193 DEN LAX HNL 1012
HNL 2315 22 SFO JFK 29 SFO 1600
SFO 1310 128 ORD EWR 0554
EWR 0925 35 SFO HNL 10 ORD YYZ 1955
YYZ 1125 3 ORD HNL 1015
HNL 0930 180 SFO 189 HNL 0955
HNL 0900 114 LAX DEN ORD 0920
ORD 1145 16 DTW 111 ORD LAX 0610
LAX 0805 195 HNL 96 SFO 1020
SFO 0900 181 HNL 28 LAX JFK 1515
JFK 1050 107 ORD LAX 110 ORD 119 LAX 1405
LAX 0830 6 JFK 15 LAX 1055
LAX 1200 8 JFK 9 LAX 1050
LAX 1000 104 ORD DTW 137 ORD 0606
Flight 1 still operates ORD-HNL more then 30 years latter as a 777.
Aircraft Number Block Hours Utilization
B747 17 205 12.1
DC-10 35 386 11.0
DC8-61,62 25 272 10.9
DC8-50 13 143 11.0
727-200E 46 525 11.4
727-200J 27 250 9.3
727-100 70 652 9.3
737-200 55 467 8.5
2900 Block Hours 288 Aircraft 10.1 Daily Average Utilization
Here is the actual data for the 747
ORG DEPART FLIGHT AIRCRAFT ROUTING BLK HR UTILIZATION
ORD 1030 1 HNL 2 ORD JFK 1848
JFK 1200 5 LAX HNL 196 LAX 1600
LAX 0930 191 LAX 118 ITO LAX ORD 1500
ORD 0825 193 DEN LAX HNL 1012
HNL 2315 22 SFO JFK 29 SFO 1600
SFO 1310 128 ORD EWR 0554
EWR 0925 35 SFO HNL 10 ORD YYZ 1955
YYZ 1125 3 ORD HNL 1015
HNL 0930 180 SFO 189 HNL 0955
HNL 0900 114 LAX DEN ORD 0920
ORD 1145 16 DTW 111 ORD LAX 0610
LAX 0805 195 HNL 96 SFO 1020
SFO 0900 181 HNL 28 LAX JFK 1515
JFK 1050 107 ORD LAX 110 ORD 119 LAX 1405
LAX 0830 6 JFK 15 LAX 1055
LAX 1200 8 JFK 9 LAX 1050
LAX 1000 104 ORD DTW 137 ORD 0606
Flight 1 still operates ORD-HNL more then 30 years latter as a 777.
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The 2-class 767 that operated UA975 from IAD to SFO yesterday, 5/17/10, had leather and LCD screens in First.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
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The 2-class 767 that operated UA975 from IAD to SFO yesterday, 5/17/10, had leather and LCD screens in First.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
N670UA... updated!
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The 2-class 767 that operated UA975 from IAD to SFO yesterday, 5/17/10, had leather and LCD screens in First.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
Did UA do anything to this aircraft in Y? I would assume they put the LCD screens in the back, but I wonder if they put in new seats..
Thanks for keeping this so up to date!!
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The 2-class 767 that operated UA975 from IAD to SFO yesterday, 5/17/10, had leather and LCD screens in First.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...150Z/KIAD/KSFO
Edit: it still had the old paint job.
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How was the quality of the LCD screens? I would assume they weren't as much of a PITA to start-up? I remember a IAD-DEN flight I took last year. It took the purser about 15 minutes of turning on the projector, turning it off and letting it cool, and repeating the process, before the projector started projecting! You could tell she was pretty pissed!!
Did UA do anything to this aircraft in Y? I would assume they put the LCD screens in the back, but I wonder if they put in new seats..
Did UA do anything to this aircraft in Y? I would assume they put the LCD screens in the back, but I wonder if they put in new seats..
My main gripe is that for some reason they installed 4:3 LCDs in front of the aisles and a 16:9 LCD in front of the center section. This meant that the 16:9 letterboxed content was displayed correctly on the aisle monitors, but stretched on the main screen. Correct aspect ratio + higher resolution is something I would really like to see consistant accross UA's newer entertainment systems, but I suppose it is a minor gripe in the scheme of things.
As for Y, my upgrade miraculously cleared at the last minute, so I didn't get a good look. They are still cloth seats in Y, but beyond that I cannot offer much insight.
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The quality is much better than the projection system, but that, by itself, doesn't say much because the projection system was so poor and outdated.
To me, the main improvement is the removal of the bulky projector and the now unblocked air vents, and the fact the the new monitors tend to always work now.
They did not change the 2 aisle monitors, and that's evident when you see how bad they are.
-David
To me, the main improvement is the removal of the bulky projector and the now unblocked air vents, and the fact the the new monitors tend to always work now.
They did not change the 2 aisle monitors, and that's evident when you see how bad they are.
-David
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UA34, 24 May, domestic 777, nose #2511, new interior.
I wonder if they are all done now?
-David
I wonder if they are all done now?
-David
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For those that are keeping score, here's the Wiki:
http://flyerguide.com/wiki/index.php...Fleet_%28UA%29
Oh and if we hadn't discussed it, N194UA has re-entered the fleet and is in for conversion to help support summer flying... back up to 360!
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was on N674UA 2 weeks back and it has the leather seats and new LCD screen in F