CubsFanJohn

Thanks for posting! Can't wait to save up the $$$ to fly one. Hopefully ORD-IAH or something like that.

ElliottMB

http://ir.unitedcontinentalholdings....079&highlight=

Exciting eh?

shortkidd

Seems like a waste to fly domestically. The money maker for this is international routes.

mh3265a

Kinda disappointed in the domestic routes....all IAH based

tale

I was hoping I would be able to go on it for the thanksgiving EWR IAH but I don't see it loaded in November.

AZjohns

mobilebucky

9/1 is the date those flights will be loaded into the system.

Vulcan

This is the same as CO did when they introduced the 777. It is more to give the pilots and flight crews familiarity with the aircraft than anything else. The more and shorter segments, the more crew can become familiar. Remember that even the ground crews (baggage handlers, etc.) need hands-on training.

sbm12

They are flying it internationally. A lot. But it has to get between the operational base and the gateways. And they need to get enough crew flying on it long enough to be familiar enough to fly it on the long-haul routes. This isn't like they are wholly dedicating the aircraft to only domestic routes forever.
Yeah, it really is a shame that the initial routes will be run from where the crew and maintenance bases are.

UnitedFlyGuy

I'm just doing it to ride the first flight. Rode the the first 777 flight also.

mh3265a

I know thinking outside the box can be hard. I guess just one day flying to IAD and returning is disappointing. And, I know it would be so hard to have their crews stay overnight in a location - the challenges that it would pose

CDKing

Of course its mainly going to be red-eyes for the direction i fly

wxguy

I flew the NRT-BOS JL non-stop in J, at just over 12 hours. It's still a 12-hour airplane ride! Sure, the LED lights were cool as were the high-tech potties; the windows are larger and darken electronically; the cabin altitude is lower (6K ft vs 8K ft at 39K ft altitude), and the humidity is higher (I didn't notice that). BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INTERIOR. The JL J seat was OK, but not great. 2 x 2 x 2 in J was reasonable, but certainly not spacious; nor was it 180 degrees flat.

I poked my head into Y, and the pax sitting in the 2 x 4 x 2 configured cabin looked like they were "enjoying" it just as much as any passenger in UA E-. (Oh, and UA's interior is 3 x 3 x 3!) IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INTERIOR.

What I'm hoping is that we UA flyers will benefit from its hopefully superior dispatch reliability, compared to the frequent MXs we now endure on the current widebody international fleet.

shortkidd

While United WAS Chicago's hometown airline.....this new COdbaUA company is Houston's hometown airline.....as a Chicagoan I find that sad, but that's ok because here I am an on AA flight at 35k right now sending this message....does COdbaUA have wifi yet on anything other than PS routes?

EWR764

I don't think anyone in Houston feels that way anymore. Perhaps UA is an airline without a home?