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The Fleet Status site is:
https://sites.google.com/site/unitedfleetsite/

At the site, you can find information about the interior features, livery, etc., for every plane in United's fleet.

United Airlines Equipment (Aircraft) Codes (via JOSECONLSCREW28)- code refers to type and configuration but not IFE:

sCO
73A - B737-700 (12/40/66 config)
73Z - B737-700 Guam Configuration
73G - B737-700 Slimline (12/36/78 config)
73Y - B737-800 Slimline Config
73U - B737-800 Guam Configuration
73F - B737-800 (16/48/90 config with SFP)
73Q - B737-800 Slimline with SFP
73C - B737-900 Slimline (20/42/117 config)
73L - B737-900ER Slimline Config
75B - B757-200 Int'l Config
75A - B757-300 (24/57/132 config)
75E - B757-300 Slimline
76P - B767-400ER
78V - B787-8
78Z - B787-9
77Y - B777-200ER ("Version 2")

sUA
19S - A319 version 1
19C - A319 version 2 (ex-CZ frames)
20S - A320 version 1
20C - A320 version 2 (ex-CZ frames)
37K - B737-900ER (tail # 3801-3894)
75K - B757-200 ("ps")
76N - B767-300ER 3-cabin
76C - B767-300ER 2-cabin non-Polaris
76A - B767-300ER Polaris
77G - B777-200 Domestic (Versions 3 & 4)
77J - B777-200ER 3-cabin (27xx Tail#'s) ("Version 1")
77Q - B777-200ER 3-cabin (20xx & 28xx Tail #s) ("Version 1")
77T - B777-300ER Polaris
78U - B787-9 AC# 968-972

Here's what each of the facilities do historically (thanks Bunky):
HKG, heavy widebody maint and reconf (also heavy GUM 737 maint)
LCQ, All Airbus heavy and some medium heavy maint, Airbus mods
DLH, Airbus maintenance
SFO, Airbus D checks, heavy 772 maint, other maint.
IAH, light maint, slimlines on 73G
MIA, 753 ISP, 763 main/WiFi, some 757 maint,
MCN, 737 maint, slimlines, has done some 763 WiFi and maint
CWF, VCV, AMA, paint
XMN, 772 and 744 maintenance
PVG, 788 modifications/WiFi
MCO, maintenance, has done mods in past.
SEA, 77W, 739 new delivery induction, some 789s as well
DEN, 789 new delivery induction
HOU, 737 heavier maintenance, slimline seats

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Oct 11, 2017, 12:19 am

#841

Bunky

Join Date: Jun 2006

Posts: 2,631

73G:
N27733 entered IAH 833/9Oct, slimlines?????

738:
N76529 exited LCQ 2777/9Oct w/o slimlines

739:
N38467 sked to exit LCQ 2695/11Oct with slimlines/scimitars

763:
N661UA entered SFO 1584/10Oct, maint

Oct 11, 2017, 9:00 am

#842

flash1129

Join Date: Aug 2012

Location: EWR, PHL

Programs: UA Silver, DL GM, Hertz 5*, Marriott Plat

Posts: 55

Flew 752 #3117 earlier this week, and the seats were re-covered with the new blue seat covers.

Oct 11, 2017, 11:41 am

#843

EWR764

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: New York, NY

Programs: UA, AA, DL, Hertz, Avis, National, Hyatt, Hilton, SPG, Marriott

Posts: 9,454

Pilots are being told to expect near-term vacancy bid and training uptick to staff the "imminent acquisition of 30-40 used A319 & A320".

Plans are already in place for an additional ~15 A319s (ex-CZ) and 2 A320 (origin unknown), which falls short of the 30-40 number cited in the memo.

Interesting...

Oct 11, 2017, 12:35 pm

#844

jhayes_1780

Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: MBS/FNT/LAN

Programs: UA 1K, HH Gold, Mariott Gold

Posts: 9,630

Quote:

Originally Posted by EWR764

Pilots are being told to expect near-term vacancy bid and training uptick to staff the "imminent acquisition of 30-40 used A319 & A320".

Fire sale from Air Berlin?

Oct 11, 2017, 12:41 pm

#845

EWR764

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: New York, NY

Programs: UA, AA, DL, Hertz, Avis, National, Hyatt, Hilton, SPG, Marriott

Posts: 9,454

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhayes_1780

Fire sale from Air Berlin?

Potentially, but AB 320s have CFM power, and to date, all the A319/320s UA has either acquired or expressed interest in have IAE motors.

The CFM56-5 on the Airbii has some similarities to the CFM56-7 of the 737NG fleet, but they'd need to take on a pretty sizable number of frames to make such a subfleet viable and interchangeable (from an operational perspective) with the existing fleet, which flows throughout the domestic system.

Oct 11, 2017, 1:16 pm

#846

jhayes_1780

Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: MBS/FNT/LAN

Programs: UA 1K, HH Gold, Mariott Gold

Posts: 9,630

Quote:

Originally Posted by EWR764

Potentially, but AB 320s have CFM power, and to date, all the A319/320s UA has either acquired or expressed interest in have IAE motors.

Agreed then, probably not Air Berlin (I was just grasping at straws).

So to continue to grasp:

Maybe more from CA?
Maybe AZ?
Maybe AS is dumping their Aribus frames they will get from VX?

Oct 11, 2017, 1:49 pm

#847

weirdlyndon

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: NYC

Programs: AA EXP, UA Platinum, Alaksa MVP 75K, Air Berlin Gold, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hertz PC

Posts: 2,389

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhayes_1780

Agreed then, probably not Air Berlin (I was just grasping at straws).

So to continue to grasp:

Maybe more from CA?
Maybe AZ?
Maybe AS is dumping their Aribus frames they will get from VX?

VX uses CFM engines, too, so rule that out.

Oct 11, 2017, 1:49 pm

#848

char777

Join Date: Jun 2008

Location: SFO

Programs: UA Platinum, AF, Chase, Hyatt Explorist

Posts: 1,090

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhayes_1780

Agreed then, probably not Air Berlin (I was just grasping at straws).

So to continue to grasp:

Maybe more from CA?
Maybe AZ?
Maybe AS is dumping their Aribus frames they will get from VX?

They will get aircraft from whoever is selling. The last operator isn't all that relevant. But of those you listed, only China Southern (CZ) has A319/320s with IAE engines. The IAE engine seems to be not nearly as common on the A320 series as the CFM is. I think this has been one of the stumbling blocks for UA looking to buy used aircraft - there aren't many IAE A319/320s out there and for sale.

Oct 11, 2017, 2:02 pm

#849

Bunky

Join Date: Jun 2006

Posts: 2,631

AZ, AirBerlin, Air Canada, Air China, Allegiant, DL all fly CFM.

IAE airlines that might work (there are a lot more)

Air New Zeeland (unlikely as that't their only narrowbody).

AA has 25 GECAS leased former Am West with IAE. Rest of their large 319 and 320 combined fleet are CFM.

BA has 67 IAE units

China Southern is an obvious choice with lots of 319 and 320s with IAE engines.

Oct 11, 2017, 2:25 pm

#850

UAinAUS

Original Poster

Join Date: Mar 2014

Location: SYD, CBR, BDL

Programs: UA 1K, VA Platinum

Posts: 1,198

739:
N78438 entered RFD 2797/9Oct, likely for scimitars/slimlines

Q200:
N368PH has left the fleet, return to lessor
N366PH has left the fleet, return to lessor

Oct 11, 2017, 2:46 pm

#851

JDS747

Join Date: Oct 2012

Location: ORD/IND

Programs: UA Platinum, Avis Preferred, Hertz PC, Hyatt Discoverist , Marriott Titanium

Posts: 742

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bunky

Jose was comparing to sCO configuration:
50BF 86E+ 156Y = 292

vs. current sCO 772 (22 units)
BF no change - - - - -50BF - new 50BF
E+ plus 14 - - - - - - -72E+ - new 86E+
Y plus 11 - - - - - -- 145Y - new 156Y
Ttl plus 25 - - - - - - -267 ttl - new 292 ttl
25 X 22 units = + 550 fleet seat increase

vs. current sUA 772 (33 units)
F all 8 removed - - - - -8F - new 0F
BF plus 10 - - - - - - - 40BF - new 50BF
E+ minus 27 - - - - - -113E+ - new 86E
Y plus 48 - - - - - - - - 108Y - new 156
Ttl plus 23 - - - - - - - -269 ttl - new 292 ttl
23 X 33 units = + 759 fleet seat insurance

Total 772ER fleet seat increase 1309 seats, plus 9.2% (10 across in E+/Y)

Wow! That is quite the increase. Almost like adding five 772s!