Apr 7, 2017, 11:55 am
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...ouston-436040/
The Chicago-based Star Alliance carrier will fly 787s to Beijing, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Sao Paulo Guarulhos from Dulles beginning in its winter of 2017 schedule, said Howard Attarian, senior vice-president of flight operations at United, in a letter to pilots on 6 April viewed by FlightGlobal.
United shifts 787s from Houston to IAD; Plans to close IAH 787 pilot base
Apr 8, 2017, 12:47 pm
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This right here.
Those of you who have flown the 788/9 into and out of IAH know this is a gain in reliability, and certainly not a loss. The sCO 772s are far more reliable than the 788/9 family, even if the oldest sCO 772 is 18 years old. It did not surprise me that when I flew IAH-DEN-NRT two weeks ago that we were delayed out of IAH by 1.5 hours due to a technical issue on the 788; this has been an abysmal pattern for me on the 788 and I've lost hours of productive on the ground work time as a result of these 788 technical issues. So I went back to the non stop IAH-NRT flights except for two weeks ago, when the polaris cabin was sold out and I had to route through DEN.
Enjoy the 788/9 reliability issues, IAD hub.
Those of you who have flown the 788/9 into and out of IAH know this is a gain in reliability, and certainly not a loss. The sCO 772s are far more reliable than the 788/9 family, even if the oldest sCO 772 is 18 years old. It did not surprise me that when I flew IAH-DEN-NRT two weeks ago that we were delayed out of IAH by 1.5 hours due to a technical issue on the 788; this has been an abysmal pattern for me on the 788 and I've lost hours of productive on the ground work time as a result of these 788 technical issues. So I went back to the non stop IAH-NRT flights except for two weeks ago, when the polaris cabin was sold out and I had to route through DEN.
Enjoy the 788/9 reliability issues, IAD hub.
Apr 8, 2017, 1:23 pm
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Just flew on a 3-class 76I a few days ago Newark-Geneva. F on these aircraft is absolutely fabulous, at 1-1-1, so good for IAH flyers w/ the ability to sit up front in one of those 5 seats.
Apr 8, 2017, 5:51 pm
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Sep 25, 2017, 5:05 pm
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SFO/IAH Disappearing 787's
Ok, FT'ers with the inside scoop: I just booked one of my usual runs RT IAH/SFO and noticed no more 787's with lie-flat seating in F/BF. Can anyone explain what is going on and why? Very sad. 
Sep 25, 2017, 5:19 pm
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See United shifts 787s from Houston to IAD; Plans to close IAH 787 pilot base
As to your other point, as far as I know all of the United 787s have lie-flat seating in J.
As to your other point, as far as I know all of the United 787s have lie-flat seating in J.
Sep 25, 2017, 8:56 pm
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Sep 25, 2017, 10:06 pm
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That is correct, but my point was that UA doesn't need to fly any domestic 789 routes out of IAH, as they can swap and rotate aircraft in SYD.
Unlike when they operated 787 to LOS/GRU/EZE/SCL/FRA etc, they had to operate IAH-SFO to rotate the aircraft, as none of the international destinations overlapped with SFO.
Similar to how 77W is no longer scheduled on EWR-SFO after 10/28 as the aircraft will be rotated in NRT.
Unlike when they operated 787 to LOS/GRU/EZE/SCL/FRA etc, they had to operate IAH-SFO to rotate the aircraft, as none of the international destinations overlapped with SFO.
Similar to how 77W is no longer scheduled on EWR-SFO after 10/28 as the aircraft will be rotated in NRT.
Sep 25, 2017, 11:34 pm
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That is correct, but my point was that UA doesn't need to fly any domestic 789 routes out of IAH, as they can swap and rotate aircraft in SYD.
Unlike when they operated 787 to LOS/GRU/EZE/SCL/FRA etc, they had to operate IAH-SFO to rotate the aircraft, as none of the international destinations overlapped with SFO.
Similar to how 77W is no longer scheduled on EWR-SFO after 10/28 as the aircraft will be rotated in NRT.
Unlike when they operated 787 to LOS/GRU/EZE/SCL/FRA etc, they had to operate IAH-SFO to rotate the aircraft, as none of the international destinations overlapped with SFO.
Similar to how 77W is no longer scheduled on EWR-SFO after 10/28 as the aircraft will be rotated in NRT.
Sep 26, 2017, 12:14 pm
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Well that's a downer for IAH-GIG.
Been enjoying the 787 and now it looks like I'm back in a 767. Hopefully we'll get some of the ones with the new Polaris J cabin upgrades for this route.
Been enjoying the 787 and now it looks like I'm back in a 767. Hopefully we'll get some of the ones with the new Polaris J cabin upgrades for this route.
Oct 13, 2017, 10:10 am
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Since UA has relocated the 788 to IAD, where are the 763s and 777s flying domestically out of IAH?
Oct 13, 2017, 10:46 am
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Oct 13, 2017, 12:17 pm
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