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Old Dec 31, 2017, 7:17 pm
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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
73Z - B737-700 Guam Configuration (12/30/84 Slimline)
73G - B737-700 Slimline (12/36/78 config)
73R - B737-700 Slimline, former GUM and former Copa (PDE)
73Y - B737-800 Slimline Config (16/54/96 config)
73U - B737-800 Guam Slimline Configuration (16/42/108 config)
73Q - B737-800 Slimline (16/54/96) with SFP (a/c 3519 and above 16/48/102) 3528 and up Sky Interior, 3532 and up Sky bins
73C - B737-900 Slimline (20/42/117 config)
73L - B737-900ER Slimline Config (3413-3442 & 3479: 20/42/117), (3443-3478: 20/39/120) (3479 Sky Interior and Space bins)
37X - 737-MAX9 Slimline 20/48/111)
75B - B757-200 Int'l Config (16/45/108)
75A - B757-300 (24/57/132 config) - obsolete with last 3 in mod
75E - B757-300 Slimline (24/57/156 config)
76P - B767-400ER (39/70/131 with Y crew mod)
78V - B787-8 (36/70/113 config)
78Z - B787-9 (48/88/116 config)
77Y - B777-200ER ("Version 2"/ 50/72/145 config)

sUA
19S - A319 version 1 (8/42/78 config)
19C - A319 version 2 (ex-CZ frames) (8/42/78 config)
20S - A320 version 1 (12/42/96 config)
20C - A320 version 2 (ex-CZ frames) (12/42/96 config)
37K - B737-900ER (20/39/120 a/c 3810-3810 ) (20/42/117 a/c 3811-3894 Sky - a/c 3895-3899 Space Bins)
75K - B757-200 (formerly known as "ps") (28/42/72 config)
76N - B767-300ER 3-cabin (6/26/71/80 config) - obsolete with last unit in mod
76C - B767-300ER 2-cabin non-Polaris (30/49/135 config)
76A - B767-300ER Polaris 2 class (30/46/138 config)
77G - B777-200 Domestic (Versions 3 & 4 / 28/102/234 config)
77J - B777-200ER 3-cabin (27xx Tail#'s) ("Version 1"/ 8/40/113/108 config)
77Q - B777-200ER 3-cabin (20xx & 28xx Tail #s) ("Version 1"/ 8/40/113/108 config)
77T - B777-300ER Polaris (60/86/156 config) - With Premium economy (60/24/46/156)
78U - B787-9 AC# 968-972

Here's what each of the facilities do historically:
HKG, heavy widebody maint and reconf (also heavy GUM 737 maint); 763 Polaris mods
XMN 772 Polaris mods, 777/787 heavy maint
LCQ, Airbus heavy and some medium heavy maint, Airbus Inductions and mods, 737NG reconfiguration
DLH, Airbus maintenance
MIA, 753 ISP, 763 main/WiFi, some 757 maint, 737NG reconfiguration and maintenance, Airbus maint.
HOU, 737 heavier maintenance, slimline seats, some shorter mod work
RFD, 752 scimitar winglets, 737NG reconfigurations, 753 slimlines
SAT 757 maint
SKF 39M final induction installations
ILN some 763 maint
VQQ some 763 maint
SFO, Airbus D checks, heavy 772 maint, 737NG C checks, other maint.
MCO, 737/757 maintenance, some mods.
IAH, light maint, slimlines on 73G
VCV, AMA and FTW for paint.
XMN, 772 maintenance
PVG, 788 modifications/WiFi
PEK, some widebody maint.
VCV, AMA, CWF, FTW paint
SEA, 77W, 739 new delivery induction, some 789s as well
DEN, IAD, 789 new delivery induction

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Old Apr 29, 2018, 7:28 pm
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
Not a conversion expert but the numbers seem to work with 3-4 conversion lines, and just conversion, and no major/heavy maintenance checks (as is happening for 763s), that seems very possible (roughly 30 days per aircraft).
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And wont some of those planes be new 777Ws and 787-10s ... a few this year and more next. So it’s not just the mods?
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Old Apr 29, 2018, 7:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jcacciotti

And wont some of those planes be new 777Ws and 787-10s ... a few this year and more next. So it’s not just the mods?
77W come with Polaris, they just need PE when they start doing that.

IIRC 78X (or thatever letter 10 is) may even come with PE, but should have new Polaris interiors already.

Funny how long it took them, myself and a few others floated the idea of PE to PMCO at the last, maybe last two CO DOs in Houston.
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Old Apr 29, 2018, 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by EmailKid
77W come with Polaris, they just need PE when they start doing that.

IIRC 78X (or thatever letter 10 is) may even come with PE, but should have new Polaris interiors already.

Funny how long it took them, myself and a few others floated the idea of PE to PMCO at the last, maybe last two CO DOs in Houston.
The 787-10s are coming with PE installed.
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Old Apr 29, 2018, 10:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Bunky
789:
N45956 sked to exit PVG 858/28Apr
N27957 entered PVG 891/26Apr
What work are those (almost) new 789s in for?
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Old Apr 30, 2018, 6:46 am
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79M:
N27503 sked delivery flight 2686/30Apr BFI-HOU for Induction
79M #3 , all in HOU Induction
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Old Apr 30, 2018, 8:09 am
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Originally Posted by cesco.g
What work are those (almost) new 789s in for?
Not sure what they're going in for, but I wonder if it's to complete GEnx engine modifications? Sure the GEnx had some early issues, but it's certainly better than what the RR Trent 1000 owners are going through right now ...
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Old Apr 30, 2018, 8:13 am
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Originally Posted by JOSECONLSCREW28
The 787-10s are coming with PE installed.
I thought they weren't going to be delivered with PE, but it would be a post delivery mod.
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Old Apr 30, 2018, 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by N104UA
I thought they weren't going to be delivered with PE, but it would be a post delivery mod.
78J will have PE from the factory. There’s no 78J configuration without it.
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Old Apr 30, 2018, 8:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Bunky
I'm showing 77T is Polaris and the only aircraft in that range is 2786 (N786UA)
yes 77T is polaris, but 77T are 77W 21xx but not any of the 772ER, 77T will be 77X after premium plus installed.

2786 is 77J, there is a new code for that after polaris reconfig for all 77J, 77Q, and 77Y, new codes are 77E, 77N, and 77U, i am just not sure which match to what, maybe Jose can chime in ?

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Old Apr 30, 2018, 10:03 pm
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79M:
N27503 sked to try again 2686/1May delivery flight BFI-HOU..
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Old Apr 30, 2018, 10:05 pm
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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG
yes 77T is polaris, but 77T are 77W 21xx but not any of the 772ER, 77T will be 77X after premium plus installed.

2786 is 77J, there is a new code for that after polaris reconfig for all 77J, 77Q, and 77Y, new codes are 77E, 77N, and 77U, i am just not sure which match to what, maybe Jose can chime in ?
Boy, that just makes my head hurt ....
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Old May 2, 2018, 11:14 pm
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77W:
N2747U out of SEA Induction, sked 2700/3May PAE-IAH at 9am (most likely an employee flight ).

753:
N77865 sked to enter RFD 2788/3May for slimlines
N77867 exited RFD 2789/2May with slimlines
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Old May 4, 2018, 11:39 am
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77W:
N2747U first revenue flight 880/4May IAH-LHR 1625 departure
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Old May 4, 2018, 12:00 pm
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Originally Posted by UAL250
For the experts here, is UA retrofitting a current plane to Polaris config every 10 days an actual realistic target?
I like that. The more 763 that get converted, the better my chances for Polaris Seats on our ORD -> AMS flights in August.
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Old May 4, 2018, 12:54 pm
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I'm on N24973 (789), which pilot says was delivered just a few weeks ago . . . the lav adjacent to 2L (i.e., the big one) seems smaller than on earlier deliveries. Or am I just imagining this?
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