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Old Dec 31, 2018, 6:39 am
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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:

pmCO
73S - B737-700 Guam Configuration (12/30/84 Slimline)
73G - B737-700 Slimline (12/36/78 config)
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)
37X - 737-MAX9 Slimline 20/48/111): Slimline Config (3413-3442 & 3479: 20/42/117), (3443-3478: 20/39/120) (3479 Sky Interior and Space bins)
75B - B757-200 Int'l Config (16/45/108)
75S - B757-200 Int'l Config (16/42/118)
75E - B757-300 Slimline (24/57/156 config)
76S - 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)
77E - B777-200ER Polaris/PP (50/24/46/156)

pmUA
19S - A319 version 1 (8/42/78 config)
19C - A319 version 2 (ex-CZ frames) (8/42/78 config), different lavs
19F - A319 version 1 (12/36/78 config)
19G - A319 version 2 (12/36/78 config) (ex-CZ frames) (12/36/78 config)
20S - A320 version 1 (12/42/96 config)
20C - A320 version 2 (ex-CZ frames) (12/42/96 config), different lavs
20F - A320 version ? (16/36/96 config)
37K - B737-900ER (20/39/120 a/c 3801-3810 ) (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)
76C - B767-300ER 2-cabin non-Polaris (30J/49E+/135Y config)
76A - B767-300ER Polaris 2 class (30J/46E+/138Y config)
76L - B767-300ER Polaris/PP (46J/22PP/43E+/56Y config)
77G/M - B777-200 Domestic (Versions 3 & 4 / 28F/102E+/234Y config)
77Q - B777-200ER 3-cabin (20xx & 28xx Tail #s) & (27xx Tail#'s) ("Version 1"/ 8F/40J/113E+/108Y config)
77U/N - B777-200ER Polaris/PP (50J/24PP/46E+/156Y)
77X - B777-300ER Polaris/PP (60J/24PP/62E+/204Y)
78J(78X) - B787-10 Polaris/PP 44J/21PP/45E+/199Y config)

Here's what each of the facilities do historically:
Domestic Contract:
LCQ, Airbus heavy/medium maint, Airbus Inductions and mods, 319/320 reconfiguration, 763 paint
MIA, reconfiguration and maintenance, all except 787/777
DLH, Airbus maintenance
SAT 757 maint/reconfiguration, some 763 maintenance
INT, 737 & 757 maint.
TPA, 737 heavy maint, contract, but UA building own hanger
RFD, 777 ADS-B
ILN occasional 763 maint.
Domestic In House:
HOU, 737 heavier maintenance, some shorter mod work
SFO, Airbus D checks, heavy 772 maint, 737NG C checks, other maint.
MCO, 737/757 maintenance, some mods.
IAH, light maint, some mods
SEA, 77W, 787 delivery induction
DEN, IAD, 787 new delivery induction
Paint Facilities
VCV, AMA, CWF, FTW paint
International Contract:
HKG, heavy widebody maint and reconf (also heavy GUM 737 maint); 763/772GE Polaris mods
XMN 772PW Polaris mods, 787 mod, 777/787 heavy maint
PVG, 788 modifications/WiFi, GUM 737 maint
PEK, some widebody maint.

Services ended at:
MCN, PEK, SKF, VQQ

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Old Feb 25, 2019, 2:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Bunky
I'm sure UA runs with spare aircraft at some hubs. So, these aircraft are not in for mod, but rather being spares or regular maintenance unless there's a unspecified repair that must be made.
UA in recent years has actually had a pretty high fleet utilization and don't usually have spares sitting around as an aircraft doesn't make money sitting on the ground*. UA usually completely fills the schedule in the northern summer (usually March-October schedule) then does scheduled maintenance in the winter. They don't just have an extra aircraft sitting at every hub waiting for a flight to cancel.

*The one exception I could think of to this would be when UA had a 777 in STN for 2 weeks for filming the new Spider Man movie
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Old Feb 25, 2019, 3:28 pm
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That could be regarding spares, then maybe aircraft sitting in hubs are in for routine maint. With an airline of 768 aircraft, some will be on the ground.
Right now I see the following aircraft in hubs for 22 hours plus, (7 of 185 wide bodies, not counting those in contract maint and mod./paint -- 9 of 582 narrowbodies, not counting contract maint and mod/paint. There are also a couple more at many hubs that came in yesterday and haven't flown today. In general, I surely don't have and idea of what each is doing.
SFO 752/6 days, 320/6 days,73G/3 days, 772A/2 days
EWR 752/ 2 Days, 764/3 days
IAD 788/2 days, 772/2 Days
LAX 789/2 Days, 738/2 days
DEN 320/2 days
ORD 772/2 days, 739/2days
IAH 738/4 Days, 763/2 days, 739/2 days
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Old Feb 25, 2019, 6:08 pm
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Ya, but no matter when I'm changing planes at SFO or IAH, there are ALWAYS widebody frames that look like they are just sitting around.

Even with a long connection, many of them never move, but of course it's possible they leave shortly after I do.
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Old Feb 25, 2019, 6:45 pm
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Originally Posted by EmailKid
Ya, but no matter when I'm changing planes at SFO or IAH, there are ALWAYS widebody frames that look like they are just sitting around.
At SFO, they can't leave the aircraft at the G Terminal gates, as there is a major shortage of gates right now. They park them at the east field, then tow them over for boarding.
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Old Feb 27, 2019, 8:20 am
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737MAX9 dual new deliveries:
N37513 sked to enter SEA Induction 2714/28Feb
N37514 sked to enter SEA Induction 2707/27Feb
13th and 14th UA 39M delivery

764:
N69059 sked to exit SFO 2740/27Feb after 3 weeks of unknown maint.
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Old Feb 28, 2019, 6:06 am
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753:
N57852 sked to exit MIA 2735/28Feb with slimline seats
N57855 should be far behind as last domestic slimline narrowbody to be converted
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Old Feb 28, 2019, 7:28 am
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N666UA is scheduled for a test hop tomorrow.
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Old Mar 3, 2019, 12:32 am
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39M:
N37514 entered SEA Induction 2715/1Mar

753:
N57852 exited MIA 2745/28Feb with slimlines and new F seats.

772:
N215UA sked to exit HKG maint 2760/3Mar

77W:
N2644UA sked to exit SFO 888/4Mar, not showing PE on seat map yet.

78X:
N16008 in FTW for paint, (LN822 is not delivered yet).
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Old Mar 3, 2019, 10:16 am
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N666UA completed a test hop today at HKG 3/3 (Friday's 3/1 test hop was canceled).
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Old Mar 4, 2019, 8:17 am
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Anyone know why N666UA took such a long time in HKG?
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Old Mar 4, 2019, 9:01 am
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Originally Posted by LXFlyer
Anyone know why N666UA took such a long time in HKG?
That's the first a/c in the new 76L configuration; in addition to the normal squawks associated with new interior, electronics, other upgrades, etc., it also has to receive Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval, which is a slightly more lengthy process than for a mod which has already received an STC.
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Old Mar 4, 2019, 10:48 am
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Oh I see -- though now I wonder how these 763s are different from the previously retrofitted 763s, why didn't they change them to the same configuration?
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Old Mar 4, 2019, 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by Bunky
753:
N57855 should be far behind as last domestic slimline narrowbody to be converted
And once N57855 finishes, I think that finally closes the door on the Koito debacle, yes?
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Old Mar 4, 2019, 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by LXFlyer
Oh I see -- though now I wonder how these 763s are different from the previously retrofitted 763s, why didn't they change them to the same configuration?
They are in a high-premium (46J/22W/99Y) configuration for major business markets like LHR which demand large J cabins but don't need the corresponding volume of Y seats at UA-standard density.

Originally Posted by dmurphynj
And once N57855 finishes, I think that finally closes the door on the Koito debacle, yes?
For Y seating, yes, but plenty of 737-800s and 737-900 (non-ER) still have Koito F seats, though I'm not sure if those seats were involved in the testing falsification scandal.

I'm sort of torn on those seats... they are pretty worn-out, and more often than not, recline unevenly, but when they do recline properly, they go back quite a bit more than the newer seats found on the 737-900ERs. They also have sturdy traytables and convenient storage cubbies on the inner armrests. The -900ER seats have useless headrest wings, traytables that are falling apart, little to no padding and no storage besides the seat pocket.
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Old Mar 4, 2019, 11:28 am
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Originally Posted by EWR764
For Y seating, yes, but plenty of 737-800s and 737-900 (non-ER) still have Koito F seats, though I'm not sure if those seats were involved in the testing falsification scandal.
I'm sort of torn on those seats... they are pretty worn-out, and more often than not, recline unevenly, but when they do recline properly, they go back quite a bit more than the newer seats found on the 737-900ERs. They also have sturdy traytables and convenient storage cubbies on the inner armrests. The -900ER seats have useless headrest wings, traytables that are falling apart, little to no padding and no storage besides the seat pocket.
I actually agree with you. They're like your favorite old la-z-boy. Worn, dated, really belong in the 70s, but hard to part with because they're oh so darn comfortable. I never liked the pmUA F seats - they had a metal bar that ran down the middle of my back and dug in. These old Koito seats may burn me alive, but at least I'd be comfy during it... haha.
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