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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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Dec 13, 2019, 10:32 am

#871

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Quote:

Originally Posted by uastarflyer

Are the luggage bins supersized? Meaning rollers fit on their side v flat?

That mod is planned for a number of A319/320 and 737-700/800/900, but hasn't started yet.

Dec 13, 2019, 10:45 am

#872

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Quote:

Originally Posted by EWR764

That mod is planned for a number of A319/320 and 737-700/800/900, but hasn't started yet.

I would hope this would have been done in parallel when the extra F seats are added. Too bad.

And why not do this for all A319/320 v “a number”?

Dec 13, 2019, 10:56 am

#873

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Originally Posted by uastarflyer

I would hope this would have been done in parallel when the extra F seats are added. Too bad.

And why not do this for all A319/320 v “a number”?

The interior mods were probably decided at a later stage and have longer lead time for procurement of materials. They'll also require longer aircraft downtime. UA probably wants to get the entire Airbus fleet converted to the larger F cabins as quickly as possible, I would imagine by next summer. The overhead bin mods will be a longer-term project. Given the choice, personally, I want the larger F cabins first... I can wait for the bins since it's exceedingly rare that my carry-on doesn't make the cut.

When I say "a number", that's because I don't know exactly how many aircraft will be modified. There are retirement plans for some of the oldest 737 and A32X, so those won't get new bins. Only frames that UA intends to keep for at least the next 6-7+ years will get the mod.

Dec 13, 2019, 11:02 am

#874

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The old bins on the Airbus are a problem though, particularly for F pax who miss the start of the boarding process and any poor soul unlucky enough to be in Group 3 or 4. I'm always surprised when I get one of the aircraft with the old bins, because they all really should have been updated by now.

Dec 13, 2019, 11:12 am

#875

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Quote:

Originally Posted by EWR764

That mod is planned for a number of A319/320 and 737-700/800/900, but hasn't started yet.

I'm curious if UA is planning to the upgrade cabin lighting at the time of this future mod. I believe most of the narrow-body fleet, other than the Boeing Sky interior 737-800/900s, still have fluorescent lighting installed. As trivial as this sounds, I enjoy the color-changing LED lighting on the newer planes. I personally think it brings a modern feel to the cabin; just my $0.02.

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Dec 13, 2019, 12:04 pm

#876

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Originally Posted by LAX_AUS_DL_FLYER

I'm curious too. The 1993 BF-style upholstery was actually debuted between 2007-2009 on the 757, so the diamond configuration is quite old by now. Before that, they had a lounger "near lie-flat" seat in F and overhead LCDs in Y. There were even some 757 that had some pretty beat up Y interiors as late as 2007 before reconfiguration to AVOD screens for TATL use. Yet at the time, they were using them for TATL use with no AVOD. It was the same seat that NW used on the TATL 757 I think. It was narrow and might've been more comfortable to what they installed in it's place with AVOD but can't remember.

From what I understood, the 757s used the same BF seats as the DC-10s; not sure if it was a situation where they were seats pulled off of DC-10s as they were retired, or the same style/model. I should note that early first-gen BF seats did not have adjustable headrests and that style of seat was also on the original International 757 fleets (before the 2007-2009 conversion of all the 757s to get BF) although I'm not sure if the headrests ever made it to the DC-10s. Other than the crappy foot rest/bar,I found the 757 lounge BF seat to be more comfortable than the 767s and the early 777 seats; either they were broken in or used a better type of padding. Eventually the 777s went to an angled near-flat design before getting the diamond seats. NW 757s used a similar Recaro seat to what DL and VX had installed, whereas I think CO used B/E.

I was really glad that UA finally went to a new cabin/interior design; the CO design looked incredibly dated and actually it was supposed to be a design that Eastern was going to use before they went under. The fact that UA was receiving new aircraft deliveries with no attempt to update or change really was one of hallmarks of the Smisek-era and the copy/paste mentality that permeated Smith St HQS. Yes I realize interior designs and materials are done well in advance of deliveries, it still cheapened the product. Everything post-merger up, until the point that Smisek was shown the door, came off as a cheap CO dba UA lets just slap a sticker on it and CO was the best so we will do it that way. Yes I was a CO fanboy for a while, but once I saw a different side of things even before the merger, I realized that every change in leadership took the same Go Forward Plan/Gordon did it this way attitude and recycled it year over year.

Dec 13, 2019, 12:31 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by qukslvr619

Yes, I believe the seats were stored after the DC-10s were retired and eventually parted out, so they were somewhat broken in. The adjustable headrests were added to BF in most of the DC-10s in the late 90s. I agree that these were more comfortable than the 767 BF seats that persisted well into the merger era.

The 777 angled seats were similar to the NW WBC seats, minus the hard shell that made the NW seats look like eggs from behind.. The CO 777 BF angle-flat was closer to the KLM seat of the era. This was a Koito seat, IIRC, and was pretty cheaply-made.

Dec 13, 2019, 2:16 pm

#878

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Quote:

Originally Posted by EWR764

That mod is planned for a number of A319/320 and 737-700/800/900, but hasn't started yet.

I was under the impression that 737s not fitted with Sky interior could not be refitted with the Sky bins. Is there a 3rd party bin they're going to for A320/737?

Dec 14, 2019, 7:57 am

#879

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319:
N843UA entered SFO 1549/13Dec, probably for 12F config

752:
N58101 exited MIA 2759/13Dec in new 16F/42E+/118Y configuration - 2nd complete

Dec 14, 2019, 8:16 am

#880

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I was under the impression that 737s not fitted with Sky interior could not be refitted with the Sky bins. Is there a 3rd party bin they're going to for A320/737?

BSI is available as a retrofit (I don’t know if any have been ordered) and there is also a 3rd party pivot bin kit. The early BSI ships can also be modified to the latest standard which will accept full size rollaboards on their side.

Dec 14, 2019, 8:54 am

#881

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Quote:

Originally Posted by EWR764

...... The overhead bin mods will be a longer-term project. Given the choice, personally, I want the larger F cabins first... I can wait for the bins since it's exceedingly rare that my carry-on doesn't make the cut.

.....

^

Exactly how I feel. Can't count the number of times I was #1 on upgrade list, particularly on 319 (not sure why this didn't happen with 320 - either got u/g or was way down the list), even back when I was 1K flying leisure routes at non peak times

Quote:

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Wow, didn't think it was even possible to make bins that accept rollons sideways

Dec 14, 2019, 11:08 am

#882

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Wow, didn't think it was even possible to make bins that accept rollons sideways

Yep. The bins are taller, so they occupy more vertical space (lower PSU height) and are lower to the ground when open. Boeing calls it the "SpaceBin". UA has about a dozen of so 738/9 with SpaceBins (post-2016 deliveries), and of course on all 737MAX parked in the desert and around the Seattle metro area...

Dec 14, 2019, 11:32 am

#883

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Wow, didn't think it was even possible to make bins that accept rollons sideways

Most people don't bother to actually do it and flight attendants often flip them down onto their backs

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Dec 14, 2019, 12:18 pm

#884

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Has anyone flown the 319v3?

My wife and I always try and get seat 7A or 7F as we like windows as well as the generous leg room and under seat storage (under last row of 1st class). My wife recently flew in 7F and complained that the bulkhead was super close and curved and that the opening between the bulkhead and the floor was tiny and she could only put her purse under (not her usual backpack).

I didn't check to see what aircraft she was on, but I'm beginning to wonder if it was a new 319? If so row 7 went from the best seat outside of 1st to possibly the worst E+. Will have to pay close attention when booking if this is the case.

Dec 14, 2019, 1:33 pm

#885

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Interesting - had an itinerary change that now shows UA operating the 78J out of ORD (on ORD-BRU, specifically) in middle of next year. Perhaps UA is going to station some of these birds there as well, since they are opening a 787 base in ORD?

Either way, it's a huge upgrade from the old 8-across sUA 772 that was there previously (at least traveling up front). Arguably worse for folks in the back.