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United Airlines Fleet Updates [2019 Edition]

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:

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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)

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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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United Airlines Fleet Updates [2019 Edition]

Old Dec 31, 2018, 6:37 am
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United Airlines Fleet Updates [2019 Edition]

Happy New Year!!

Picking up from the 2018 thread United Airlines Fleet Updates [2019 Edition]

In 2018:
4x 77Ws delivered
4x 789s delivered
3x 78Js delivered (all with Polaris and PP seats)
3x ex-HA 763s delivered
753 slimline and new F cabin mostly completed
752 scimitar program completed and new Y seats covers underway
9x 7M9s delivered
73G slimline and new F cabin completed
77W PP modification underway
77E Polaris/PP modification underway
763 Polaris and Polaris/PP mods underway

4 50-seaters were removed from service (all ER4s)
64 50-seaters were added to UAX service (9 ER4s and 55 CR2s)
13 37-seaters were removed from service (3x E35s, 7x Q200s, 3x ATR-42s)
1x 76-seat E175 was delivered
1x CR7 removed from service

Jan 2019 United Fleet & 2019 Outlook:

A319 fleet: 68 total - all have new F seats, anticipate 7 more used frames from China Southern in 2019

A320 fleet: 99 total - all have new F seats, no changes expected

73G fleet: 40 total (2 in Guam service) - all have scimitars, slimline seats, and new First seats

738 fleet: 141 total (5 in Guam service) - all have scimitars and slimline seats

739 fleet: 148 total - all have scimitars and slimline seats

7M9 fleet: 9 total, all entered 2018, all have slimlines and new F seats, expect deliveries to increase in 2019

752 fleet: 56 total - scimitars on all except 15 sUA units, new Y seat covers mostly completed, no changes expected

753 fleet: 21 total - slimline/new F seats in progress. All to be complete early 2019 with PDE entertainment only

763 fleet: 38 total - 14 with Polaris (one still in mod), 17 to get high-J Polaris/PP, 7 to stay in current config

764 fleet: 16 total - crew rest modification complete, no other changes anticipated this year, last fleet to get Polaris mod

772 fleet: 19 total - domestic config, no changes anticipated

77E fleet: 55 total - 13 in Polaris/PP configuration, mods continue in 2019

77W fleet: 18 total - all Polaris, 7 with PP, PP mods continue in 2019

788 fleet: 12 total - Polaris/PP modification to begin in 2019

789 fleet: 25 total - Polaris/PP modification to begin in 2019

78J fleet: 3 total - all with Polaris and PP, 6 more deliveries in 2019

CRJ-200 fleet: 160 Total (62 Air Wisconsin, 84 Skywest, 14 ExpressJet) plus 14 floaters - ExpressJet Fleet to add 6 more frames, Skywest may add a few more as it shifts its floater fleet

CRJ-700 fleet: 64 total (19 Skywest, 20 Mesa, 25 GoJet) - 25 to be retired to make room for more E175s

E170 fleet: 38 total (all Republic) - no changes anticipated

E175 fleet: 153 total (65 Skywest, 60 Mesa, 28 Republic) - 25 more expected in 2019 to go to ExpressJet

ERJ-145 fleet: 175 total (105 ExpressJet, 39 TransStates, 31 CommutAir) plus 5 floaters - expect more to transition from ExpressJet to CommutAir in 2019

** note some of these fleet numbers differ from the UA fleet plan because I have included all frames where UA does not include pro-rate contract planes

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Old Dec 31, 2018, 1:49 pm
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753:
N57870 sked to exit SAT 2737/31Dec with slimline seats
This confirms SAT is doing slimlines and N74856 will get slimlines.
Result is all in service 753s now have slimlines with last 3 non-slimlines in mod.

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Old Dec 31, 2018, 4:01 pm
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Shaheen Air A319 Update

The following aircraft have all been registered to UA, FAA has all of the serial number information, etc. making this as official as it can be without a formal communication from UA. Change in ownership looks to have taken place between AerCap and UA at GYR. All have the IAE V2524-A5 Engines

Tail Num:.....Mfr SN:.....Mfr Yr:.....FAA Registration:
N4866U.......2404.........2005........Link
N5867U.......2631.........2005........Link
N4868U.......2655.........2005........Link
N4869U.......2738.........2006........Link

We likely won't see anything formal from UA on these 4 until the Q4/FY18 earnings call sometime in February. AP-BNK and the 7 A320s appear to still be in play.

The China Southern A319s appear to all still be in service except for B-6018 which has not flown in a month. It's either in the shop for heavy maint or exit prep.

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Any word of the NGS mods for the 752s? Thought those needed to be done soon.
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Glad to see CRJ-700s getting replaced with E175s. Definitely my favorite RJ.
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N12003 sked first revenue flight 980/2Jan IAD-DEN
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Originally Posted by jm0933
Glad to see CRJ-700s getting replaced with E175s. Definitely my favorite RJ.
Favorite plane for anyone with status who pays for coach IMHO @:-)

FC seat ratio much better than any other plane, especially A319.

Not related to UA other than their planes don't have an oven, but AS versions (Horizon and SkyWest) do, so you can even get a hot meal ^
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Aren't the new E175s supposed to have 69 or 70 seats instead of 76?

What will the seat layout be on these?
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Originally Posted by EmailKid
FC seat ratio much better than any other plane, especially A319.
Hey, I got an upgrade on a A319 once as a non-rev AND there was another FC seat that stayed empty! I was shocked, my own self.

Was just a one-hour flight but it was nice, anyway.
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Originally Posted by rmadisonwi
Aren't the new E175s supposed to have 69 or 70 seats instead of 76?

What will the seat layout be on these?
70 seats. Seat layout has not been announced yet.
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78X:
N12003 sked first revenue flight 980/2Jan IAD-DEN
Iteresting. If you look at this flight online, the Aircraf Specifications list it as a 787-9, and the seat map labels it as a 787-8. But it correctly shows the Polaris seating.
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Any word of the NGS mods for the 752s? Thought those needed to be done soon.
I’ve been wondering this as well. I thought the NGS deadline was end of 2018. Was there an extension?

sUA 28J 757-200 to receive fuel tank mod, remain in fleet past 2018

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Other threads state that all UA 752 aircraft that are remaining in the fleet have all received the fuel tank mod.
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Originally Posted by GMoneyCO
70 seats. Seat layout has not been announced yet.
The 25 new E175s destined for a ExpressJet will be 12F/28E+/30Y

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Other threads state that all UA 752 aircraft that are remaining in the fleet have all received the fuel tank mod.
All 56 752s have the NGS fuel tank mod complete. Not going anywhere soon.
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Other threads state that all UA 752 aircraft that are remaining in the fleet have all received the fuel tank mod.
Got it. I don't remember seeing specific posts about this in last year's Fleet Update thread - guess it must have been (very) minor and not taken birds out of service for much time at all?
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