UA to operate 787 series out of ORD:
Aug 27, 2019, 9:19 am
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United To Start Flying 787s From ORD
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Just saw on Facebook that United is "introducing Dreamliner service from ORD, beginning in 2020".
Only a Facebook post dated about 20 mins ago, which I can't figure out how to link here. I looked for news story/press release, just nothing else posted yet, just the FB post.
My take: Yuck! While the video teased "Premium Plus" seating, my guess is that it will not be -10s flying, and as the 777s finish up, Chicago is back to being stuck with the non-Polaris hard product.
Just saw on Facebook that United is "introducing Dreamliner service from ORD, beginning in 2020".
Only a Facebook post dated about 20 mins ago, which I can't figure out how to link here. I looked for news story/press release, just nothing else posted yet, just the FB post.
My take: Yuck! While the video teased "Premium Plus" seating, my guess is that it will not be -10s flying, and as the 777s finish up, Chicago is back to being stuck with the non-Polaris hard product.
Aug 27, 2019, 9:21 am
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Mods, feel free to merge into other threads.
Just saw on Facebook that United is "introducing Dreamliner service from ORD, beginning in 2020".
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUn ited%2Fvideos%2F433504450704562%2F&show_text=0&wid th=476" width="476" height="476" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"
Not sure if the above link works. My apologies if it doesn't. I looked for a better one, like in a news story, just nothing else posted yet.
My take: Yuck! While the video teased "Premium Plus" seating, my guess is that it will not be -10s flying, and as the 777s finish up, Chicago is back to being stuck with older-generation seating.
Just saw on Facebook that United is "introducing Dreamliner service from ORD, beginning in 2020".
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUn ited%2Fvideos%2F433504450704562%2F&show_text=0&wid th=476" width="476" height="476" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"
Not sure if the above link works. My apologies if it doesn't. I looked for a better one, like in a news story, just nothing else posted yet.
My take: Yuck! While the video teased "Premium Plus" seating, my guess is that it will not be -10s flying, and as the 777s finish up, Chicago is back to being stuck with older-generation seating.
Aug 27, 2019, 9:29 am
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Well, at least hope that the 788s don't show up for a while. I think this will be a net negative for J seats from ORD, certainly a reduced percentage as compared to Y. Still don't like it.
Aug 27, 2019, 9:31 am
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Feel like it makes sense. Having the Dreamliners siloed off at different hubs for all these years hasn’t made a ton of sense. Maybe it means we see routes like LAX/SFO-SYD go back to a 772 once those retrofits are done.
Aug 27, 2019, 9:38 am
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Heck, we had an entire hangar built here at EWR for the Dreamliners (that's the one that got Jeffie-poo canned) - but only started flying the 787-10's here last year. Still no 788 or 789's.
edit: See here... Also spec'd out for the A350's (hahahaha!) https://holtcc.com/portfolio/united-...e-body-hangar/
Aug 27, 2019, 10:30 am
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Aug 27, 2019, 11:25 am
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This will enable UA offer SYD - ORD, internally codenamed "Project Sundown", after those flying in E- and suffering from DVT by the end of the journey. 
Aug 27, 2019, 11:36 am
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Aug 27, 2019, 12:02 pm
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Aug 27, 2019, 12:14 pm
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