Bunky

772:
N74007 sked to exit HKG 2700/1Mar with Polaris/PP
N77022 sked to enter HKG 2699/1Mar for Polaris/PP

UAinAUS

CR5:
N542GJ entered revenue service with GoJet
N165GJ has been re-registered as N544GJ. Entered revenue service with GoJet
26 total in service
N707EV (2002 build) ferried STL awaiting CR5 mods, will become N513GJ

usbusinesstraveller

N222UA now scheduled to exit HKG 1MAR. Seat map not confirmed but presumably with HD domestic.

Bunky

320:
N492UA exited AMA 2719/28Feb in EvoBlu livery

739:
N64844 exited INT 2749/27Feb with ViaSat WiFi.
Other units confirmed with ViaSat WFi at INT: 1/c 3839 through 3845 & 3883 thru 3886.
Units unconfirmed: 3887

772:
N222UA sked to exit HKG 2703/1Mar in Domestic config. On UA App shows 32BF seats, but E+/Y split doesn't match what was expected
N74007 sked to exit HKG 2700/1Mar with Polaris/PP

789:
N26966 entered VCV 2736/29Feb, touch up, but probably full EvoBlu repaint . Last paint 2016 at delivery
N26967 sked to exit VCV 2737/29Feb, touch up, but probably full EvoBlu repaint. Last paint 2016 at delivery

trust77

This plane is scheduled to be arriving into GUM today from HKG. Why is there another domestic configuration being introduced? Also, if UA was adding 32 seats in united first//business, why didn't they just use the Polaris seats which already fit 32 in the Polaris configured 772, vs using their old IPTE seats - why do we keep going back to old seats? I dont understand. From the UA App and thinking about the current domestic 772 config, they would have to remove the galley slightly forward of door 2 in order to add four more seats in united first/business. Does that mean there is a bulkhead then either behind row 4, or forward of row 16?

Bunky

The reason is need, cost and space. The 772ERs have the range to eliminate weight restrictions on ORD-HNL/OGG, potentially use on East Coast HNL and free up 4 772A units to increase Domestic 772 service.

The 772ERs have the lav behind Door 2 instead of in front of Door 2, thus 4 more BF seats fit. That drops Y by 4 total seats. As for the IPTE seats, they can fit more seats than than the Diamond seats and a lot more than Polaris seats. The Diamond seats would have been nice and really nice if they could be placed on the 772A, but that requires an STC, down time, would lose seat count and, with these aircraft having a few years left, too expense. If only on the 772ER,s Diamond seats would have UA offering 3 seats at the front of widebody aircraft and lose 2, to 6 seats.

It is assumed these aircraft will fly ORD-HNL/OGG and potentially EWR-HNL, so there will be a small aircraft rotation. But, its impossible to route 4 aircraft without down time and redeyes don't provide down time, so the routing could vary by day of the week, float a unit, have a short day or include HNL-GUM, which has a long layover. For sure UA will float the first unit or 2 and probably adjust from standard 772A seat maps a couple days out when they are scheduled.

Bunky

752:
N19141 exited MIA 2760/29Feb in 16/160 config.

763:
N659UA exited ILN maint 2764/1Mar

789:
N15969 confirmed into XMN 2690/28Feb for Polaris/PP

Irish93DCA

How many of the 757's are in the 16/160 configuration? I'm taking IAD-LHR morning flight in 3 weeks, just wondering how many are floating through the system now.

ORDnHKG

Are they going to put a new fleet code just to these 4 birds other than 77G and 77M ? Or continue to use the old 77Q ?

I would think these 4 birds have more than a few years left since they are 6 years younger than 77M, maybe potentially replace the 3 originally XC 23xx first ? Since those are really only have a few years left before they reach 30 years old.

prometa

Per the fleet site, UA has 7 772 mod lines open but only 4 non-Polaris birds still flying.

do we know what will happen to these lines once 772 conversions are finished? Will they shift to other aircraft?

Bunky

Correct, there are seven 772 mod lines, 4 772GE in HKG, 1 772GE in XMN, 1 772PW in XMN plus the 1 772PW going Domestic.

There are also two 763 mod lines in HKG and three 787 mod lines at XMN. I've assumed that they would switch over to 763s and 787s -

Summerized estimates on this page. https://sites.google.com/site/united...s-mod-schedule
Note: this is not company information, rather only a guess of how the remaining non-Polaris aircraft will be converted and there are 23 more 789s not in the estimate. One could assume all 11 lines go 789, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens or is announced.

EWR764

I don't think the Diamond loses seat count over the IPTE... at the time the domestic ships were first modded, there weren't any surplus Diamond 777 seats available.

uastarflyer

8 v 6 across? IPTE seems more densely packed. Current Polaris also more dense than CO BF.

hirohito888

Wouldn't IPTE and pmCO seats be similar? If you look at current 777HD they have 28J 2-4-2 J seats between doors 1 and 2 along with 2 lavs. Looking at pmCO 772, they have 26J 2-2-2 between doors 1 and 2 along with 3 lavs. So if you take out the forward lav and that back closet, you could fit 28J with pmCO seats.

Comparing other carriers who have the same seats: KL 772 has 28J with 1 lav and SU (Aeroflot) 77W has 30J between doors 1 and 2 and no lavs.

EWR764

It's not that simple. You need to look at how many seats will fit in a given space, because there is overlap, rather than simply counting seats across. On the 777, IPTE and Diamond are of similar density, thought I think IPTE would allow a few more seats in a similar space.

Current Polaris is slightly less dense than the Diamond/IPTE configuration.