UA-Schedule changes
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UA publishes a schedule for 330 days in advance (called Beginning of Schedule) and in the past would make tweaks quarterly and things would be fairly settles 3-4 months out. Updates would occur Friday evening / Saturday morning (Chicago time). Routine additions could occur anytime.
Present updates are every Friday and sometimes mid-week usually focused on the next month and farther out. 20 Oct 2021
Originally Posted by EWR764
In the earnings call today, UA noted that has been transitioning back to its 'normal' (pre-pandemic) 90-day schedule load process, which should be complete in the very near future.
Examples (Major updates) The October 2020 schedule was updated 4-5 September 2020 The November 2020 schedule was updated 2-3 October 2020 The December 2020 schedule was updated 30-31 October 2020 Holidays can move the major date a week earlier or later. Weekly updates are still generally done over night Friday-Saturday (Chicago) UA does not publish a summary of most schedule changes but a variety of sources below do and summaries / links of those sources can be found in this thread & wiki. Always crosscheck with UA's Travel Notices , Coronavirus (COVID-19) travel waivers and information, www.united.com/coronavirus as the situation is dynamic Other Resources and Statistics
Archive: COVID19 UA-Schedule {Archive} 
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Mar 19, 22, 11:05 am
#91
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Originally Posted by JimInOhio
UA just eliminated the early morning EWR-CLE flight which creates a 5 1/2 hour layover coming off my overnight flight (early May). At some point, schedule stability matters to passengers but it increasingly feels like UA isn't valuing this.
Mar 19, 22, 11:09 am
#92
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
On the flip side - if they don't have the passenger demand - it isn't impacting a lot of passengers.
Mar 19, 22, 7:31 pm
#94
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Originally Posted by trk1
The 3/27 to 5/4 schedule has the early EWR to Cleremoved. From 5/5 the 6:50am flight resumes.
Mar 24, 22, 12:03 pm
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Not sure when this happened, but this morning I noticed a number of east coast TATL upgauges from 781 to 77W this summer (I checked random dates in mid-July and early September):
EWR-FRA (second flight on a 76L)
EWR-CDG (new second flight added on a 763--has this been reported previously?)
EWR-BRU
IAD-FRA (second flight on a 772)
Consequently EWR-LIS and EWR-ATH see an upgauge from 763/764 to 781. I didn't search every last route, but I wonder where else they're planning to redeploy the 781? Accounting for the EWR-LIS and EWR-ATH flights, there should be two additional 781 frames freed up from the upgauges listed above.
EWR-FRA (second flight on a 76L)
EWR-CDG (new second flight added on a 763--has this been reported previously?)
EWR-BRU
IAD-FRA (second flight on a 772)
Consequently EWR-LIS and EWR-ATH see an upgauge from 763/764 to 781. I didn't search every last route, but I wonder where else they're planning to redeploy the 781? Accounting for the EWR-LIS and EWR-ATH flights, there should be two additional 781 frames freed up from the upgauges listed above.
Mar 24, 22, 1:58 pm
#96
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Seems the changes were loaded last night. Had EF alerts set, woke up this morning to see my FRA-IAD upgauged to 77W (orig 781). Personally am thrilled, at least now there’s a chance of having Ch 9.
Found it slightly odd though, as the economy cabin was still wide open (biz maybe half full). Didn’t seem to warrant an upgauge for a flight slightly more than 60 days out. Nevertheless, hope it sticks.
Found it slightly odd though, as the economy cabin was still wide open (biz maybe half full). Didn’t seem to warrant an upgauge for a flight slightly more than 60 days out. Nevertheless, hope it sticks.
Mar 25, 22, 6:45 pm
#97
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I don't know if these are changes from Wednesday night or from this evening, but I got two uglies this week:
- My EWR-OGG non-stop flight in about 5 weeks got pulled. I was placed on EWR-DEN-OGG (DEN-OGG on some sort of 8 across Polaris setup). Changed that to go via ORD instead.
- ANC-EWR red-eye this summer changed from 752 with lie-flats to a 7M8
I figure there will be more changes to the ANC flight but was quite saddened to see the rather close-in cut of the OGG non-stop.
- My EWR-OGG non-stop flight in about 5 weeks got pulled. I was placed on EWR-DEN-OGG (DEN-OGG on some sort of 8 across Polaris setup). Changed that to go via ORD instead.
- ANC-EWR red-eye this summer changed from 752 with lie-flats to a 7M8
I figure there will be more changes to the ANC flight but was quite saddened to see the rather close-in cut of the OGG non-stop.
Mar 26, 22, 10:04 pm
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Did some further inspection of the PS transcons and noticed something weird. UA seems to have loaded a "real" schedule with an array of widebodies plus the occasional 752 until 6/24, and again starting 8/1, resembling what they've operated throughout the pandemic. Between 6/24 and 8/1, however, they still have the placeholder schedule loaded, with the occasional 781 or 772HD and an army of almost-hourly 752s at other times (LAX-EWR has them at quarter past the hour, SFO-EWR at half past).
Have they really decided what they'll preliminarily be flying in August but not in July?
Have they really decided what they'll preliminarily be flying in August but not in July?
Mar 29, 22, 4:12 pm
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Originally Posted by dkc192
Some domestic schedule changes for May just got loaded. Many Polaris-equipped 772s just got swapped for HD 772s on PS transcons, more so on EWR-LAX than on EWR-SFO.
Mar 30, 22, 6:43 am
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Not sure if this is the right thread, but it's about aircraft type assigned to specific routes this summer.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
Mar 30, 22, 9:52 am
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Originally Posted by NYC2SGN
Not sure if this is the right thread, but it's about aircraft type assigned to specific routes this summer.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
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Mar 30, 22, 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by ty97
I don't know if these are changes from Wednesday night or from this evening, but I got two uglies this week:
- My EWR-OGG non-stop flight in about 5 weeks got pulled. I was placed on EWR-DEN-OGG (DEN-OGG on some sort of 8 across Polaris setup). Changed that to go via ORD instead.
- ANC-EWR red-eye this summer changed from 752 with lie-flats to a 7M8
I figure there will be more changes to the ANC flight but was quite saddened to see the rather close-in cut of the OGG non-stop.
- My EWR-OGG non-stop flight in about 5 weeks got pulled. I was placed on EWR-DEN-OGG (DEN-OGG on some sort of 8 across Polaris setup). Changed that to go via ORD instead.
- ANC-EWR red-eye this summer changed from 752 with lie-flats to a 7M8
I figure there will be more changes to the ANC flight but was quite saddened to see the rather close-in cut of the OGG non-stop.
Mar 30, 22, 7:18 pm
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Originally Posted by NYC2SGN
Not sure if this is the right thread, but it's about aircraft type assigned to specific routes this summer.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
And these can change. the first morning SFO-ORD (~7am, but I think its been closer to 6:30 in the last few months) used to be a Polaris 772, but went to a 739 a little earlier this year. I think when I saw that, they actually added an earlier one also ~5:30, also on a narrow body.
Mar 30, 22, 7:54 pm
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Originally Posted by NYC2SGN
Not sure if this is the right thread, but it's about aircraft type assigned to specific routes this summer.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
I've been looking at UA2435's limited history for the past two weeks, and it looks like the route has been flown by a variety of widebodies (788, 789, 766, 77W). I'm assuming that would be the case year round, since IAD-SFO is a hub-hub flight. But when I look at the schedule starting from 5/5 onward it becomes a narrowbody. I know it's too far out to know what will end up flying that route (seems like it could end up with any aircraft capable of flying that distance), but does anyone have insight into flying IAD-SFO over the summer? I would assume they'd have widebodies on these flights --unless they need larger aircraft for other routes.
That being said, a quick poke at one day in June 2022 shows those flights and others now infected with 753s - or worse.
If flying a widebody across the continental US is so important, get on one to EWR and then connect into IAD or DCA and vice versa for the return.
David
p.s. did spot at least one widebody on IAD-LAX for 07/22/22 - but that's a 772HD.
