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Old May 12, 2020, 2:04 pm
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Widebody Schedule May 5-11-20
cargo-only flights are listed

12 May 2020
Originally Posted by EWR764
UA cargo-only service for May listed by hub with return flights mostly deleted (cargo-only sections in 27XX/28XX flight number range):

EWR-BOM 2830 77W 3x
EWR-FRA 2798 77W/787 3x
EWR-SFO 2730 77W 1x

GUM-LAX 2797 77W/787 Daily (operating PVG-LAX-GUM)
GUM-PVG 2778 77W Daily
GUM-SFO 2849 77W 3x (operating TPE-GUM-SFO)
GUM-TPE 2847 77W 3x

HKG-SIN 2861 77W/787 3x

IAD-BRU 2792 787 3x
IAD-DUB 2816 787 3x
IAD-NRT 2863 787 Daily
IAD-SJU 2810 77W 1x

IAH-AMS 2786 77W 2x
IAH-FRA 2788 77W 3x
IAH-SCL 2790 787 2x

LAX-FRA 2796 77W 3x
LAX-GUM 2765 77W Daily (operating LAX-GUM-PVG)
LAX-HKG 2852 77W Daily
LAX-HKG 2774 77W Daily
LAX-LHR 2800 787 2x
LAX-SYD 2812 787 4x

NRT-CTU 2801 787 Daily
NRT-PEK 2845 787 Daily
NRT-PEK 2822 787 Daily
NRT-PEK 2836 787 4x
NRT-PVG 2808 787 Daily
NRT-PVG 2850 787 Daily

ORD-AMS 2810 787 2x
ORD-BRU 2841 787 Daily
ORD-FRA 2776 77W 3x
ORD-HKG 2865 77W Daily
ORD-LHR 2806 787 2x
ORD-NRT 2820 787 Daily
ORD-NRT 2821 787 Daily
ORD-SFO 2853 77W 1x
ORD-ZRH 2782 787 3x

SFO-AMS 2768 77W 3x
SFO-FRA 2780 77W 2x
SFO-GUM 2846 77W 3x
SFO-HKG 2861 77W/787 3x
SFO-ICN 2832 787 3x
SFO-MEL 2854 1x
SFO-NRT 2826 787 Daily
SFO-NRT 2834 787 Daily
SFO-NRT 2835 787 4x
SFO-SYD 2812 787 3x

All 777 flights are 77W, 787s are EQV, all series, but mostly 789.

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Old Apr 15, 2020, 10:25 am
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I guess I'm not familiar with how flight crew meals are catered on flights with no cabin crew. Do they use the galley equipment to heat their own food? Or just sandwiches / other cold meals?
I saw a documentary about LH's longhaul cargo operations which showed the FO preparing and serving the meals.
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Old Apr 15, 2020, 12:22 pm
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Originally Posted by threeoh
I guess I'm not familiar with how flight crew meals are catered on flights with no cabin crew. Do they use the galley equipment to heat their own food? Or just sandwiches / other cold meals?
Same food. Just heat in the oven like the F/A would have done.

These are long haul flights so there are at least three pilots on board.
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Old Apr 15, 2020, 10:08 pm
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strange UA flights right now
Was just looking at FR24 and filtered down to UA flights. I found some really weird flights operating as of the time of this post.
1. UA2772 / UA2808 from NRT-PVG. Why would two almost totally empty 777s be flying this route within an hour of each other?
2. UA2796 NRT-TPE
3. UA2738 CHS-DFW. both non nub cities for UA

im sure there are probably more. But I was just curious about these flights.
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Old Apr 15, 2020, 10:16 pm
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Cargo and shipments
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Old Apr 15, 2020, 10:36 pm
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Cargo and shipments
Of the non-self loading variety.

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Old Apr 16, 2020, 12:03 am
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AC is retrofitting 3 77Ws: https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...s/gallery.html

https://aircanada.mediaroom.com/2020...ecessary-Cargo
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See postings in this thread from earlier today (04/15/20).

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Old Apr 16, 2020, 9:11 am
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Originally Posted by david_oz
Was just looking at FR24 and filtered down to UA flights. I found some really weird flights operating as of the time of this post.
1. UA2772 / UA2808 from NRT-PVG. Why would two almost totally empty 777s be flying this route within an hour of each other?
2. UA2796 NRT-TPE
3. UA2738 CHS-DFW. both non nub cities for UA

im sure there are probably more. But I was just curious about these flights.
you can't look at the seat map as its not a pax flight, this is for cargo.
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Old Apr 17, 2020, 12:37 am
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UA ran four 320s ORD-BOS today at 20 minute intervals from 0930 to 1050: 2752-2755. Here's the seat map for 2752, and FlightAware track. Who knows why. It doesn't look like any of the aircraft have departed BOS. UA isn't flying much there right now.
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Old Apr 17, 2020, 12:44 am
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Originally Posted by vitira
UA ran four 320s ORD-BOS today at 20 minute intervals from 0930 to 1050: 2752-2755. .....
All were
D FCF/FERRY FLIGHT NO REVENUE CUSTOMERS
Could have had some cargo, but maybe for parking

There was a recent AD on 320 but it affected just 11 A320 worldwide and unclear if any were UA's. And BOS would be an odd airport to handled that.
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Old Apr 17, 2020, 4:38 am
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Originally Posted by vitira
UA ran four 320s ORD-BOS today at 20 minute intervals from 0930 to 1050: 2752-2755. Here's the seat map for 2752, and FlightAware track. Who knows why. It doesn't look like any of the aircraft have departed BOS. UA isn't flying much there right now.
Some might be storage. Over the past few days you would think MCI is a Delta hub. Bet they brought in 75+ planes

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Old Apr 17, 2020, 12:55 pm
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
Could have had some cargo, but maybe for parking
I don't think it was cargo. You can't have any cargo on a ferry flight. If there was, the remark in the FLIFO is wrong.
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Old Apr 18, 2020, 1:51 pm
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Just checked UA2789 FRA to IAH. Totally empty. Flying every other day or every third day
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Old Apr 18, 2020, 10:53 pm
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Just checked UA2789 FRA to IAH. Totally empty. Flying every other day or every third day
D FCF/**FERRY FLIGHT...NO REV PSGRS...NOC**
The return portion of UA 2788

D FCF/** FERRY CARGO FLIGHT NO REVENUE PAX **
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Old Apr 20, 2020, 3:26 pm
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Anyone know what flight 2774 from LAX - HKG is for? I see it flying overhead daily right after takeoff, but it's non-bookable, although shows in UA flight status. From gate 77 in LAX.
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