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malgudi Oct 23, 2020 11:27 pm
Change in flight numbers (DEL-SFO)
 
Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but anybody know why they switched from UA 868 to 105 starting Jan 2021?

uastarflyer Oct 23, 2020 11:32 pm
Originally Posted by malgudi (Post 32769310)
Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but anybody know why they switched from UA 868 to 105 starting Jan 2021?
8xx were PMUA Asia flight #s (and 1/2). Too bad they aren’t keeping that scheme more consistently.

djmp Oct 24, 2020 12:29 pm
Switched back to UA105 I would say. That flight had been UA105 for a while, the detour into 8xx seems temporary?

malgudi Oct 24, 2020 3:19 pm
Originally Posted by djmp (Post 32770301)
Switched back to UA105 I would say. That flight had been UA105 for a while, the detour into 8xx seems temporary?
True, it was 105 when they launched.

wxguy Oct 24, 2020 7:11 pm
Originally Posted by djmp (Post 32770301)
Switched back to UA105 I would say. That flight had been UA105 for a while, the detour into 8xx seems temporary?
Even after the merger, the international flights' numbers retained PMCO and PMUA numbering, as the crews needed to stay on "their" planes until the contracts were merged. While that's not an issue now, I recall hearing that the PMCO and PMUA 777s are still segregated due to different parts and maintenance schedules. I wonder if the assigned 772 (GE vs PW) changed at the same time as the numbering, if so, perhaps that's the reason.

cesco.g Oct 24, 2020 10:38 pm
A mystery indeed e.g.
UA 900/901 SFO-FRA-SFO changed to UA 58/59 ??
UA 916/917 IAD-FRA-IAD changed to UA 988/989 ??

Some time ago I think UA 900 was SFO-LHR, why, how??
And IIRC, TATL eastbound were even, westbound odd flight numbers.

PTahCha Oct 25, 2020 12:29 am
Originally Posted by wxguy (Post 32770888)
Even after the merger, the international flights' numbers retained PMCO and PMUA numbering, as the crews needed to stay on "their" planes until the contracts were merged. While that's not an issue now, I recall hearing that the PMCO and PMUA 777s are still segregated due to different parts and maintenance schedules. I wonder if the assigned 772 (GE vs PW) changed at the same time as the numbering, if so, perhaps that's the reason.
Well, given the fact that plane substitution happens, sticking a flight number with a specific plane type (beyond the sUA/sCO scheduling issue) seems a bit excessive. All flights on this route from now through January are all on 787-9.

Perhaps they are reverting to PMCO flight numbering because of limited number of transoceanic flights?

DELee Oct 25, 2020 12:12 pm
Remaining Vestiges of Continental After the Merger With United?

David

ft4lyf Oct 29, 2020 4:59 am
UA 48 (EWR-BOM) is now UA 829; BOM-EWR is 830 (instead of 49).

I find it interesting that they changed the Newark outbound to an ODD number and Newark inbound to an EVEN number.

SPN Lifer Oct 29, 2020 10:17 am
Does it actually fly east or west?


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