UA Temporarily Grounds Boeing 772 (PW Power); returning to service: late May 2022
Feb 25, 2021, 9:27 am
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Probably. I am hearing United is planning for the entire PW 777 fleet to be out of service for all of March, and potentially longer, depending on what the inspections reveal. HNL is always a key cargo market and is also seeing stronger pax demand than the rest of the system. For that reason I would expect to continue to see widebodies on DEN-HNL, and by virtue of the grounding of the domestic 777s, all will be in the international configuration.
"Each engine has 22 blades that must be removed individually and each will take eight hours to inspect, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson told Bloomberg TV on Wednesday.
That is the equivalent of 352 hours of work per plane, as each 777 has two engines. Boeing said 69 of the planes were in active service before Saturday’s incident, while 59 had been grounded amid low demand during the pandemic."
(emphasis mine)
Ouch.
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Feb 25, 2021, 9:36 am
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Feb 25, 2021, 9:51 am
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Overnight my 3/6 SFO-OGG was canceled and I got an email . Very odd no rebooking or anything?!
it was a Polaris 777 all along since I booked it last month , now I see a 767 Polaris at 710pm which is new on the schedule. Things seem very “fluid” at the moment
it was a Polaris 777 all along since I booked it last month , now I see a 767 Polaris at 710pm which is new on the schedule. Things seem very “fluid” at the moment
Feb 25, 2021, 10:14 am
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I see UA1273 (772) at 11:15 am and UA 749 (763) at 7:10 pm.
Feb 25, 2021, 10:18 am
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Feb 25, 2021, 10:52 am
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Feb 25, 2021, 11:16 am
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Some strange things appearing on the OGG-DEN schedule that lead me to believe the "musical planes" exercise to cover for the grounded HD 777s isn't finished yet.
For example, March 14 is currently showing and selling both a 772 in Polaris config *and* a 752 flight an hour later.
Perhaps the back end systems were tripped up by the beginning of Daylight Savings Time? Unless there's an orphaned aircraft that needs to get back to DEN, the current demand certainly doesn't require that many seats.
For example, March 14 is currently showing and selling both a 772 in Polaris config *and* a 752 flight an hour later.
Perhaps the back end systems were tripped up by the beginning of Daylight Savings Time? Unless there's an orphaned aircraft that needs to get back to DEN, the current demand certainly doesn't require that many seats.
Feb 25, 2021, 11:27 am
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They must not be coming to Honolulu - random spring dates I've looked show a lot of wide open flights and cheap prices. I can't see hotel occupancy getting above 50% anytime soon with the testing restrictions (running 20-25% currently)
Feb 25, 2021, 11:33 am
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Capacity is substantially lower than in years past, but load factors are comparatively higher than plenty of other markets in the system. The flights that operate, especially on peak tourist days, will be busy.
Feb 25, 2021, 12:23 pm
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Aircraft changes have hit the schedule for Hawaii flights for the spring break time period. SFO-HNL and v.v. - one of the flights changed from a HD 777 to a Polarized 777. Another flight changed to a 788, and it seems to vary by day. I wonder if this schedule is now stable for less than one month out, or if we'll see more changes.
Feb 25, 2021, 1:15 pm
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As we are still seeing daily changes, don't believe the word stable is yet applicable. Perhaps with a week of little change and than stable as stable is during these times allow.
Feb 25, 2021, 2:17 pm
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At least I will get a better lounge experience at IAD, courtesy of *G and/or Priority Pass.
Feb 25, 2021, 7:32 pm
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Feb 26, 2021, 2:37 pm
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Or the poster could have gotten cell service as some point in the descent. I remember many years ago, I had a two-way pager, which I forgot to turn off, on a flight into EWR it started going berserk about 5 minutes before touch down. Turns out we had a serious work issue and lots of people were trying to get ahold of me. Fortunately I had it on vibrate only, so nobody, but me was aware of it, but it buzzed all the way till we made it to the gate and had about 20 texts from several levels of management.