UA Flight Numbers and Numbering System
Apr 7, 2021, 11:00 am
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Just realized UA 867/868 SFO-DEL will change to UA 104/105 from July, everything else including time, DOW remains the same, any logic behind this? I believe they already mix UA/CO crew, as well as UA/CO flight numbers?
Update: SFO-BLR also will change from UA 824/825 to UA 152/153 from July.
ORD-DEL UA 898/899 -> UA 712/713
EWR-DEL: UA 801/802 -> UA 82/83
EWR-BOM: UA 829/830 -> UA 48/49
Update: SFO-BLR also will change from UA 824/825 to UA 152/153 from July.
ORD-DEL UA 898/899 -> UA 712/713
EWR-DEL: UA 801/802 -> UA 82/83
EWR-BOM: UA 829/830 -> UA 48/49
Apr 7, 2021, 11:14 am
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Just realized UA 867/868 SFO-DEL will change to UA 104/105 from July, everything else including time, DOW remains the same, any logic behind this? I believe they already mix UA/CO crew, as well as UA/CO flight numbers?
Update: SFO-BLR also will change from UA 824/825 to UA 152/153 from July.
ORD-DEL UA 898/899 -> UA 712/713
EWR-DEL: UA 801/802 -> UA 82/83
EWR-BOM: UA 829/830 -> UA 48/49
Update: SFO-BLR also will change from UA 824/825 to UA 152/153 from July.
ORD-DEL UA 898/899 -> UA 712/713
EWR-DEL: UA 801/802 -> UA 82/83
EWR-BOM: UA 829/830 -> UA 48/49
May 23, 2021, 4:30 pm
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Nevermind here too. Also redundant as well.
Last edited by MBS MillionMiler; May 23, 2021 at 8:05 pm Reason: Post moved from another thread.
May 23, 2021, 8:18 pm
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IAD-PDX and v.v. used to be UA228/UA229 for a while and then changed to UA250/UA251 until recently where it seems it's BOS- EWR and BOS-IAH... Interesting thread but it seems it would be safe to assume that there is a new numbering scheme.
May 23, 2021, 9:08 pm
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With all of the flight number and route shuffling UA has done over the years how many sub-3000 flight numbers has UA *not* used? in the past decade
A transposed digit and typo bit me while looking for the status of another flight on FlightAware left me staring at UA2950 LAX-LAS "Arrived over 23 years ago" https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2950
(Kind of impressive that FlightAware has data that old...)
A transposed digit and typo bit me while looking for the status of another flight on FlightAware left me staring at UA2950 LAX-LAS "Arrived over 23 years ago" https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2950
(Kind of impressive that FlightAware has data that old...)
Nov 21, 2021, 1:17 am
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New/Changed Flight Numbers
Flight number threads for current UA MP Forum , pre-merger CO, pre-merger UA: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...flight-numbers
David
Nov 21, 2021, 3:27 am
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Thread title and the actual question don’t sync.
UA Flight Numbers and Numbering System
New/Changed Flight Numbers
Flight number threads for current UA MP Forum , pre-merger CO, pre-merger UA: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...flight-numbers
David
New/Changed Flight Numbers
Flight number threads for current UA MP Forum , pre-merger CO, pre-merger UA: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...flight-numbers
David
Nov 21, 2021, 4:21 am
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When UA had RTW flights I think UA 1 went west (LAX-HKG-DEL-LHR-JFK) and UA 2 flew east in the opposite order. I think there was a segment between JFK and LAX but it was not consistently numbered 1 and 2 from memory. In 1999 the RTWs had been stopped and UA 1 ended HKG-BKK.
May 13, 2022, 4:28 am
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There seems to be none;:my working hypothesis is that except for "flagship" routes where manual intervention occurs scheduling's computer picks an unused number at random for mainline flights. I've seen the same city pair at the same time be a low 3-digit flight and a high 2xxx series flight within the span of a few months.