21 June 2022 UA928 LHR-ORD operated by a 752
Jun 22, 2022, 4:54 am
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with LH flying a 744 on the route and likely going back to twice a day? No chance IMHO. If more flights out of BOS are being added it will be point to point and not to partner hub IMO. Maybe Paris, although another super competitive route.
Jun 22, 2022, 5:41 am
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Back in the mid-90s, our TWA 767 flight from LGW-STL was swapped for a 757. We had to make a fuel stop at ORD (just couldn't quite make it to STL). Bummer was that we were actually flying to ORD via STL but as an international flight they wouldn't let us off the plane while we refueled in Chicago.
Jun 22, 2022, 6:06 am
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Jun 22, 2022, 7:28 am
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I'd wager at least half the pax didn't even realize it. TATL is substantially a vacation crowd this year and no doubt that flight was populated with lots of families and young people coming home from, or going to, a holiday.
Operationally, this summer is off to a disastrous start and I sincerely doubt a LHR-ORD 757 downgauge will be the greatest travesty to be suffered by UA pax, unfortunately.
Operationally, this summer is off to a disastrous start and I sincerely doubt a LHR-ORD 757 downgauge will be the greatest travesty to be suffered by UA pax, unfortunately.
Jun 22, 2022, 7:30 am
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Jun 22, 2022, 7:48 am
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I seem to recall reading on FT that the 757 was the preferred aircraft when flying in Y. I actually prefer the 767. Pre Covid I regularly flew ORD-LHR on a 767 and found the exit row with 2 seats nice.
Jun 22, 2022, 8:15 am
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I get this reasoning and can sympathize a little with the current state of airline ops, but IMHO you only get to play this card a couple times before it gets old and you lose customer trust. First a 772HD on IAH-LHR, then another on IAD-MUC, and now this, all in the span of what, a month? 752s and 772HDs are not valid long-term spare aircraft for routes that are more-or-less Polaris guaranteed and sell PE.
And that's 3 flights out of how many flights that operated with their assigned aircraft?
Jun 22, 2022, 9:16 am
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https://www.flightradar24.com/UAL928/2c5615a7
Never seen a 752 on this route. Seems to be pushing the maximum range of this aircraft no?
How often do you see these aircraft with only 16 J seats operate ORD-LHR or even EWR-LHR (where this aircraft came from). For a popular route, I would think they would be using Polaris-equipped aircraft and leave the 752s for destinations like Porto, Keflavik, etc. without heavy business travel. Seatmap shows a pretty light load on this flight though.
Never seen a 752 on this route. Seems to be pushing the maximum range of this aircraft no?
How often do you see these aircraft with only 16 J seats operate ORD-LHR or even EWR-LHR (where this aircraft came from). For a popular route, I would think they would be using Polaris-equipped aircraft and leave the 752s for destinations like Porto, Keflavik, etc. without heavy business travel. Seatmap shows a pretty light load on this flight though.
Jun 22, 2022, 9:51 am
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This. The airlines are off to a disasterous summer start; I don’t think we’re going to see something on UA like the summer of hell from 2000; but I do think things are going to get worse for the flying public.