21 June 2022 UA928 LHR-ORD operated by a 752
Jun 21, 2022, 4:47 pm
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21 June 2022 UA928 LHR-ORD operated by a 752
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 21, 2022, 6:22 pm
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The aircraft was a sub today. The 763 scheduled from EWR to LHR last night on the 11:00pm had mechanical issues. A 3 hour delay and an aircraft sub and then this aircraft continued to Chicago today. This was a sub and better than a cancel
Jun 21, 2022, 7:45 pm
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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.
Jun 21, 2022, 8:07 pm
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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.
You also aren’t getting hoodwinked by the “but would you rather they cancel?” nonsense.
Jun 21, 2022, 8:55 pm
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Jun 21, 2022, 10:26 pm
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Range for a 757-224 (N48127) is 3,915 nm (7,251 km) - United Boeing 757-224(WL) - Star Alliance Virtual
The route listed (LHR-ORD) is 6361km.
The route listed (LHR-ORD) is 6361km.