Information/Discussion of the Seating Updates to UA's International 777 Fleet [2011]
Jan 25, 2012, 10:52 pm
#211
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N778UA has not flown for 6 days. Indication that this is the next plane with either N776UA or N220UA hatching soon?
Jan 27, 2012, 6:59 am
#213
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Is United Cargo still a good indicator? My flight LAX-NRT shows the old config on the seatmap since time of booking, but United Cargo indicates a new config. Also F class only has 2 seats taken on the seatmap but it has been F6 for a while. (Of course, people may not have selected seats.) Last year I took two roundtrips on this route with the new config.
The availability has also been bouncing back and forth. It showed Y0 for a day or two, went back to wide open, and now Y7, etc. Business also zeroed out D and Z when it was Y0, but is now back to C9D9Z9. About 15 seats on the seatmap.
The availability has also been bouncing back and forth. It showed Y0 for a day or two, went back to wide open, and now Y7, etc. Business also zeroed out D and Z when it was Y0, but is now back to C9D9Z9. About 15 seats on the seatmap.
Jan 27, 2012, 1:59 pm
#214
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Why have none of the "Pre-conversion XI, post-conversion XJ" aircraft yet been converted?
Jan 27, 2012, 8:49 pm
#215
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Jan 28, 2012, 11:20 pm
#216
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Jan 29, 2012, 12:10 am
#217
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Has anyone figured out how to update the wiki lately? If not, should we start a new table somewhere else?
Whoops, never mind, I see it's been updated finally -- hurrah!
Whoops, never mind, I see it's been updated finally -- hurrah!
Jan 29, 2012, 7:39 pm
#218
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XPs because they have crew rest (and in the five most recent conversions, pilot rest) facilities for the longest flights; XCs because they perform the bulk of the US east coast and midwest flights to Germany and Belgium (in other words, it's driven by operating/marketing considerations).
Jan 30, 2012, 9:31 am
#219
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Do all the 777s have the new First Suite? or are there some of the older versions still flying around?
Jan 30, 2012, 11:12 am
#220
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XPs because they have crew rest (and in the five most recent conversions, pilot rest) facilities for the longest flights; XCs because they perform the bulk of the US east coast and midwest flights to Germany and Belgium (in other words, it's driven by operating/marketing considerations).
Feb 8, 2012, 8:05 pm
#221
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Why did N218UA (Star Alliance 777) not get the new livery during conversion?
N218UA is the Star Alliance painted United 777 and it received the new cabins sometime last year. During all that downtime, how did it not receive the new globe Star Alliance scheme?
All it needed was just replacing the old tulip United name with the new globe UNITED name and paint the engines to gray. How was something that simple not done during the cabin conversion process???
Not complaining, just wondering as many of the other planes were getting livery repaints during cabin conversion...
All it needed was just replacing the old tulip United name with the new globe UNITED name and paint the engines to gray. How was something that simple not done during the cabin conversion process???
Not complaining, just wondering as many of the other planes were getting livery repaints during cabin conversion...
Feb 8, 2012, 8:26 pm
#222
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I believe that paint and interior conversions do not happen in the same place for PMUA ships. I believe conversions for PMUA ships happen in SFO and painting happens at IAH, MCO or OKC? I could definitely be wrong though. 
Feb 8, 2012, 8:38 pm
#223
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T7s get painted at VCV. But your point is right: interior mods and paint do not take place at the same place or the same time.
Feb 11, 2012, 6:22 am
#224
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Is ORD-FRA still done mostly on new-config 777s?
Feb 11, 2012, 10:15 am
#225
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