UNCONFIRMED Flight Schedules of United's New Cabin 777 Aircraft (2011)
Dec 22, 2011, 1:51 pm
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think there's ONE way to know ahead of time - if you are on the RETURN leg of a long-haul, then it's a good chance that whatever configuration departed on the outbound will be returning on the next one, no? So if you're, say, on ORD-NRT and it's a new config that departs, it'll be coming back the following day, so you have about a 14 hour heads up. Fair rule of thumb?
Dec 22, 2011, 3:30 pm
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think there's ONE way to know ahead of time - if you are on the RETURN leg of a long-haul, then it's a good chance that whatever configuration departed on the outbound will be returning on the next one, no? So if you're, say, on ORD-NRT and it's a new config that departs, it'll be coming back the following day, so you have about a 14 hour heads up. Fair rule of thumb?
Dec 22, 2011, 5:03 pm
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i would agree with that for the most part...but i think places that have a lot of long haul flights to different hubs on the same aircraft (say 777 NRT-LAX/ORD/SFO) could have a switch. if they all arrive or depart at the same time, then there could be a swap. but IAD-DXB-IAD would be the same plane.
Dec 22, 2011, 11:28 pm
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think there's ONE way to know ahead of time - if you are on the RETURN leg of a long-haul, then it's a good chance that whatever configuration departed on the outbound will be returning on the next one, no? So if you're, say, on ORD-NRT and it's a new config that departs, it'll be coming back the following day, so you have about a 14 hour heads up. Fair rule of thumb?
But if it's a station that only has one daily arrival/departure, like TPE, then yes, the aircraft that operated NRT-TPE should be the same one that operates the subsequent TPE-NRT.
Dec 23, 2011, 10:27 am
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This would make sense but, at LHR, UA generally seems to have a consistent turn (not necessarily back to the same hub). In other words, incoming from LAX might always return to SFO whereas incoming from SFO might always return to IAD even if arrival and departure times are similar. Of course, it's easy to figure out the pattern and extrapolate from there.
Dec 24, 2011, 9:57 am
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Looks like N219UA has finally "hatched." On flight aware it shows it's flying PEK-IAD on Monday!
Dec 24, 2011, 12:28 pm
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Oops, wrong flight. I should have been looking at UA898 which indeed does show NOT currently show an aircraft. N219UA was being converted in SFO right?
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Dec 24, 2011, 12:34 pm
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Dec 24, 2011, 1:57 pm
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Dec 24, 2011, 5:16 pm
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Hmm, so, who runs the Wiki, and when is it expected to come back (assuming that it is expected to come back) ?
Dec 24, 2011, 5:24 pm
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It would be nice if UA could guarantee a certain route would get the plane. I am for one, need to get to DXB next month, and i am semi reluctant to book, UA and I don't want the old seats
That said, even the seats on the 763 are narrow. The width of the 777 seats are about the same as coach seats. 77Q =United Slaveship™ , featuring the narrowest, flat bed seats anywhere.
That said, even the seats on the 763 are narrow. The width of the 777 seats are about the same as coach seats. 77Q =United Slaveship™ , featuring the narrowest, flat bed seats anywhere.
Dec 24, 2011, 9:39 pm
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Dec 25, 2011, 12:56 am
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It would be nice if UA could guarantee a certain route would get the plane. I am for one, need to get to DXB next month, and i am semi reluctant to book, UA and I don't want the old seats
That said, even the seats on the 763 are narrow. The width of the 777 seats are about the same as coach seats. 77Q =United Slaveship™ , featuring the narrowest, flat bed seats anywhere.
That said, even the seats on the 763 are narrow. The width of the 777 seats are about the same as coach seats. 77Q =United Slaveship™ , featuring the narrowest, flat bed seats anywhere.
Dec 25, 2011, 6:43 pm
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I'm flying ORD-PEK on 12/27 in C. The current flight map shows rows 6 - 10 as C. According to Seatguru this means it's a "new configuration".
Does this mean it's a the new lie flat C seats? Also, what kind of power outlets would it have?
Thanks folks. :-)
Does this mean it's a the new lie flat C seats? Also, what kind of power outlets would it have?
Thanks folks. :-)
Dec 25, 2011, 6:48 pm
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