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United Airlines says using larger jets on 737 MAX routes is 'costing money'
United Airlines’ use of larger aircraft on routes previously flown by Boeing Co’s grounded 737 MAX jets is costing the carrier money in the short-term, the company’s President Scott Kirby said in a letter to employees on Tuesday. Chicago-based United, which owns 14 MAX jets and has dozens more on order, has been using its larger 777 or 787 aircraft to cover routes formerly flown by the suspended MAX planes, without being able to fill the extra last-minute seats. “Of course, we can’t keep this up… (www.reuters.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Sue the f*ck out of Boeing.
- So many opinions, so few facts. First, understand what were the planned UAL routes for their fleet of 737 MAX 9s BEFORE they became grounded. Planned MAX Routes were in two basic categories: A) West Coast cities to Hawaii. (SFO & LAX) and B) Houston IAH to Central America / Latin America. To operate these routes, UAL requires ETOPS rated aircraft with enough seats to accommodate the booked SLF. Thus, they trot out spare 777/787 for the operations & fly with lots of empty seats. Since I travel UAL from Newark, I would have preferred UAL to shift some aging 757-767 from EWR duty to cover the missing MAXes, & deploy 787 for the EWR to Europe routes operated with tattered 767s
awww poor United. Breaks my heart
Good for you Mike Wyss. They may be less fuel efficient, but my wife and I like the 767 because of its 232. Much better than the mile long 757 whic is basically the same aircraft. Air Canada shuttles 767 from Momtreal, Toronto, to Fort Lauderdale and it works.
What about 767s--United has tons of those & they are 2-3-2 so more pax friendly that 3-3-3 IMHO!!
Is American Airlines still grounding their 737 MAX ? Have they continued to cancel almost 100 flights a day? We are flying on Tuesday and are getting nervous.