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United Airlines swaps 10 Boeing Dreamliners for 777-300ER jets
(Reuters) - United Airlines said Thursday that it has swapped 10 orders of Boeing Co (BA.N) 787 Dreamliners for 10 larger 777-300ER jets, marking a victory for the plane manufacturer as it seeks to sell out the 777 planes before their production ends. The news follows months of speculation that Chicago-based United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N) would make the swap, which allows it to move aircraft on to different routes to better fit customer demand. (finance.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
So that's why they swapped instead of adding them and dumping something old to compensate then?
I guess it was a better fit for the routes they wanted to fly, but the list price for these planes was probably to high for what United wanted to pay, I guess Boeing came down a lot in price for these 77W. Nonetheless, I work for neither so I can't confirm anything
I think it's a smart move, the 773's can replace some of the 744's and the fleet will be more modern eventually when the 787's order fills-out and the A350's arrive UAL might be able to compete better with the Gulf airlines and all their fancy new planes.
It is crazy to think of just how much money everyone of those planes cost.
What domestic routes would they use 777 on I'm wondering?
My source of information is
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2015/03/11/boeing-tweaks-777-to-keep-line-running-until-777x.htm