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United Goes Airframer 'Agnostic' On Future Orders
United Airlines no longer pledges allegiance to any particular airframer, despite a fleet and orderbook dominated by Boeing models. (www.flightglobal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I'd like to fly on a United A350.
And in that very same article UAL contradicts itself, by saying that they won't include any aircrafts from Embraer or Bombardier in its mainline fleet, leaving the regionals to pick up that slack. If the regionals are not included, as they are part of dba (doing business as), then UAL contradicts themselves by NOT including any talks with Embraer or Bombardier, or even Mitsubishi for its mainline fleet. Just saying "Boeing or Airbus" does not make them agnostic, unless they include all.
Their mainline fleet is served by aircraft with a higher capacity than what Bombardier and Embraer currently offer. I don't think UAL is contradicting itself due to the mainline qualification.
Um, not really. He doesn’t contradict himself. The article implies a contradiction by stating something he has previously said, but Kirby in fact says nothing contradictory.
Well they have purchased hundreds of E-175's for skywest
That proves my point: not for the mainline fleet. SKW operates for DAL, UAL, ASA, and AAL. None of those regional jets are in any of those airline's mainline fleet, especially regarding UAL. So they are only talking about Boeing and Airbus, and being agnostic would allow them to consider other airframers as well, yet they aren't. So are they truly being agnostic?
The Mesa 175s are corporate owned though. United owns them and has some sort of arrangement so that Mesa flies them.
I believe the SkyWest and Republic 175s are all owned by the regionals.
I believe the SkyWest and Republic 175s are all owned by the regionals.