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United Airlines presents historical order to buy up to 200 new planes Boeing 787 and 100 additional 737 MAX. Press photo United
United Airlines today announced the largest widebody order placed by a US airline in the history of commercial aviation.: 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliner with options to buy 100 plus. This historic purchase is the next chapter in the ambitious United Next plan and will reinforce the airline's leadership role in global travel for years to come..
United expects to receive the new wide-body aircraft between 2024 and 2032, and you can choose between the models 787-8, 9 O 10, providing flexibility to support a wide range of routes.
United also exercised options to buy 44 planes Boeing 737 MAX for delivery between 2024 and 2026, according to the United Next capacity plan 2026, and ordered 56 more MAX aircraft for delivery between 2027 and 2028.
The airline now expects to receive around 700 new wide-body and narrow-body aircraft for the purpose of 2032, including an average of more than two per week in 2023 and more than three per week in 2024.
What's more, United continues its unprecedented effort to upgrade its existing fleet interiors. more than 90% of the airline's international widebody aircraft now feature the United Polaris® business class seat, as well as United Premium Plus® seats; updates for the rest of the aircraft will be completed by the summer of 2023. United will also modernize the 100 % of its narrow-body mainline aircraft with its distinctive interior: it is expected that around 100 planes are completed in 2023 and the remainder are expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
It is expected that approximately 100 aircraft of the new wide-body order will replace the aircraft Boeing 767 and Boeing 777 oldest, with all the planes 767 retired from the United fleet for 2030, which will result in an expected reduction of up to a 25% in carbon emissions per seat for new aircraft. compared to the older aircraft they are expected to replace.
The firm order of aircraft 787 addresses United's current widebody replacement needs for the next decade: its maintenance and economy fuel consumption greatly improved will boost United's efforts to improve its overall cost profile. In association with Boeing, this order also helps United maintain flexibility with the timing of widebody recalls.
At the same time, the options of the 787 allow United to continue to expand its global network and would help maintain the airline's industry-leading margins on international flights between US carriers.
Options exercised for aircraft MAX are consistent with the ability to 2026 and two margin targets associated with the United Next plan. United has also begun building the order book for 2027 and beyond with the firm request of 56 additional MAX aircraft.
With this historic and huge order, the airline plans to hire more than 10 thousand pilots, 7 thousand maintenance technicians and 18 thousand new cabin crew.
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JIMMY
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