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June 4, 2008

United: Grounding the Big Planes (and more workers)

Filed under: Airplanes, United — Rick Seaney @ 9:09 am

United Airlines is taking about 70 of its biggest aircraft out of service, including a half-dozen of its 747’s, according to reports.

These jets are some of the least fuel-efficient planes in the carrier’s fleet; besides the 747’s, United will phase out more than 64 of its 737-300s.

Watch for a major reduction in routes and more job losses.

A story on Bloomberg quotes one analyst who’s not sure United is going about this reduction as well as it could:

Some of these capacity cuts are being done with the precision of a chainsaw.– Michael Boyd, airline analyst
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2 Comments »

  1. Rick, I think you meant “Michael” Boyd not “Malcom”

    Comment by Joe Rinaldi — June 4, 2008 @ 8:50 pm

  2. Correct, been posting alot, just a fat finger fixing now

    Comment by Rick Seaney — June 4, 2008 @ 11:31 pm

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