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United: Grounding the Big Planes (and more workers)

June 4, 2008 | Posted in: Airline News,United

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 Responses to “United: Grounding the Big Planes (and more workers)”

  1. Joe Rinaldi says:
    June 4, 2008 at 8:50 pm

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

  2. Rick Seaney says:
    June 4, 2008 at 11:31 pm

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

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