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    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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