[媒体名称] AviationWeek [新闻日期] 12/13/2022
[网址] https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/
united-orders-100-boeing-787s-revises-airbus-a350-delivery-schedule
美国联合航空向波音下订100架 787 (可弹性选择 -8/-9/-10 的数量) 加上100架
选择权.
45架 Airbus A359 订单数量暂不受影响 (交付日期从 2027 推迟到 2030). UA CFO
表示 A359 是不错的 777 替代选项.
这 100架 787 主要替换 767 和部分 777. UA 预计于 2030 前淘汰所有 767
[内文]
United Airlines has opted to order Boeing 787s to support a significant
portion of its widebody replacement program, but the airline's long-standing
order for Airbus A350s remains intact—for now.
The Chicago-based operator has ordered 100 787s and has options for 100 more.
Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2024 and continue through 2032. United
said it has the flexibility to choose among the 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10
variants.
It is not surprising United opted to stick with Boeing for the bulk of its
widebody replacement. The airline operates 61 787s—16 787-10s, nine 787-8s and
36 787-9s—according to Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery database.
Only All Nippon Airways, with 68, has more.
United still has 45 A350-900s on order stemming from a 2012 agreement for 25
that was revised in 2013 and then again in 2017.
During a conference call to discuss United’s future widebody fleet, the
airline's CFO Gerry Laderman said the company has entered into an agreement
with Airbus to modify the delivery schedule of the aircraft.
It is not the first time deliveries of those widebodies have been pushed back.
Laderman stated the A350 deliveries are not scheduled to start until 2030 and
added the Airbus widebody was a “really great option” as a 777 replacement.
“But given the age of a good chunk of our 777s, the ultimate decision on what
to replace the 777s with in their entirety is something we don't have to decide
right now,” United's CFO said.
During the time period of the scheduled 787 deliveries, United will have
roughly 120 aircraft—its 767s and some 777s—that will reach 30 years of age
, Laderman said. The 100 new 787s will replace the 767s and some of the 777s,
he confirmed. United has declared all of its 767 should exit its fleet by 2030.
[心得]
737 MAX 方面, UA 同时执行44架选择权并加订56架新机
前几个月UA的CEO公开表示广体订单是赢者全拿,不会拆分给两家制造商
UA未来10年机队更新计画在这批订单后大致底定:
广体部分777-300ER机队相当新, 入手价格便宜, 还可再战20年以上.
这批新787优先汰换:
1. 767-300: 平均27岁, 是最急迫更新的机种. 大量用于跨大西洋和国内航线
用座位数和筹载略多的787-8汰换
2. 19架1995-2000年交机的原UA 777-200A. 主要用于国内和夏威夷航线. 用787-9/10汰换
3. 1997-2002年交机的原UA 777-200ER. 这批目前仍是国际线主力. 但年事已高,
很大机率被787-10汰换
CO合并进来的767-400也20岁了, 最多只能撑到 2030.
到时或许用相近的787-9/10汰换或和原CO 777-200ER一起处理
原CO的22架777-200ER都是2010年交机, 应该还能再战15年.
到时有机会被A359汰换, 毕竟777-9大太多, 除非Boeing正式推出787-10ER.
或许这是UA至今一再推迟A359订单却不取消或转单的原因.
窄体早已明朗, 和763一样老到不行的757-200/300已确定被A321neo/A321XLR汰换
A319, A320, 738,739 机队2005年前交机的老机将直接被更多737MAX取代