Chicago to Honolulu – We are reinstating our very popular daily service from O’Hare International Airport to Honolulu International Airport beginning June 3. New service is ideal for customers connecting from the East Coast. Fly aboard roomy B777 planes with United First® and United Economy® classes.
Denver to Cody, Wyoming – Have you visited Yellowstone National Park? United makes it easy to reach this natural wonder with seasonal service from June 3 to September 30. Enjoy speedy travel from Denver to Cody on United Express®*.
New York to Los Angeles – We have bumped up our frequency of flights from New York’s JFK International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. Starting June 3, you can travel between the coasts on seven daily flights aboard B767 planes with all three classes of United service—United First, United Business® and United Economy.
Washington, D.C. to Denver – In addition to our existing service from Dulles International Airport, you will also be able to depart from convenient Ronald Reagan National to Denver International beginning July 6. You will travel aboard B757 planes featuring United First and United Economy seating.
Washington, D.C. to Sacramento – Travel from the nation’s capital to the Golden State’s capital starting June 3. Fly on this reinstated route on A320 aircraft with United First and United economy seating.
Interesting how the ORD-HNL service is referred to as ‘very popular.’ If it was that popular, why was it canceled in the first place? That service used to be operated by the 3 or 4 DC-10-30’s (they had boatloads of series 10’s) they had in their fleet prior to 9/11. When those were withrdawn from service, the route was subsequently cancelled, along with the ‘Worldwide Cargo’ freighters (as those were also DC-10-30’s). I’ve never heard of a route being canceled because of an aircraft being withdrawn. I guess it would have been too easy to operate that flight with a 777 (like they are now) or even a 767. As it is, when all the DC-10’s were withdrawn, they configured a portion of their 767 fleet into 2 classes for the purpose of serving Hawaii.
By: greekdude1 - 20th May 2004 at 22:38
Will the 777s have PTVs throughout the plane?
This is a very good question, as I discovered the answer when I flew United to Hawaii back in February. UA’s 2-class 777’s and 763’s do not have the PTV’s in economy, or ‘first’ class, for that matter. These are used for domestic non-hub-to-hub routes only, and I suppose they didn’t feel the need to have the PTV’s in aircraft not used on INTL routes and hub to hub routes (like DEN-ORD, ORD-SFO, etc.). UA’s 3-class 763’s and 777’s do have the PTV’s.
One question that comes to my mind is, were these 777’s ‘retro’fitted for the purpose of serving Hawaii by having the PTV’s removed? To my knowledge, all of UA’s 777’s were delivered in the 3-class configuration, as prior to 9/11, they were only used on the Intl. and hub-to-hub routes. Once the DC-10’s and 747 classics were withdrawn (which coincided with 9/11), 763’s and 777’s were transfered to the Hawaii routes. I’m assuming United had taken delivery of all their 777’s by the end of 2001, as they were the launch customer. Therefore, it is safe to assume that they had to re-arrange the interior of said 777’s and consequently remove PTV’s from them. None of the 767’s at that time, to the best of my knowledge, had the PTV’s so they only had to re-arrange the seating in those. 3-class Intl 763’s had PTV’s installed in them in the last several years, I believe. If anyone can confirm this (Wrenchbender perhaps?) that would be good.
By: Speedbird744 - 20th May 2004 at 21:38
Will the 777s have PTVs throughout the plane?
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May 20, 2004 at 9:32 pm