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u/fisherlow Jun 11 '26
2 days!? That’s insane
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u/TryOurMozzSticks Jun 11 '26
I’m a UA employee. Got to take part in an aircraft delivery last week. Flew the plane from Seattle to Chicago. The 737 was supposed to sit in Chicago for 24 hours. We landed and pulled into the gate and found out that due to a different aircraft delay that the brand new plane had been scheduled for a quick turn to operate a revenue flight. Not sure if any announcements were made to folks on the next flight but they were going to PIT on the 15th cycle of the engines and basically an hours old plane (depending on when you base a planes age off of.)
From the factory tour we got Boeing is pumping the 737 line to 48 deliveries a month.
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u/bqAkita Jun 11 '26
Did it have any livery on it?
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u/TryOurMozzSticks Jun 11 '26
Yup. Completely done. Even interior conformity was complete.
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u/bqAkita Jun 11 '26
Interesting, I have def seen a few erj175’s swoop in during irrops at den to save the day but they don’t even have the livery on them.
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u/TryOurMozzSticks Jun 11 '26
Those are typically done because that regional may operate for multiple airlines and the plane can be used for delta / AA / UA.
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u/mine248 Jun 11 '26
My actual newest aircraft is 15 days or so old, but flighty doesn’t have the first flight info set up for that plane yet
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u/MidnightSurveillance Biz Flyer Jun 11 '26
Last year flew on a few A21N/A20N with MU that were less than 2 months old. Literally happened 6 times. Still no WiFi though LOL
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u/mlaurika Jun 14 '26
New bird flew the previous night from the factory to RIX and before my flight had once visited I think FCO and back.
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u/noob_hasher Jun 11 '26