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This article is about the mainline United Airlines fleet, including the historical fleets of United Airlines. For information about the fleet of United's regional operations, see United Express.
United Airlines Airbus A320 painted in the retro "United Friend Ship" livery at the gate at SFO Airport.
A United Airlines Airbus A320 painted in retro "United Friend Ship" livery sits at a gate at San Francisco

United Airlines operates 794 aircraft, giving it the third largest commercial airline fleet in the world. It primarily operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and widebody aircraft.

Current fleet

As of August 2020, United Airlines' fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1]

United Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
J F O E+ Y Total Refs
Airbus A319-100 75 31 — 12 — 36 78 126 [2]
— 8 — 42 78 128 To be converted to 126-seat configuration.
Airbus A320-200 97 4 — 12 — 42 96 150 [3]
Airbus A321XLR — 50 TBA Deliveries start 2024.[4]
Airbus A350-900 — 45[5]
TBA
 		Deliveries start 2027.[6]
Boeing 737-700 40 19[7] — 12 — 36 78 126 [8]
30 84
Boeing 737-800 141 — — 16 — 48 102 166 [9]
54 96
42 108
Boeing 737-900 12 — — 20 — 42 117 179 [10]
Boeing 737-900ER 136 — — 20 — 42 117 179
39 120
Boeing 737 MAX 9 14 71 — 20 — 48 111 179 [11]
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — 100[12]
TBA
 		Initially planned for service in August 2020 but delayed due to groundings.
Boeing 757-200 51 — 16 — — 45 108 169 [13] To be retrofitted into 176 seat configuration.
42 118 176
28 42 72 142 Premium Transcontinental Service configuration.
Boeing 757-300 21 — — 24 — 54 156 234 [14]
Boeing 767-300ER 38 — 30 — — 46 138 214 [15]
49 135 3 aircraft to be retrofitted with Polaris 214-seat configuration; 4 aircraft to be retrofitted with premium heavy, 167-seat configuration.
46 22 43 56 167
Boeing 767-400ER 16 — 39 — — 70 131 240 [16] To be retrofitted with new Polaris cabin starting in August 2020.[17]
Boeing 777-200 19 — 28 — — 102 234 364 [18] Boeing 777 launch customer.
Boeing 777-200ER 55 — 32 — — 124 206 362
48 113 108 269 To be retrofitted with new Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabins on 276-seat configuration.
50 72 145 267
24 46 156 276
Boeing 777-300ER 22 — 60 — 24 62 204 350 [19]
Boeing 787-8 12 — 28 — 21 36 158 243 [20]
36 — 70 113 219 To be retrofitted with new Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabins on 243-seat configuration.
Boeing 787-9 32 6 48 — 21 39 149 257 [21]
— 88 116 252 To be retrofitted with new Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabins on 257-seat configuration.
Boeing 787-10 13 1 44 — 21 54 199 318 [22]
Total 794 327

Historical fleet

Formerly operated

United Airlines former fleet[23]
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 40A Un­known 1927 1937 Launch customer
Operated by Boeing Air Transport[24] and Varney Air Lines
Boeing 80A Un­known 1928 1934 Launch customer
Operated by Boeing Air Transport
Boeing 247 Un­known 1933 1942 Launch customer
All 59 of the base model were built for United Airlines[25]
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Un­known Un­known 1954
Boeing 720 Un­known 1960 1976 Launch Customer.
Boeing 727-100 126 1963 1993
Boeing 727-200 104 1968 2001
Boeing 737-200 101 1968 2001 Launch Customer
Boeing 737-300 103 1986 2009
Boeing 737-500[26] 102 1990 2009 Several 737-500s were taken over from the merger with Continental Airlines.
2011 2013
Boeing 747-200 23 1970 1999
Boeing 747-200B 10 1987 2000
Boeing 747SP 11 1985 1995 Taken over from Pan American World Airways.
Boeing 747-400 44 1989 2017
Boeing 767-200 35 1982 2005 Launch Customer.
Boeing 767-200ER[27] 16 2011 2013 Inherited from Continental Airlines.
Convair 340 50 1952 1968
Douglas DC-3 Un­known Un­known Un­known
Douglas DC-6 Un­known 1947 1970 Fleet included DC-6 and DC-6B aircraft
Douglas DC-7 57 Un­known Un­known
Douglas DC-8 121 1959 1992 Fleet included stretched DC-8 "Super 60" series and re-engined "Super 70" series aircraft.
Ford Trimotor Un­known Un­known Un­known Operated on a transcontinental route between New York City and San Francisco.[28]
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 6 1986 1989 Taken over from Pan American World Airways.[23]
All aircraft were transferred to Delta Air Lines
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 48 1971 2001 Launch Customer.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 11 1983 2001 Four aircraft converted into freighters for the short-lived "United Airlines Worldwide Cargo" service.
Sud Aviation Caravelle 20 1961 1970 Only U.S. operator in scheduled passenger service
Laird Swallow J-5 Un­known Un­known Un­known Single seat biplane used to carry US Air Mail (CAM 5) by predecessor Varney Air Lines.[29]
Vickers Viscount 48 1955 1969 Former Capital Airlines aircraft.
Only mainline turboprop aircraft type ever operated by United Airlines.

References

  1. ^ "United Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Airbus 319 (319)". united.com.
  3. ^ "United Airlines - Airbus 320 (320)". United.com. December 14, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  4. ^ "United Airlines Sets a Course for the Future With Order of 50 Airbus A321XLR Aircraft". United Hub. United Airlines. 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  5. ^ "New agreement with United Airlines increases A350 XWB order to 45". Airbus.com. September 6, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "United Airlines Defers Airbus A350 Deliveries". Simple Flying. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  7. ^ "United Airlines Is Buying 19 Used 737s". July 17, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Boeing 737-700 - United Airlines". United.com. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  9. ^ "Boeing 737-800 (738)". United.com. December 14, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  10. ^ "Boeing 737-900 (739)". United.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  11. ^ "MAXimum Comfort, MAXimum Efficiency United Airlines to Start Boeing 737 MAX 9 Service". United.com. February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  12. ^ "Boeing Orders and Deliveries Through April 2018". Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  13. ^ "Boeing 757-200 (752)". United.com. December 14, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  14. ^ "Boeing 757-300 (753)". United.com. September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  15. ^ "Boeing 767-300ER (763)". United.com. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  16. ^ "Boeing 767-400ER (764)". United.com. December 14, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  17. ^ "Polaris Tracker - Mobile". view.ceros.com. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  18. ^ "Boeing 777-200 (777)". United.com. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  19. ^ "Boeing 777-300ER (77W)".
  20. ^ "Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner". United.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  21. ^ "Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner". United.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  22. ^ "Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner". United.com. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  23. ^ a b AirFleets.net United Airlines
  24. ^ Bohl, Walt: Boeing model 40 and its descendants
  25. ^ Seely, Victor J. (1991-12-01). The Boeing 247: the first modern ... – Google Books. ISBN 9780295970943. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  26. ^ "United retired its last three B737-500s by end of May". ch-aviation. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  27. ^ "United Airlines retires its last B767-200". ch-aviation. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  28. ^ "June 1, 1931 United Air Lines system timetable". www.timetableimages.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  29. ^ "united.com - Swallow". October 3, 2002. Archived from the original on October 3, 2002. Retrieved April 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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