Summary

  • United Airlines has eight widebody types/variants.
  • Its Newark and Washington Dulles hubs have the greatest variety of twin-aisles between June and August.
  • Denver has the least variety, with only two variants used there.

United Airlines has 220 widebody aircraft, consisting of Boeing 767-300ERs, 767-400ERs, 777-200s (non-ERs), 777-200ERs, 777-300ERs, 787-8s, 787-9s, and 787-10s. Nearly one in four of its mainline aircraft is a twin-aisle (23%).

United’s varied widebody use

The Star Alliance’s mainland hubs are Chicago O’Hare, Denver, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, and Washington Dulles. The following table provides a breakdown of widebody use per hub based on data supplied by United to Cirium for June-August 2024.

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The data is exclusively based on June to August departures; things may differ at other times. To keep the table as readable as possible, it only shows the % of widebody type/variant at each hub.

Widebody

Chicago O’Hare

Denver

Houston Intl.

Los Angeles

Newark

San Francisco

Washington Dulles

767-300ER

16%

13%

51%

20%

767-400ER

63%

37%

777-200 (non-ER)

10%

21%

9%

14%

10%

27%

9%

777-200ER

15%

30%

36%

19%

777-300ER

86%

14%

787-8

43%

11%

46%

787-9

18%

8%

26%

21%

27%

787-10

57%

6%

37%

Widebody seats/flight

284

323

280

303

250

314

266

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Some key findings

They are many and varied and include the following:

  • Only the so-called domestic 777-200 (non-ER), United’s high-density, 364-seat equipment, is flown from all seven hubs.
  • Newark and Washington Dulles have the most widebody types/variants (six out of eight).
  • Denver has the fewest (just two), with its 777-200 (non-ERs) accounting for the hub’s greatest number of seats per flight.
  • The 777-300ER is only used from San Francisco and Washington Dulles.
  • The 767-400ER is only flown from Newark and Dulles.
  • Newark comfortably leads United’s 767-operated services, partially because of its low-capacity, 167-seat, high-premium 767-300ERs, which help with its lowest seats per flight.
  • San Francisco is top for 777-operated flights, and Chicago is number one for the 787.
United Airlines Boeing 787

Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying

United’s San Francisco 777-300ER routes

It is worth focusing on United’s 777-300ERs because its Pacific hub of San Francisco has a whopping 86% of all June-August flights using the equipment. The dominance is far higher than any of its other twin-aisle aircraft.

Examining Cirium data shows that United has 12 daily departures from San Francisco on the 350-seat type, against ‘just’ two from Washington Dulles. The 777-300ER is excellent for its freight-carrying capability, which is particularly crucial for Asian markets from San Francisco. It also has 60 Polaris seats, more than any other type.

United Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

Photo: Markus Mainka | Shutterstock

Its 10-strong San Francisco network in the analyzed three months is as follows:

  • Frankfurt: double daily 777-300ER
  • Hong Kong: double daily
  • Beijing Capital: daily
  • Honolulu: daily
  • Manila: daily (the route began in 2023)
  • London Heathrow: daily
  • Shanghai Pudong: daily
  • Sydney: daily
  • Taipei: daily
  • Tokyo Narita: daily

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