{"id":3017,"date":"2018-11-14T10:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2018-11-14T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:50:28","slug":"united-airlines-announces-boeing-787-10-aircraft-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3017","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines Announces Boeing 787-10 Aircraft Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"widget__brief\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2018 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; United Airlines today announced it will operate its newest Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner on six trans-Atlantic routes from its New York\/Newark hub beginning in March 2019. United was the first North American airline to take delivery of the 787-10, and is also the first airline in the world to have the entire family of Boeing&#8217;s 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliners in its fleet. United&#8217;s 787-10 features 44 United Polaris<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0business class seats, 21 United<sup>\u00ae\u00a0<\/sup>Premium Plus seats, 54 Economy Plus seats and 199 standard Economy seats. Tickets will be available for purchase on Dec. 3, for travel beginning March 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js--toggle-brief animate-keep-reading\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;United is proud to offer more seats between New York and Europe than any other carrier and our Boeing 787-10 aircraft based in New York\/Newark will enable us to connect even more New York City customers to Europe and beyond,&#8221; said Patrick Quayle, United&#8217;s Vice President of International Network. &#8220;We are thrilled to announce six international cities that will be served with this aircraft and we look forward to offering our customers all of the comforts and services of our most advanced aircraft.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3021\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/787-10_schedule-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/787-10_schedule-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/787-10_schedule.png 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Offering more service than any other U.S. airline from New York to Germany and Israel, United currently offers daily nonstop service to Frankfurt and twice-daily nonstop service to Tel Aviv. United also operates daily service from New York\/Newark to Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin and Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Investing in customer-friendly advancements onboard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In addition to United&#8217;s signature all aisle access Polaris business class and United Premium Plus seats, United is investing in several customer-friendly advancements onboard. The aircraft features updated lighting patterns that mimic sunrise and sunset and are designed to help customers in each cabin fall asleep and wake up more adjusted to new time zones. A brand new seatback entertainment system is also available at every seat, which includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Split screen capabilities allowing customers to watch a movie and view the flight map simultaneously.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A relax mode for customers who want to customize a selection of soothing videos and relaxing audio playlists.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The world&#8217;s most extensive suite of accessibility features on a seatback entertainment system, which accommodates any level of vision, as well as provides support for customers with hearing and mobility issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Movie and television recommendations based on remaining flight time and previously watched content.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">United previously announced its first 787-10 aircraft will begin operating between New York\/Newark and Los Angeles and San Francisco in January 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Boeing 787-10 is 18 feet longer than the 787-9 and can carry more passengers and more cargo. The -10 aircraft can fly up to 6,430 nautical miles, while using 20 percent less fuel than older generation airplanes. United currently operates 25 787-9 and 12 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The airline expects to take delivery of 14 787-10 aircraft over the next two years. For more information on United&#8217;s 787-10, and other fleet updates visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hub.united.com\/newsroom-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United&#8217;s Fleet Newsroom<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">About United<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,700 flights a day to 356 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have the world&#8217;s most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark\/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 760 mainline aircraft and the airline&#8217;s United Express carriers operate 546 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United&#8217;s parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol &#8220;UAL&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder6308\" class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons share-trigger\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ab403\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/18057369\/980x.jpg\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"EN9FV61542212712\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">SOURCE United Airlines<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">For further information: United Airlines Worldwide Media Relations, +1-872-825-8640, media.relations@united.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3018\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/United_787-10-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/United_787-10-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/United_787-10-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/United_787-10-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/United_787-10.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Story and image from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.united.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.united.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO,\u00a0Nov. 14, 2018\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0United Airlines today announced it will operate its newest Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner on six trans-Atlantic routes from its\u00a0New York\/Newark\u00a0hub beginning in\u00a0March 2019. United was the first North American airline to take delivery of the 787-10, and is also the first airline in the world to have the entire family of Boeing&#8217;s 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliners in its fleet. United&#8217;s 787-10 features 44 United Polaris\u00ae\u00a0business class seats, 21 United\u00ae\u00a0Premium Plus seats, 54 Economy Plus seats and 199 standard Economy seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[797,89,799,868,1103],"tags":[947,42,415,172,122,118,2374,308,2379,41,2380,1157,988,2378,851,795,99,2381,1919,595,1483,2375,572,571,807,1125,1841,64,2370,422,423,2372,100,1188,1715,2371,594,719,2376,2377,2373,628,444],"class_list":["post-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airline-news","category-aviation-news","category-boeing-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-947","tag-42","tag-787-10","tag-787-8","tag-787-9","tag-airlines","tag-atlantic","tag-barcelona","tag-bcn","tag-boeing","tag-bru","tag-brussels","tag-business","tag-cdg","tag-class","tag-continental","tag-dreamliner","tag-dub","tag-dublin","tag-economy","tag-fleet","tag-fra","tag-frankfurt","tag-germany","tag-holdings","tag-hub","tag-inc","tag-israel","tag-nasdaq","tag-new-york","tag-newark","tag-newswire","tag-paris","tag-plus","tag-polaris","tag-pr","tag-premium","tag-routes","tag-tel-aviv","tag-tlv","tag-trans","tag-ual","tag-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3023,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions\/3023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}