United had bet on Boeing 777s for ramped-up flying in March

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United Airlines Holdings Inc had planned a big increase in flights on its Boeing 777-200 planes next month, according to data, suggesting the grounding of the Pratt & Whitney-powered jets could create some scheduling headaches for the airline.

FILE PHOTO: The damaged starboard engine of United Airlines flight 328, a Boeing 777-200, is seen following a Feb. 20 engine failure incident, in a hangar at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S. February 22, 2021. National Transportation Safety Board/Handout via REUTERS

The suspension, which follows an engine failure on a United flight to Honolulu from Denver on Saturday, affects 52 planes. While United has dozens of narrow-body airplanes in storage due to the pandemic, it only has parked 48 wide-body planes with more than 190 seats, and none with as many seats as the 777-200, according to Cirium.

Even if flights are impacted by the 777-200 withdrawal, analysts said the ramifications are likely to be far less severe than the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX jets in 2019, which forced U.S. airlines including United to cancel thousands of flights at a time when the industry was flourishing. JAL and ANA told Reuters they have replaced the routes that were scheduled on those planes with different aircraft types and do not expect to cancel any flights.

 

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United There's no way you can finish every one of those plane engines by March from around the world. Rushing a job on an airplane engine is why they fail in the air. Any mechanic knows you can't rush a job. If you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

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