United Airlines fleet

United Airlines operates 822 aircraft, giving it the second largest commercial airline fleet in the world. It primarily operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and widebody aircraft.

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.

Current fleet

As of February 2021, the 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 89 29 — 12 — 36 78 126 [2]
8 42 128
Airbus A320-200 96 2 — 12 — 42 96 150 [3]
Airbus A321XLR — 50 TBA Deliveries start 2024.[4]
To replace Boeing 757.[5]
Airbus A350-900 — 45[6]
TBA
 Deliveries deferred to 2027.[7]
Boeing 737-700 50 18[8] — 12 — 36 78 126 [9]
30 84
Boeing 737-800 141 — — 16 — 48 102 166 [10]
54 96
42 108
Boeing 737-900 12 — — 20 — 42 117 179 [11]
Boeing 737-900ER 136 — — 20 — 45 114 179
42 117
39 120
Boeing 737 MAX 9 27 58 — 20 — 48 111 179
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — 100[12]
TBA
Boeing 757-200 40 — 28 — — 42 72 172 [13] To be replaced by the Airbus A321XLR.[5]
16 45 108 169
42 118 176
Boeing 757-300 21 — — 24 — 54 156 234 [14]
Boeing 767-300ER 38 — 30 — — 46 138 214 [15]
49 135 To be retrofitted with Polaris seats.[16]
46 22 43 56 167
Boeing 767-400ER 16 — 39 — — 70 131 240 [17] To be retrofitted with Polaris seats.[16]
Boeing 777-200 19 — 28 — — 102 234 364 [18] Boeing 777 launch customer.
Boeing 777-200ER 55 — 32 — — 124 206 362
50 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 Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabins on 243-seat configuration.[16]
Boeing 787-9 35 3 48 — 21 39 149 257 [21]
— 88 116 252 To be retrofitted with Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabins on 257-seat configuration.[16]
Boeing 787-10 13 1 44 — 21 54 199 318 [22]
Total 822 305

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 59[25] 1933 1942 Launch customer
All 59 of the base model were built for United Airlines[26]
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 7[27] 1950 1954
Boeing 720 29[28] 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[29] 102 1990 2009 Several 737-500s were taken over from the merger with Continental Airlines.
2011 2013
Boeing 747-100 22 1970 1999
1 Damaged as flight UA811
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
1 2001 Hijacked and crashed into World Trade Center as Flight 175, part of the September 11th attacks
Boeing 767-200ER[30] 16 2011 2013 Taken over from merged Continental Airlines
Convair 340 50 1952 1968
Douglas DC-3 Un­known 1937 Un­known
Douglas DC-4 36 1946 1957
Douglas DC-4E
Douglas DC-6 90 1946 1969
Douglas DC-6B
Douglas DC-7 57 1954 1966
Douglas DC-8-10 2 1959 1961
Douglas DC-8-20 30 1959 1982
Douglas DC-8-30 11 1967 1974
Douglas DC-8-50 33 1959 1987
Douglas DC-8-60 12 1967 1987
Douglas DC-8-70 29 1967 1994
Ford Trimotor Un­known 1931 Un­known Operated on a transcontinental route between New York City and San Francisco.[31]
Laird Swallow J-5 Un­known Un­known Un­known Single seat biplane used to carry US Air Mail (CAM 5) by predecessor Varney Air Lines.[32]
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 47 1971 2001 Launch Customer
1 1989 Crashed as flight UA232
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 7 1983 2001
4 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. "Executive" service from ORD to EWR restricted to men only passengers.
Vickers Viscount 48 1955 1969 Former Capital Airlines aircraft.
Only mainline turboprop aircraft type ever operated by United Airlines.

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