United Airlines fleet

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 § Fleet.
A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 in the most recent livery landing at Beijing Capital International Airport in April 2020.

As of 8 November 2024, the United Airlines fleet consists of 978 mainline aircraft, making it the second largest commercial airline fleet in the world.[1][2][3] United Airlines operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and all Boeing wide-body aircraft. Additionally, United operates more widebody aircraft than any other U.S. carrier.[4]

With an average age of 16.3 years, United has the oldest fleet of all major US airlines.[citation needed] Their oldest planes are the Boeing 767-300ER from the early 1990s, which are between 30 and 32 years old;[citation needed] however, United recently[when?] placed several orders for new narrow-body and wide-body aircraft and are expecting over 700 new planes in their fleet by 2033.

  1. ^ "American Airlines fleet details". flightradar24.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Delta Air Lines Fleet details". flightradar24.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "United Airlines Fleet Details". flightradar24.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  4. ^ Lomas, Chris (2023-12-20). "United Airlines' oldest and newest aircraft". Flightradar24 Blog. Retrieved 2024-10-28.