United Air Lines
us trunk, major size, US.
- Ownership
- private
- Starting fleet
- 109 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced, 23 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, 8 x Boeing 747-100
- Bases
- ORD, SFO, DEN
- Starting routes
- ORD-DEN, ORD-JFK, ORD-BOS, ORD-DCA, ORD-MSP, ORD-STL, ORD-ATL, ORD-PIT, SFO-LAX, DEN-LAX, DEN-SFO, DEN-DFW, ORD-LAX, ORD-SFO, JFK-SFO, ORD-HNL, SFO-HNL, LAX-HNL, JFK-LAX
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: ATA fleet lists (exact, May 1980): United 727 186, 737 54, 747 18, DC-10 42, DC-8 69; 1978 traffic 39.4 billion revenue passenger miles, the largest US airline (Travel Market Yearbook 1980, exact). Mileage Plus 8 May 1981. The modelled fleet is a scaled model; routes and finance are estimates.