United Airlines fleet

United Airlines operates 791 aircraft, giving it one of the 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.
A United Airlines Airbus A320 painted in retro "United Friend Ship" livery sits at a gate at San Francisco

Current fleet

As of June 2020, United Airlines' fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1]

United Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
P F PP E+ E Total Refs
Airbus A319-100 74 32 — 12 — 36 78 126 [2]
— 8 — 42 78 128 To be converted to 126-seat configuration.
Airbus A320-200 97 4 — 12 — 42 96 150 [3]
Airbus A321XLR — 50 TBA To replace older International Boeing 757-200 aircraft.[4]
Airbus A350-900 — 45[5]
TBA
 To replace some Boeing 777-200 and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.[6][4]
Boeing 737-700 40 19 — 12 — 36 78 126 [7]
30 84 [7]
Boeing 737-800 141 — — 16 — 48 102 166 [8]
54 96 [9]
42 108 [10]
Boeing 737-900 12 — — 20 — 42 117 179 [11]
Boeing 737-900ER 136 — — 20 — 42 117 179 [12]
39 120 [13]
Boeing 737 MAX 9 14 71 — 20 — 48 111 179 [14]
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — 100[15]
TBA
 Initially planned for service in August 2020 but delayed due to groundings.
Boeing 757-200 51 — 16 — — 45 108 169 [16] Older aircraft to be replaced by the Airbus A321XLR.
42 118 176 [17]
28 42 72 142 [18] Premium Transcontinental Service configuration.
Boeing 757-300 21 — — 24 — 54 156 234 [19]
Boeing 767-300ER 38 — 30 — — 46 138 214 [20]
49 135 [21] 3 aircraft to be retrofitted with Polaris 214 seat-configuration; 4 aircraft to be retrofitted with premium heavy, 167 seat-configuration.
46 22 47 52 167 [22]
Boeing 767-400ER 16 — 39 — — 70 131 240 [23] To be retrofitted with new Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabin starting in August 2020.[24]
Boeing 777-200 19 — 28 — — 102 234 364 [25] Boeing 777 launch customer.
Boeing 777-200ER 55 — 32 — — 124 206 362 [26]
48 113 108 269 [27] To be retrofitted with New Polaris Seats and Premium Plus Cabin on 276 seat-configuration.
50 72 145 267
24 46 156 276
Boeing 777-300ER 22 — 60 — 24 62 204 350 [28]
Boeing 787-8 12 — 28 — 21 36 158 243 [29]
36 — 70 113 219 [30] To be retrofitted with new Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabins.
Boeing 787-9 30 8 48 — 21 39 149 257 [31]
48 — 88 116 252 [32] To be retrofitted with new Polaris seats and Premium Plus cabins.
Boeing 787-10 13 1 44 — 21 54 199 318 [33]
Total 791 330

Historical fleet

Formerly operated
United Airlines former fleet[34]
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 40A Unknown 1927 1937 Launch customer
Operated by Boeing Air Transport[35] and Varney Air Lines
Boeing 80A Unknown 1928 1934 Launch customer
Operated by Boeing Air Transport
Boeing 247 Unknown 1933 1942 Launch customer
All 59 of the base model were built for United Airlines[36]
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Unknown Unknown 1954
Boeing 720 Unknown 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[37] 102 1990 2009 Several 737-500s were taken over from the merger with Continental Airlines.
2011 2013
Boeing 747-100 23 1970 1999
Boeing 747-200 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.
Boeing 767-200ER[38] 16 2011 2013 Inherited from Continental Airlines.
Some aircraft were sold to Russian operators and airlines in developing nations.
Convair 340 50 1952 1968
Douglas DC-3 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Douglas DC-6 Unknown 1947 1970 Fleet included DC-6 and DC-6B aircraft
Douglas DC-7 57 Unknown Unknown
Douglas DC-8 121 1959 1992 Fleet included stretched DC-8 "Super 60" series and re-engined "Super 70" series aircraft.
Ford Trimotor Unknown Unknown Unknown Operated on a transcontinental route between New York City and San Francisco.[39]
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 6 1986 1989 Taken over from Pan American World Airways.[34]
All aircraft were transferred to Delta Air Lines
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 48 1971 2001 Launch Customer.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 11 1983 2001 Four aircraft 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
Laird Swallow J-5 Unknown Unknown Unknown Single seat biplane used to carry US Air Mail (CAM 5) by predecessor Varney Air Lines.[40]
Vickers Viscount 48 1955 1969 Former Capital Airlines aircraft.
Only mainline turboprop aircraft type ever operated by United Airlines.

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