I wanted to bring to the community to share my excitement for such an idea!
To sum up the situation, Emirates recently announced they will not be taking 11 of the early 777X builds that were meant for them due to costly repairs getting them up to certification speed. This opened the door for United, who according to sources is considering possibly acquiring 20 early build 777X. United would become the US launch of the 777X and since these planes are already built, the timeline of putting them into service is far sooner than imaginable!
Not sure where UA is headed in the next few years, but in my opinion it’s with the Dreamliner family. Although they’re not happy with Boeing, they’d rather get out of as many delays as possible.
Theyve already heavily invested in the dreamliner. Those plans wont go anywhere if they acquire the 777X. The 777X has significantly more payload than any of the 787s so those aircraft are gonna be deployed on super high demand passenger/cargo trunk routes
787-10 and A350-1000 will fill completely different roles. A35K will be the premium long-haul flagship, and the B78X will most likely serve South America from ATL and European leisure routes from JFK.
