United moves up 747 fleet retirement to 4Q 2017

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United Airlines has decided to retire its remaining 20 Boeing 747-400s by the end of 2017, moving up the fleet’s retirement by a year. United had previously said it would retire its 747 fleet by the end 2018 . But president Scott Kirby said in a Jan. 11 message posted online that “the time has come...

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