According to ATW, it looks like the deal for Thai to buy 7 of the 14 UA 744s
stashed at Victorville has fallen through. It appears that UA's creditors
are blocking the deal. I find this weird, since conjecture has been that the
only planes to survive a UA liquiation would be the 777s and A319/A320s. You
would think they would go for the deal, as $330 million is pretty damn good
for 10 or so year old heavies
That was going to be a sweetheart deal for Thai, as they want to expand
capacity and $330 million instead of around $1 billion is a big difference.
The 422s are PW equipped, just like Thai's current fleet. It does not look
like anyone else is divesting of 744s currently, so Thai is going to really
have to look at what they want to do