I heard that UA was going to be subbing 747s for 777s because the lease costs on 747s are so low these days that they can get them for less than they are paying for 777s. Any truth in this? Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alireza Alivandivafa Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:09 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: SF Gate: United Airlines to resume full trans-Pacific = services next month In a message dated 8/26/2003 2:04:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx writes: << I wonder if this means UA will be going back into Auckland >> If they do they will have to pull something out of the desert. The 777 = they switched to for the last 6 months or so of the LAX-AKL service in on the SFO-SEL route. I wonder if they will return the LAX-HKG-DEL service = that I know a lot of people like --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 12/08/2003 =20 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 12/08/2003 =20