UA has domestic 744 routes. The ones I know, seen and been on are : ORD-IAD and IAD-ORD The actual routing is ORD-IAD-LHR and LHR-IAD-ORD DEN-ORD DEN-SFO SFO-DEN ORD-DEN UA has extensive use of their widebody aircraft in domestic system, most of them being 777s between hubs and 767s during some peak travel periods. For instance, during summer time there is one 763 on SEA-DEN-SEA route. An additionale 763 on ORD-SEA-ORD routing. They have a 777 that does ORD-SEA-NRT-NRT-SEA-DEN-ORD all the time. BAHA Fan of United widebodies -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Greenwood Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:49 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 6.5 Earthquake - California UA is flying a 744 from SFO to DEN? Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael C. Berch Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 11:53 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 6.5 Earthquake - California Well, at the time of the quake I was sitting in seat 36C of a 747-400 (N178UA), UA1130, waiting to push back from Gate 86 at SFO. We were already about 15 minutes late for departure, and I had the headphones = on, Channel 9. When the plane started shaking -- I initially thought "about = damn time", assuming it was the tractor connecting for push-back. But we didn't go anywhere, and suddenly Ch. 9 (tuned to ground control) was all chatter... Ground: Whoo-- that was a big one! Wow! Aircraft: What the heck was that? Another aircraft: Did you guys feel that earthquake? Ground: We're still shaking up here! Ground: Uh, United xxx hold short of taxiway India. Continental yyy hold short of taxiway Alpha. Just hold up here while we see if there's = a problem. There were a bunch more call-ins, ground control basically told everyone = to stop, they said there would be a short ground stop while they sent out a mobile crew to inspect the runways and taxiways for damage, and = meanwhile NORCAL (Bay Approach) put some arrivals in a holding pattern. There = were no landings for a while so I assume anyone on final was told to go around. The ground stop was only about 10 minutes and everything returned to = normal, so far as I could tell, with departures on 1L/R and landings on 28L/R. We taxied to 1R, and unfortunately held short on a taxiway for a further 15 minutes while we waited for "some final numbers on weight and load" (???). The flight then proceeded normally, except that we were almost an hour late, causing me to have to run through DEN for my SkyWest connection to Lincoln. (Which I made, and miraculously, my luggage made it too). -- Michael C. Berch mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 11:55 AM, Blaine Thompson wrote: > Don't know yet if this will affect air travel in and out of=20 > SFO/LAX/SJC/OAK/BUR/etc. > > MSNBC: 6.5 earthquake rocks wide area of Southern California - Temblor = > off coast felt across broad swath of state. An earthquake rocked the > central > coast Monday and sent tremors across a wide swath of Southern > California. > > CNN: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the central California coast about = > 11:15 a.m. (2:15 p.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The=20 > epicenter was > located about 7 miles from San Simeon, 240 miles north of Los Angeles, > the > USGS reported. In Los Angeles and Sas Francisco, the quake was felt as > sustained rolling motion. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check your PC for viruses with the FREE McAfee online computer scan.=20 > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3D3963 > --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 05/12/2003 =20 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 05/12/2003 =20