United Airlines orders 50 Airbus and Boeing aircraft

United Airlines has ordered 25 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and 25 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The airline has also secured future purchase rights for 50 of each of the aircraft.

According to the airline, the aircraft order follows a six-month request for proposal process, which resulted in agreements with Airbus and Boeing, enabling the company to meet its financial and operational objectives and respond to changes in future market conditions.

The airline expects to take delivery of the aircraft between 2016 and 2019. At the same time it will retire its international Boeing 747s and 767s.

The 50 new aircraft are expected to reduce the average seat count by about 19% compared to the aircraft that will be replaced, and by about 10% when averaged over the entire international fleet.

With the Airbus A350 powered by the Rolls Royce Trent XWB engine, and the Boeing 787 powered by either the Rolls Royce Trent 1000 or the GE GEnx, United Airlines estimates that it will reduce its fuel costs and carbon emissions from the 50 aircraft by about 33%.

Additionally, the company expects average lifetime maintenance costs for the new aircraft to be approximately 40% lower per available seat mile than the aircraft that will be retired.

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