Glossary

Here you can find terms that should help you in understanding the information!

A

AMA: Amarillo, TX paint location

AVOD: Audio Video on Demand

B

BF (in configuration): Number of United BusinessFirst Seats

C

C Check: A major maintenance check that occurs every few years

CO RETRO: Aircraft has Continental 75 Years Blue Sky Livery

CWF: Lake Charles , LA , paint location

D

DTV: Direct TV which is over 90 channels of live television and movies

E

Economy Plus aka E+: Seats that have extra legroom

EcoSkies: United Airlines Boeing 737-800 #3516 Eco-Skies Environmental Program livery

ETOPS: Allows twin engined aircraft to fly long distance routes over water

EvoBlu: United's new Globe Evolution livery

Exited: Left maintenance base and is not back in service

F

F (in configuration): Number of United First Seats (or Global First on Wide Body Aircraft)

FB (on certain widebody Aircraft): Flat Bed Seats

G

GLOBE: United Livery after CO Merger

H

HKG: Hong Kong International Airport in China which  takes care of widebody maintenance

I

IFE: In Flight Entertainment (Type of TV on board)

INT: Winston Salem maintenance base for 737NG maintenance and upgrades

ISP: In-Seat Power

L

LAX: Los Angeles International Airport in California which has a United Airlines maintenance base

LCQ: Lake City FL maintenance base for Airbus maintenance and upgrades

LIE FLAT: Seats in BusinessFirst and UnitedFirst that lower to 180 degree for sleeping 

M

Maint: Maintenace

MCN: Macon GA Maintenance base for most aircraft types, mostly maintenance, some upgrades

MCO: Orlando International Airport in Florida which has a United Airlines maintenance base

MIA: Miami FL Maintenance base for most aircraft types, mostly maintenance, some upgrades

N

NEW OB: New Overhead Bins the allows bags to stand on their sides adding more bags per flight

NEXT: United upgrade of current aircraft to screens at every seat, bluetooth, new lightinjg and oversized bins

O

P

Personal: Personal TV Screen that has about 8-9 channels or prerecorded tv shows and movies

PMCO: Pre Merger Continental Aircraft (came from Continental side of merger)

PMUA: Pre Merger United Airlines Aircraft (came from United side of merger)

R

REG: Registration (The tail number of an aircraft)

ERTS or ERS: Estimated Return to Service 

S

Sked: Scheduled

Scimitar winglets: Installed on 737NG aircraft and come on 737MAX aircraft

Slimlines: New, lighter seats with comparable legroom at shorter pitch between seats rows

STAR: Star Alliance Livery

U

UA GREY: Old United livery of Battleship Grey

UA RETRO: Retro United Airlines livery

W

WiFi: Wireless Internet

X

XMN: Xiamen China Maintenance base for most wide bodied aircraft types, mostly maintenance, some upgrades

Y

Y (in configuration): Number of United Economy Seats

1-9

110 V Power: Does not require an adapter for US Plugs

777 Domestic aka 772A: United Airlines Boeing 777-200 domestic configuration