GoJet Airlines

United Express CRJ700 operated by GoJet Airlines at O'Hare International Airport. It would later be converted into a CRJ550.

As of March 2023, the GoJet Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[9][10]

The GoJet fleet of CRJ550's that are flown for United Express are equipped with engines like those on the rest of the Bombardier CRJ700 series: General Electric CF34.[11] All of these aircraft are being converted to CRJ550s (see below). GoJet operated CRJ900 aircraft from 2014 to 2020 that it leased as a former Delta Air Lines commuter partner. At the beginning of April 2020, GoJet stopped flying the CRJ900 when the company completed its service contract with Delta Air Lines.

On February 6, 2019, United Airlines and Bombardier Aviation announced that GoJet would be the first regional carrier to operate the CRJ550: a 50-seat conversion of the CRJ700.[12] In February 2020 United Airlines ordered 20 more CRJ550 aircraft for the GoJet Fleet, to be delivered through 2021. These aircraft will be transferred from other United Express carriers to GoJet. Once these CRJ700 aircraft are replaced by the 50-seat, converted aircraft (see below), the CRJ550 fleet at GoJet will total 74 aircraft.

The United Express CRJ550 is a modified Bombardier CRJ700 series aircraft. Bombardier Aviation did not produce the CRJ550 new from the factory. Many CRJ550 aircraft in the GoJet fleet are several years old, the oldest (N503GJ) being close to 20 years old. CRJ550 conversions are done on both the original CRJ700 and the NextGen CRJ700 models. The process of converting the aircraft cabin is a relatively quick process whereby several economy seats of the 700 series are removed and replaced with large storage cabinets, a larger more modern service galley and updated First Class and Economy Plus seating. The four new cabinets installed at floor level allow passengers to stow larger carry-on luggage in the cabin with them that would normally have needed to be checked planeside when on the CRJ700. The new, larger service galley allows passengers with first class seats the option to self-serve snacks and non-alcoholic beverages during the flight, particularly when the aircraft’s single flight attendant is serving the main cabin. The galley features a lighted glass cabinet with several snack options, a refrigerator with chilled non-alcoholic beverages, ice and bottled water drawers as well as a waste receptacle. For the cabin crew, the new galley features a storage area for crew luggage. In the cabin, the aircraft features 10 full-size First Class seats, 20 Economy Plus seats and 20 Economy seats. The whole aircraft receives new wall panels, carpeting, curtains and signage. United is having all the CRJ550 aircraft painted in its new blue and white livery. For pilots, the aircraft is essentially a CRJ700 with limited takeoff and landing weights, in order to meet the United Airlines "scope clause" agreement with its pilots who are represented by the Airline Pilots Association. This agreement limits the CRJ-550 to a maximum takeoff weight of 65,000 pounds: 10,000 pounds less than the CRJ-700. Because of this restriction, the CRJ550 is sometimes unable to take full passenger loads when flying into areas where precautionary fuel is needed, such as areas with poor weather.