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The nation's second-largest airline, United controlled 12 percent of the U.S. market and operated more than 3,600 flights around the globe each day in 2007. One of the oldest airlines in the world, United was founded in 1926 and was part of Boeing until 1934, when federal regulators forced the company to separate its air transport and airplane manufacturing businesses. United is one of a handful of U.S. carriers to successfully navigate the industry's late-1970s deregulation and periodic labor unrest, including a pilot's strike in 1985 and slowdown in 2000, the "summer of hell," infamous for flight delays. In February 2006, United emerged from a three-year bankruptcy, one of the costliest in...
The nation's second-largest airline, United controlled 12 percent of the U.S. market and operated more than 3,600 flights around the globe each day in 2007. One of the oldest airlines in the world, United was founded in 1926 and was part of Boeing until 1934, when federal regulators forced the company to separate its air transport and airplane manufacturing businesses. United is one of a handful of U.S. carriers to successfully navigate the industry's late-1970s deregulation and periodic labor unrest, including a pilot's strike in 1985 and slowdown in 2000, the "summer of hell," infamous for flight delays. In February 2006, United emerged from a three-year bankruptcy, one of the costliest in U.S. history. Although posting its strongest financial results in years during 2007, United is struggling with record-high fuel prices and the threat of more labor unrest. Since CEO Glenn Tilton has been one of the airline industry's staunchest proponents of consolidation, deal rumors involving United are a staple of industry gossip.
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Parolee boards plane without ticket at San Diego airport
L.A. NOWA 38-year-old parolee is back in jail after being arrested on suspicion of walking through a security door and boarding a United Airlines plane without a ticket at the commuter terminal in San Diego's Lindbergh Field. Marc Duncan is being...... -
Pilots and supervisors accuse United of racial discrimination
Twenty-four African American pilots and supervisors at United Air Lines filed a lawsuit Tuesday, accusing the airline of a pattern of discrimination that has kept them from being promoted. The suit, filed in U.S District Court in San Francisco,...
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New technology may reduce TSA pat-down searches in U.S. airports
The federal government says it has plans to use advanced technology to dramatically reduce the number of pat-down searches performed at the nation's airports.
The Department of Homeland Security recently put out a request for technology companies to come...Tags: National Security, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Air Transportation, Science and Technology
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Frequent fliers find seats easier on budget airlines, study says
When it comes time to trade in your frequent-flier reward points for seats on an airplane, low-cost airlines do the best job of getting you in the air. That was the conclusion of a study released last week by IdeaWorks, a Wisconsin consultant to the...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Viral Diseases and Infections, Travel Alerts, American Airlines, Inc., AirTran
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Frequent fliers find seats more often on budget airlines, study says
When it comes time to trade in your frequent-flier reward points for seats on an airplane, low-cost airlines do the best job of getting you in the air. That was the conclusion of a study released last week by IdeaWorks, a Wisconsin-based consulting...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Human Body, American Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, AirTran
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Blind Chinese dissident heading to U.S.
World NowBlind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was on his way to the United States on Saturday afternoon, said activists who were helping the long-persecuted lawyer in his bid to leave China.... -
State coastal panel OKs scaled-down plan for Pebble Beach project
A truce has been forged in the decades-long fight over the forested land surrounding the world-famous Pebble Beach resort.
The California Coastal Commission on Wednesday approved a plan by actor Clint Eastwood, golfer Arnold Palmer, former baseball...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Arnold Palmer, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, Golf
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Celebs muffle the voice of experience
Tom Kane hates the ads for Mercedes-Benz. It's not the car. It's Jon Hamm. Mercedes uses the "Mad Men" star as the voice of its television and radio commercials. "Even if it is a terrific spot — which it isn't — people don't have a clue...
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United Airlines lifts ban on nine dog breeds
Responding to an outcry from pet owners, United Airlines is lifting a ban on transporting nine breeds of dogs, including pit bulls and others the airline previously considered dangerous. United stopped transporting those breeds when it adopted the animal...
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Dissident Chen Guangcheng's case complicates U.S.-China ties
WASHINGTON — Even before a blind human rights lawyer slipped away from house arrest in rural China last week, Washington and Beijing were each trying to navigate a turbulent time in their internal politics and their relationship. Now they are trying...
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Liberman to retire from Los Angeles tourism board
Mark Liberman, the president and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board, announced Tuesday that he plans to retire after nine years with the agency. Liberman, 65, has headed the tourism board since June 2003. Before that,...
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US Airways pursuing merger with American Airlines
After sitting out a recent series of airline mergers, Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways Group Inc. wants to hook up with American Airlines.
But American's parent company, AMR Corp., which is mired in Bankruptcy Court, said it's not interested — at...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Companies and Corporations, AMR Corp., Bankruptcy, Career and Workplace
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