Judge Says United Must Make Bond Payments

UAL Corp.’s United Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2002, must make payments on bonds used to build facilities at Los Angeles International Airport or risk losing its lease, a U.S. judge ruled.

U.S. District Judge John Darrah in Illinois, in an opinion released Thursday, overturned a Bankruptcy Court ruling that the airline could defer payments on the bonds. UAL previously said there were $59 million of L.A. airport bonds outstanding.

UAL last year was ordered to pay interest on bonds sold for facilities at the San Francisco and Denver airports.