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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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Schumer Urges Airlines To Cut Fees For Parents. Children To Sit Together
pix11.com | @JuliaTheWriterSen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to eliminate fees plaguing families with young children wanting to sit together on flights. Schumer's request is in reaction to the Associate Press' story last week stating how this summer families will find it...Tags: Spirit Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Air Transportation Industry, Charles Schumer, American Airlines, Inc.
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Blind Chinese Activist Chen Arrives In New York
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the...Tags: Chen Guangcheng, Hospitals and Clinics, Communist Party, Politics, Greenwich Village
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Two Dozen Continental Flights Canceled, Most Out Of Newark
CNNThe recently merged Continental and United Airlines canceled 24 flights Wednesday due to pilot sick calls, which occurred as United Continental Holdings is negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with the pilots, an airline spokeswoman said. The...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Shareholders, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, New Jersey, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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President Barack Obama, George W. Bush To Participate In 9/11 Name-Reading Ceremony
PIX11.comPresident Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush will both participate in this years memorial ceremony at Ground Zero on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks. Although Bush has visited the site on anniversaries while he was president, this year...Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, George Bush, Elections, Politics
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Man Busted Masturbating On Flight While Shocked Passengers Looked On
It has all the elements of a horror movie: a snake, a plane and a couple of horrified passengers.
A Florida man faces a $5,000 fine after he allegedly masturbated on a United Airlines flight late last week while shocked passengers looked on in disbelief....Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Florida, Air Transportation Industry
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Here it Comes: Dangerous Storm Marches Up Coast
A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast on Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England, while several states to the South made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes on slick...Tags: North Carolina, Maryland, New York City, Boston, Christmas
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Snow, Wind Snarl Monday Commute
As the blizzard blows out of the New York area Monday morning, commuters will be navigating a very difficult ride to work.
While the MTA reports only limited trouble for the New York City subway and bus system, the Long Island Railroad will operate on...Tags: Weather Warnings, Air Transportation, Southwest Airlines Co., New York City, Air Transportation Industry
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Yemeni men arrested in Amsterdam on terror charges after flight from U.S.
Staff reporterTwo Yemeni men arriving in Amsterdam on a flight from Chicago were arrested Monday on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack after peculiar items turned up in their luggage, Dutch officials said. U.S. authorities asked the Dutch to make the arrests...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Jon Hilkevitch, Birmingham , Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Widespread Cracks Found On Southwest Jet, Grounding Several Planes Monday
PIX11.comSouthwest Airlines is grounding dozens of flights Monday, as the airline examines its planes looking for metal fatigue and cracks. Widespread cracking was found on the skin of the Boeing 737 that made an emergency landing on Friday in Arizona,...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Sacramento, Southwest Airlines Co., U.S. Airways
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Body Found in Landing Gear of NY-To-Tokyo Flight
Associated Press WriterA body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man. The body of the apparent stowaway was clad only in a long-sleeved, plaid shirt and...Tags: Travel, Tokyo (Japan), Air Transportation, Boeing Co., Delta Air Lines
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Dutch Tourist Says He Stopped Plane Attack
They heard a pop that sounded like fireworks. They saw a glow of flame followed by a rush of smoke. And that was enough for passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to pounce.
From several seats away, Dutch tourist Jasper Schuringa says he jumped to...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Air Transportation, Emergency Incidents, Charlotte, U.S. Airways
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