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United Airlines

Founded in 1926, United Airlines (UA/UAL) is a major U.S. airline. It merged with Continental Airlines in 2010 making it the third-largest airline in the world. It currently operates a fleet of over 830 aircraft and has hubs at Chicago O’Hare, Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco and Washington Dulles. It was also a founding member of the Star Alliance which is the largest airline alliance in the World.

Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

AvTalk Podcast

AvTalk Episode 115: Is Boom all noise?

On this episode of AvTalk, we welcome aerospace journalists John Walton and Jon Ostrower to discuss United Airlines’ order for Boom’s Supersonic Overture jet,…

Aviation business

Hawaii travel is booming: how many flights are we tracking?

When we last checked in on Hawaii flights in March, we could already see a clear uptrend in flights beginning. That has mostly continued…

Here’s what air traffic to Hawaii is looking like

Hawaii is a very popular place to visit. It’s also a very remote set of islands. That makes it highly susceptible to importation of…

Aviation business

US to Colombia flights are booming, even in a pandemic

Traffic between the US and Colombia took a hit just like almost all other air traffic last year in March – and for a…

Aircraft incident

The complete list of grounded 777s and where they are

After the UA328 incident this past weekend (see here for the background and latest updates), attention has turned to Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000 series…

Aircraft incident

United UA328 suffers engine failure departing Denver

United Airlines flight UA328 suffered an engine failure shortly after departing Denver International Airport on 20 February 2020. The 777-200 (MSN 26930 | L/N…