United Airlines
United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred tae simply as "United") is an American major airline heidquairtered in Chicago, Illinois.[7][8] United is a wholly awned subsidiar o United Continental Holdings follaein a $3 billion merger in 2010.[9] The airline wis previously awned, at ane point in its history, bi The Boeing Company, ane o the warld's lairgest aircraft manufacturers.
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| Foondit | 6 Apryle 1926 (as Varney Air Lines)[1] | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 30 Juin 1927 (as Boeing Air Transport)[2] 28 Mairch 1931 as (United Air Lines) | ||||||
| AOC # | CALA014A | ||||||
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| Focus ceeties | Cleveland Hopkins Internaitional Airport[3] | ||||||
| Frequent-fleer program | MileagePlus | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries List[4]
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| Fleet size | 709 (mainline anerly) | ||||||
| Destinations | 373 (mainline an regional) | ||||||
| Company slogan | Fly the Friendly Skies | ||||||
| Parent company | United Continental Holdings, Inc. | ||||||
| Heidquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||
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| Revenue |  US$ 36.556 billion (2016)[6] | ||||||
| Operatin income | US$ 4.338 billion (2016) | ||||||
| Net income | US$ 2.263 billion (2016) | ||||||
| Tot assets |  US$ 39.210 billion (2015) | ||||||
| Tot equity | US$ 2.396 billion (2015) | ||||||
| Wabsteid | www | ||||||
United operates oot o nine airline hubs in the continental Unitit States, Guam, an Japan.[10] George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston is United's lairgest passenger carryin hub handlin 16.6 million passengers annually wi a average o 45,413 passengers daily,[11] while Chicago-O'Hare is its lairgest hub in terms o daily depairtures. The company employs ower 88,500 fowk while maintainin its heidquairters in Chicago's Willis Tower (umwhile kent as Sears Tower).[12] Throu the airline's parent company, United Continental Holdings, it is publicly tradit unner NYSE: UAL wi a mercat capitalization o ower $10.5 billion as o October, 2013.[13]
References
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- ↑ http://www.boeing.com/boeing/history/chronology/chron03.page. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/02/united_deal_with_cleveland_had.html. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "2009 Form 10-K Subdocument 8 – EX-21 – List of UAL Corporation and United Air Lines, Inc. subsidiaries". ir.united.com. UAL Corporation. 26 Februar 2010. Archived frae the original on 14 Januar 2011. Retrieved 13 Januar 2011.
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Archived 2011-01-14 at WebCite - ↑ "Era 1: 1910–1925". united.com. United Airlines, Inc. 2007. Archived frae the original on 30 November 2006. Retrieved 13 Januar 2011.
...Walter T Varney, who launched air mail service over a desolate stretch of terrain between Pasco, Wash., and Elko, Nev., on April 6, 1926.
Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ "Earnings Releases" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Februar 2017. Retrieved 9 Julie 2017.
- ↑ United Mainline Fleet
- ↑ Destinations Served. United Airlines Official Statistics. Copyright 2013.
- ↑ United-Continental Merger
- ↑ "United Airlines Flights". Archived frae the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ↑ "Airport Fact Sheets, Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport". United Airlines. 1 December 2013. Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2014. Retrieved 1 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Willis Tower - Chicago Architecture". Archived frae the original on 4 Julie 2014. Retrieved 5 Julie 2014.
- ↑ "Traders Purchase UAL - WKRB". Archived frae the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 5 Julie 2014.
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