United Airlines (Code AITA: UA ; Code ICAO: UAL ) is a American Airline company and one of the largest world companies, currently with the 2nd national and world rank, it is regularly elected better American company:

  • daily Departures: 2.295
  • Momentary per day: 195.607 (figures 2000)
  • served American Airports: 102
  • served International airports: 37
  • approximate Number of employees: 62.000 (September 2004) against 104.000 including more than 10.000 pilots before the September 11th, 2001.
  • Alliance of partnership “Star Alliance”
  • Tariffs: negotiated tariffs often a little more expensive than those of competition for the whole of the destinations.

Chronology

From 1919 to 1940

  • May 1919: The Postal service U.S. starts a service of “flying post-office employees”, primarily composed veterans of the First World War.
  • 1924 : The connection of the east coast at the west coast of the the United States passes from 82 hours (plane + train) to 32 hours.
  • February 2nd, 1925: The American Congress authorizes the signing of contracts of airmail with privately held companies. Commercial air transport is born with the creation of new companies which pose their options on various routes.
  • April 6th, 1926: Varney Air Lines inaugurates the first contractual air-mail service in the United States, of Pasco (Washington D.C.) with Elko (Nevada), via Boise (Idaho). The history of United Airlines starts with this connection, assured by Leon Cuddeback with the orders a biplane Swallow with open cockpit.
  • May 12th, 1926: National Air Transport inaugurates an air-mail service between Chicago, Kansas City and Dallas.
  • September 15th, 1926: Pacific Air Transport inaugurates an air-mail service along the West coast, of Los Angeles to Seattle. A passenger having the well hung heart can accompany the postal bags for 132 dollars.
  • May 15th, 1927 -- Boeing Air Transport (opens the first line San Francisco - Chicago.
  • October 30th, 1928: United Aircraft & Transport Corporation form a holding gathering Boeing Airplane Company, Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport and Pratt & Whitney.
  • May 15th, 1930 -- Boeing Air Transport mark history of aviation by creating the first service of airline hostesses. The first of them, Ellen Church, a nurse of Cresco in Iowa, persuaded the company to set up a service of airline hostesses for one three months trial period. The first eight hostesses flew on board a Boeing 80-A which can carry 12 passengers, connecting San Francisco to Chicago via Cheyenne - a voyage 24 hours. The experiment was declared conclusive and 20 new hostesses were engaged. The other companies were not long to encase the step to him.
  • March 30th, 1933: Startup of the first Boeing 247, a twin-engine with metal structure and low aerofoil being able to carry 10 passengers. The time of flight, from one coast to another, is not any more but 7 p.m. 30.
  • 1 {{er}} May 1934: United Airlines, which had organized since 1931 a management company gathering four of the first commercial conveyers becomes an independent commercial entity.
  • 1 {{er}} July 1934: Beginning of the service road of the Canada.
  • Of 1934 with 1966: William A. Patterson ( Stalemate ) provides the functions of Managing director of United Airlines. Young employee of the Wells Fargo Bank, Patterson reconverted himself into the air transport sector after having taken part in the installation of a discussed loan of 5000 US dollars to the Pacific Air Transport. Having governed the destinies of United Airlines during more than 30 years, Patterson led the company of his first years until the era of the jets.
  • December 1936: At Oakland (California), installation of the first kitchen intended to supply the passengers in flight, and into service the twin-engine Douglas DC-3 brings, being able to carry 21 passengers.
  • 1937 : Installation of a living room of luxury “ Skylounge ” for the passengers between New York and Chicago, and of a service of seat-berths on the flights connecting the east coasts and West.
  • August 22nd, 1938: Creation of the Civil Aviation Board putting a term at the control which the postal service U.S. exerted on the airline companies.

From 1947 in September 2001

  • 1 {{er}} May 1947: Installation of the line San Francisco - Honolulu.
  • 1948 : Centralization of the maintenance of the planes with San Francisco
  • July 8th, 1948: United Airlines transports its 10.000.000e momentary.
  • 1951 : the first 30 twin-engines Convair-Liner 340 are ordered for an amount of 16,5 million US dollars, then 25 other additional. Startup of new Douglas DC-4 Mainliner, four-engined planes being able to carry 66 passengers, of the west coast at the east coast, of 14 hours, at a block speed of 370 km/h.
  • 1953 : In collaboration avce RCA, beginning of the development of a radar system weather of edge.
  • May 6th, 1955: First non-stop flights between New York and San Francisco, reducing the time of flight to 8:45.
  • October 25th, 1955: Order first jets, 30 Douglas DC-8, for an amount of 175 million US dollars.
  • 1960 : The Douglas DC-8 make it possible to connect Chicago to Honolulu without stopover in 7:52.
  • 1 {{er}} June 1961: Fusion of United Airlines and Capital Airlines to create the largest world airline company.
  • December 1961: Removal of the head office of Midway Airport to settle in a complex of offices of 20 hectares near the Airport of Chicago O' Hare.
  • December 1964: Eleven years after the beginning of the studies, United Airlines becomes the first interior company to be equipped with an entirely automated all-weather lander.
  • October 1965: Launching of the publicity campaign “ Fly the Friendly Ski ”.
  • 1 {{er}} August 1969: Cration of new the holding United Airlines Included .
  • July 31st, 1970: New the holding buys the chain International Western Hotels, which will take the name of Westin Hotels in 1981.
  • March 1972: The system of reservation passengers developed “Instamatic”, is replaced by, a new computerized system, “Apollo”.
  • December 1976: Installation near the travel agencies of a system of reservation computerized.
  • October 1978: The implementation of the deregulation of air transport to the the United States, brings to the progressive elimination of the functions of control provided by the Civil Aviation Board. The choice of the destinations becomes free, as well as the price of the services.
  • December 20th, 1980: Inauguration of the service road of Mexico.
  • May 6th, 1981: Installation of “ Mileage More ”, a promotional program and of development of consumer loyalty intended for the travellers often taking the plane.
  • 1 {{er}} April 1983: Inauguration of a connection without stopover between the North-western coast of the Pacific and Tokyo which is the first regular line of the company apart from the continent of North America.
  • May 1983: Inauguration of a connection without stopover between Seattle and Hong-Kong.
  • May 1983: Inauguration of a turntable ( hub ) with San Francisco.
  • August 30th, 1985: Acquisition of the Hertz Corporation.
  • February 11th, 1986: Acquisition of the Peaceful division of Side Am for 715 and beginning dollar million US of the service road of 11 additional cities, is a total of 13 cities in 10 countries of the peaceful edge.
  • 1 {{er}} May 1986: Inauguration of new the hub on the International Dulles Airport, (Washington D.C) United Airlines creates United Express Service, a common commercial subsidiary company, with regional conveyers (Air Wisconsin, Aspen and Westair.
  • June 9th, 1987: Beginning of a restructuring plan including/understanding the sale of the activities external with air transport: Hertz, Westin Hotels and International Hilton.
  • March 1988: End of the implementation of the restructuring plan, United Airlines is devoted again on its trade: the management of its air lines.
  • May 26th, 1988: Change of denomination, it becomes officially United Airlines Corporation, United Airlines being its principal subsidiary company.
  • August 5th, 1988: Sale of the 50% which it has in the system of reservation computerized “ Apollo ”, held by Covia Partnership, gathering Alitalia, British Airways, KLM, Swissair and USAir.
  • April May 1989: The most important ordering of all the history of the aircraft industry announces: 370 apparatuses with standard fuselage and 32 large transport aircrafts.
  • July 19th 1989: The flight 232 is crushed with Sioux City. 111 dead.
  • September 1989: First company to bring into service Boeing 747-400 between the the United States and the Australia.
  • December 1989: First regular connection in Boeing 747-400 between San Francisco and HongKong. The company becomes the first transpacific conveyer in front of all his American and Japanese competitors.
  • May 15th, 1990: Inauguration as of its lines towards Frankfurt in Europe since the airports of Chicago O' Hare and International Dulles (Washington D.C).
  • August 2nd, 1990: Inauguration of its daily connection Paris CDG - Chicago O' Hare.
  • October 15th, 1990: Announces larger ordering of large-carriers of L ¹ history of L ¹ commercial aviation and becomes the company of launching of the Boeing 777.
  • January 8th, 1991: Installation of a connection without stopover between Chicago O' Hare and Tokyo, thus connecting its two more important hubs .
  • April 3rd, 1991: Acquisition of the hub of the Side Am with the Airport of London Heathrow, adding to its world network 6 transatlantic connections and 7 intra-European connections.
  • May 19th, 1991: Installation of a second daily flight transtlantic Paris CDG - International Dulles (Washington D.C).
  • May 23rd, 1991 - Opening of the first agency United Airlines with Paris, 34, avenue de L ¹ Opéra.
  • November 23rd, 1991: Choice of Indianapolis to establish its new center of maintenance.
  • December 19th, 1991: Installation of a third daily flight transtlantic without stopover Paris CDG - Los Angeles, but modifiable according to the seasonal request.
  • January 15th, 1992: Msy in place of a service road towards the Latin America.
  • April 6th, 1992: Installation of a fourth daily flight transtlantic without stopover Paris CDG - San Francisco, but modifiable according to the seasonal request.
  • July 8th, 1992: Announces of an agreement with Airbus industry, for a leasing on 50 Airbus A320 and of the options on 50 other additional.
  • January 11th, 1993: United Airlines adopts new colors, to mark its evolution of interior company to that of total airline company, acquired at the time of the last years.
  • October 4th, 1993: Cooperation agreement with Lufthansa on a system of division of the codes, on the reciprocal participation in the programs of development of consumer loyalty and the clubs of the airports.
  • November 30th, 1993: Startup of the first Airbus A320.
  • July 12th, 1994: Following a recapitalisation, at the end which the employees acquired 55% of the ordinary actions, United Airlines becomes the largest american company held by its employees.
  • 1 {{er}} October 1994: Launching of a new subsidiary company Shuttle by United, specialized in the short-distance carriers starting from the west coast of the the United States, and offering flights to very gravitational tariffs.
  • June 7th, 1995: Startup of the Boeing 777, last-born child of the Boeing factories and larger twin-jet aircraft ever designed.
  • January 16th, 1996: The connection Paris-San Francisco becomes daily, whereas the connection Paris-Los Angeles is suspended.
  • June 10th, 1998: Installation of a fourth daily flight transtlantic without stopover between Paris CDG - and Washington.
  • November 1998: Installation of the electronic ticket at the beginning of Paris CDG.
  • April 1999: Progressive startup of the “ United First Continuation ”, becoming the first American company to equip its aircraft with true beds.
  • November 1999: Brought into service of the agency of the members of Star Alliance, in the middle of Paris.
  • April 3rd, 2000: Installation of a daily flight transtlantic without stopover between Paris CDG and Los Angeles.

After September 2001

  • September 11th, 2001:
    • 09:03, the second Boeing diverted, is flight 175 of United Airlines, coming from Boston and bound for Los Angeles; it transported 56 passengers and 9 team members. It is crushed against the Southern tower of the World Trade Center.
    • 11:26, a second plane of UAL which ensured the flight Newark-San Francisco crashe in Pennsylvania.
  • December 2002: United Airlines is placed under the protection of the American law on the bankruptcies, said “ Chapitre 11 ”.
  • June 2004: The American office of stabilization of air transport refused the application deposited by UAL of a guarantee of loan for 1,6 billion US$.
  • August 2004: In a request lodged with the judge of the bankruptcies, UAL informs that it could have to completely cease the additional amount of its funds of retirement house, after the rejection in June of a federal guarantee for a new loan, and that it “ could possibly be in the obligation to carry out the abandonment and the substitution of the whole of its pension plans ”. The obligations of additional amount of its funds currently rise for UAL to 8,3 billion US Dollar.

Float at the 7/1/2007

The Middle Age of the fleet of United Airlines is 13 years.

External bonds

  • Official site United Airlines
  • Official site United Airlines
  • Historique United Airlines
  • Age floats United Airlines

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