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United Airlines Boeing 777 taking off at Schiphol, Amsterdam. United Airlines Airbus A320-200. In early 2004, the color scheme shown here was superseded.United Airlines (UAL) is an American airline, the second largest in the world, after American Airlines. Based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, near Chicago, it employs around 61,000 people and operates around 540 aircraft (Jan 2002). The company has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since December 2002 and is set to emerge in the first half of 20052005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated: The World Year of Physics The International Year of Microcredit The International Year for Sport and Physical Education The United States Year of Foreign.
1 Hubs and alliances
United has hub operations at
- O'Hare International AirportO'Hare International Airport is an airport located in Chicago, Illinois, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. It is the headquarters of United Airlines and the second-largest hub of American Airlines. Its IATA airport code is ORD, and its ICAO (ORD) serving Chicago, IllinoisThis article is about the city, for other uses of the term see Chicago (disambiguation : Hog butcher for the world,Tool maker, stacker of wheat,Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler;Stormy, husky, brawling,City of the big shoulders. Carl
- San Francisco International AirportSan Francisco International Airport is located in San Mateo County adjacent to the cities of Millbrae and San Bruno, 13 miles (21 km) south of San Francisco, California. The airport has flights to destinations throughout the Americas and is a major gatewa (SFO) serving San Francisco, CaliforniaFor other meanings, see San Francisco (disambiguation). Bay Bridge. In the distance is fog covering the western third of the city. Click for additional information The City and County of San Francisco (population 776,773), the fourth-largest city in the s
- Washington Dulles International AirportWashington Dulles International Airport ( IATA airport code IAD ICAO airport code KIAD serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. It is named after John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. It serves as a h (IAD) serving Washington, DCWashington, DC officially the District of Columbia (also known as DC Washington and, historically, the Federal City is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America. Residents of the city and its surrounding suburbs refer to
- Denver International AirportDenver International Airport is a major international airport located in northeastern Denver, Colorado. It ranks among the top 10 busiest airports in the United States and is the largest airport in area in the country. It is a major hub for United Airline (DEN) serving Denver, Colorado
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) serving Los Angeles, California
- Narita International Airport (NRT) serving Tokyo, Japan
The airline's low-cost leisure subsidiary, Ted, is based at Denver.
United's regional feeder operation is United Express. United Express is the marketing name for several small airlines which operate under contract to fly passengers from small cities in the U.S. and Canada to United hubs. Although the aircraft are painted in United colours, they are separate companies with different pilots and management.
UA is a founding member of the Star Alliance, through which it is a marketing partner of 16 other carriers. It has a special partnership with Star member Lufthansa which includes profit-sharing on certain trans-Atlantic routes. Separately, United currently codeshares with SNCF French Rail to stations in France and has marketing agreements of varying intimacy with Aeromar, Air China, Aloha Airlines, BWIA, Cayman Airways, and Emirates.
