History not on side of bargain UAL unit
For nearly a decade, the world's airlines have tried to develop low-cost carriers to compete with the likes of Southwest Airlines. There was Continental Lite, an offspring of Continental Airlines,...
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Million-mile flier holds United in high esteem
Despite the financial travails of United Airlines, Leslie Plass, president of Tradeco International, an import company based in Addison, isn't rushing to obscure the license plate on his BMW Z3....
UAL loss a muddle of many figures
To hear United Airlines tell it, the carrier's financial troubles worsened severely over a few days in late November. The airline, which for most of November said it was losing...
Million-mile flier holds United in high esteem
Despite the financial travails of United Airlines, Leslie Plass, president of Tradeco International, an import company based in Addison, isn't rushing to obscure the license plate on his BMW Z3....
United forced to cut deeper
United Airlines must squeeze out another $300 million a year in savings in addition to an estimated $3 billion in annual cuts promised in order to stay afloat while it...
United workers to get $70 million in back pay
United Airlines will pay nearly $70 million in retroactive wages on Dec. 15 to 37,000 employees who are members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union. The...
UAL files for bankruptcy
After 76 years as a Chicago business icon, United Airlines on Monday began mapping plans for a fresh start. United became the biggest airline to go bankrupt, revealing that it...
United Airlines sees long trip ahead
As United Airlines prepares to slash costs in a challenging, 18-month Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, the carrier's chief executive, Glenn Tilton, says the airline's task will be to find ways...
How United lost control of rescue
United Airlines' executives and union officials were flying high as recently as a week ago, expecting a $1.8 billion loan guarantee to carry it through a financial storm that had...
United bankruptcy odds rise, CEO says
United Airlines' top executive broadly hinted to employees Friday that the odds are tilting toward a bankruptcy filing. Officials at United, the country's No. 2 airline, said employees should expect...