John Schmeltzer

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...

A parade of bad news followed United Airlines on Thursday, one day after the government declined to bail out the nation's second-largest air carrier. The rejection of United's request for...

In a decision expected to push the nation's second-largest airline into bankruptcy, a federal board refused to approve a loan guarantee for United Airlines, calling the carrier's business plan "fundamentally...

Appearances can be deceiving. While airports will be jammed starting Wednesday with travelers scurrying home for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, airlines are operating far fewer flights than in holidays past,...

This is the start of the holiday travel season and the nation's airlines are attempting more than ever to warn passengers about the do's and don't's of traveling, with the...

A recently approved code-sharing deal between Lufthansa Airlines and United Airlines should boost revenue at United by about $90 million, according to Graham Atkinson, senior vice president of international operations....

Without a federal loan guarantee, United Airlines faces an unacceptably uncertain future, the carrier's top executive said Wednesday. Glenn Tilton, in his first interview since taking over as United's chairman...

Jurgen Weber, chief executive of Lufthansa Airlines, the German national carrier, has shifted the airline's stance on providing financial help to United Airlines and is now willing to consider lending...