John Schmeltzer

United Airlines and its pilots pledged just last week that delegates to the Democratic National Convention wouldn't have a problem getting to Los Angeles. Getting the delegates back home was...

A Chicago-based independent hotel company says it will create a holding company to challenge the worldwide reservation systems and frequent traveler programs offered by the likes of Marriott International Inc....

United Airlines, battered by pilots' mass refusal to work overtime and other problems, said Tuesday it is dropping nearly 2,000 flights from its October schedule in an effort to improve...

United Airlines, which wrapped up its Taste of Chicago meal promotion earlier this month, says it is readying a new meal program to whet the appetites of the airline's customers....

A little more than two months after Jennifer Filipowski, the daughter of Divine Interventures founder Andrew "Flip" Filipowski, secured start-up funding for her on-line meeting planning company MeetHead.com, the site...

Pilots for United Airlines have made no secret of their unhappiness with the carrier's proposed merger with US Airways. Earlier this month, the Master Executive Council, the local unit of...

The airline industry's Internet travel service, dubbed T2 when it was announced in November, appears to be on schedule to meet its late-summer launch date despite opposition from travel agent...

More than a year after Mayor Richard M. Daley canceled a trade mission to China because of the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by U.S. fighter jets, the...

It's getting to the point that United Airlines is going to start having difficulty keeping track of the various "world's largest" announcements it has been making. A week after United,...

Taste of Chicago doesn't open until June 30, but passengers aboard United Airlines flights will begin enjoying the cuisine of some city restaurants on June 8. Passenger response to past...