Senators suggest Air Force lease 25 tankers, buy rest
The Air Force's contract to lease 100 Boeing aircraft as refueling tankers has taken heavy damage and likely will be dramatically scaled back. Sens. John Warner (R-Va.), chairman of the...
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Flights back on track after some brief delays
The plans of thousands of airline passengers were disrupted Thursday afternoon by the power outage in the Northeast that brought more than a dozen airports to a standstill. But almost...
Golden Silence: Nordhielm
The best thing United Airlines can do in the marketing area right now is nothing. That's the advice of Christie Nordhielm, an assistant professor of marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg...
Look outside: Theobald
If there is one piece of advice former banker Thomas Theobald has for United Airlines, it's this: Stop the inbreeding. Like lots of other carriers, United tends to hire people...
United seeks approval for new bonus plan
United Airlines has asked a bankruptcy judge to approve retention bonuses for technical employees, a proposal that has drawn fire from one of the airline's unions. The plan would give...
United Airlines pulling plug on employee stock plan
It's hardly a windfall for United Airlines employees, but they soon will be able to sell the shares of the carrier held in their employee stock ownership accounts. With parent...
Union seeks to reopen United repair base
Union mechanics who lost their jobs when United Airlines closed an Indianapolis maintenance base are looking for investors who are willing to reopen and operate the facility. Local Lodge 2294...
United committed to ‘road warrior’
United Airlines presented a business plan to its unsecured creditors Wednesday that is more evolutionary than revolutionary. Under the plan, the nation's second-largest airline would continue to focus on business...
United reassessing options
United Airlines hasn't been forthcoming with details about the low-cost carrier it wants to create. That's because the airline is rethinking the concept--everything from how big it should be to...
United wants millions more for consultant
United Airlines can't get enough of McKinsey & Co., the consulting firm it hired to develop a turnaround plan on the same day the carrier filed for bankruptcy in December....