NINE DEATHS OF THE NINJA | Shô Kosugi | Martial Arts Movie | English | 武术 | 忍者 | 武术电影 | HD | 720p (Mayo 2024)
United Airlines, American international airline na naglilingkod sa North America, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, at Europe. Ang punong-himpilan para sa kumpanya ng magulang ng air carrier, United Continental Holdings, ay nasa Chicago.
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Nag-date ang United Airlines noong 1929, nang si William E. Boeing (1881–1956), Frederick B. Rentschler (1887–1956), at ang kanilang mga kasama ay nagtatag ng United Aircraft Transport Corporation, isang konglomerya ng parehong pagmamanupaktura ng sasakyang panghimpapawid at air transport. Noong 1930 ay nakakuha ito ng apat na mga carrier ng Boeing Air Transport (nabuo noong 1927), Pacific Air Transport (1926), Varney Air Lines (1926), at National Air Transport (1925) — at noong 1931 itinatag ang United Airlines, Inc.,. sa Chicago bilang isang kumpanya na may hawak na pamamahala ng payong para sa apat na mga dibisyon sa operasyon.
Noong 1934, sa ilalim ng presyon ng kongreso ng Estados Unidos, ang mga konglomerate ng sasakyang panghimpapawid ay pinilit na matunaw, na naghihiwalay sa paggawa ng sasakyang panghimpapawid mula sa air transport. Ang United Airlines, Inc., ay naging isang independiyenteng kumpanya ng operating, na ganap na pinagsama ang lahat ng mga dibisyon sa transportasyon. (Ang mga kumpanya ng pagmamanupaktura ng Boeing at United Aircraft ay lumitaw din mula sa pagkabulok.) Si William A. ("Pat") Patterson (1899–1980), ang bagong pangulo, ang pangunahing impluwensya sa pag-unlad ng kumpanya hanggang sa kanyang pagretiro noong 1966.
From 1930 the company had a network of routes from New York City to San Francisco and Seattle along with a number of north-south routes in the West, and in that year the company’s—and the world’s—first stewardesses were trained and put into service on the Chicago–San Francisco flights. Transcontinental flights from New York followed. After World War II, United’s routes and services expanded greatly. In 1961, upon its merger with Capital Airlines, United became the largest air carrier (in terms of number of passengers) in the Western world, exceeded globally only by the Soviet Union’s Aeroflot; United retained that first rank for a couple of decades.
In 1968–69 United Airlines reorganized itself, and in 1986 it acquired Pan American World Airways’ trans-Pacific routes (connecting the United States with East Asia and the South Pacific). In 1990 United Airlines acquired Pan American’s routes between London and the United States, and in 1991 United bought the bankrupt Pan American’s Latin American and Caribbean route systems.
Following its reorganization in 1968–69, United also embarked on a number of corporate mergers. Its new parent and holding company, UAL, Inc., acquired the Western International (later Westin) Hotels (a large American hotel chain) in 1970, the Hertz Corporation (the largest car-rental business in the United States) in 1985, and Hilton International Co. (another large hotel chain) in early 1987. These businesses were sold off in late 1987, however, and henceforth the parent company concentrated on its major subsidiary, United Airlines, which remained one of the largest air carriers in the world.
In 1994 United employees purchased a controlling (55 percent) share of the airline in return for $4.9 billion in wage and work-rule concessions. The buyout made United the largest employee-owned company in the United States. Despite federal assistance to United and many other U.S. airlines following the September 11 attacks in 2001, it filed for bankruptcy reorganization in December 2002. The firm emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2006.
In the early 21st century, because of increasing financial difficulties in a struggling airline industry, United underwent a period of major restructuring, which included a decrease in flight routes, a reduction in seating capacity, and employee layoffs and job cuts. In 2004 United launched its low-fare carrier Ted Airlines, which it discontinued in 2009, and in 2007 it acquired an equity stake in Aloha Airlines. The following year United partnered with Continental Airlines to expand its flight options, and in 2010 it merged with Continental. However, the two airlines continued to operate separately—as subsidiaries of the newly created United Continental Holdings—while waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a single operating license, which was granted in late 2011. In March 2012 Continental’s operations were rebranded under the United name.
