All United Airlines articles
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NewsUnited strikes sale-leaseback deals covering 20 Max 9s with SMBC Aviation Capital
The Irish lessor disclosed the sale-leaseback agreements, which apply to Max 9s delivered in late 2025 and 2026, on 10 December.
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NewsDelta and United take minority stakes in post-combination Republic Airways
Mesa and Republic completed their combination late last month, creating the second-largest feeder airline in the USA with a 310-strong fleet of Embraer regional jets.
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NewsRepublic Airways and Mesa Air Group combine into second-largest US regional airline
Regional airline operators Republic Airways and Mesa Air Group completed a business combination on 25 November that creates the second-largest feeder airline in the USA.
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NewsMesa shareholders approve Republic tie-up
Shareholders of Mesa Air Group have approved the company’s merger with fellow US regional airline company Republic Airways.
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NewsArcher purchases Los Angeles-area airport for planned 2028 Olympics air taxi operations
Archer said on 6 November that it has signed a signed a series of agreements to purchase the “one-of-kind Los Angeles asset”, also known as Jack Northrop Field.
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NewsRegional airlines likely facing deepest cuts in FAA traffic-reduction plan
Regional airlines are waiting to see how drastically their operations will be reduced by the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to cut air traffic volumes in key markets to ease pressure on the country’s increasingly strained air traffic control (ATC) system.
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NewsBreeze Airways chief David Neeleman envisions fleet of up to 400 aircraft
Such a fleet expansion would represent major growth from Breeze’s current fleet of about 50 Airbus A220-300s and Embraer E190s, and would place Breeze firmly in the middle tier of US carriers in terms of fleet size,
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NewsFrontier Airlines chief calls for antitrust immunity to help discounters compete with 'Big Four'
Frontier Airlines chief executive Barry Biffle implored US lawmakers on 30 September to embrace consolidation and greater cooperation within the low-cost airline sector, floating the idea of granting smaller market players antitrust immunity to better compete with the “Big Four” US airlines.
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NewsAmerican Airlines launches codeshare partnership with Porter Airlines
American Airlines has struck a codeshare partnership with Eastern Canada’s Porter Airlines, somewhat evening the field with other major US carriers benefit from partnerships with Canadian counterparts.
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NewsUnited hails FAA-ordered hourly flight cap at Newark
Flight frequencies at Newark Liberty International airport will be capped at 72 hourly through October 2026 under a final order from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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NewsPremature braking preceded tyre burst that damaged United 737 Max
US investigators believe a tyre burst that damaged a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 was caused by brake application before all three landing-gear were on the ground. Both right-hand main-gear tyres burst as the jet touched down at Houston on 24 October last year, and the fragments struck and ...
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NewsUnited 737 diverted to Osaka after cargo fire warning
A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 bound for Cebu made an emergency landing in Osaka after pilots received a cockpit warning of a potential cargo hold fire.
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NewsUnited CEO declares ultra-discount airline model dead
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has pronounced the era of ultra-discount airlines in the USA over, as carriers like Spirit and Frontier struggle financially and rush to revamp their business models.
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NewsDOT revokes certificates of four long-defunct US airlines absorbed by competitors
The US government recently revoked the interstate certificate authorities of four carriers – AirTran Airways, Continental Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America – that have long since been acquired by other major US airlines and ceased flying passengers.
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NewsUnited explicitly targets Spirit’s customers as ULCC withdraws from some US markets
The Chicago-based carrier seeks to fill network voids left by struggling Spirit Airlines, which is working through its second Chapter 11 process in less than a year.
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NewsJetBlue and United cleared to begin implementing ‘Blue Sky’ collaboration: CEO Geraghty
JetBlue Airways maintains that it and new partner United Airlines have received US government approval for their proposed interline agreement, branded as Blue Sky.
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NewsLow-cost airline model ‘works very well’ outside of USA: IATA chief
While some prominent industry voices have written off the low-cost carrier model as fundamentally broken, IATA director general Willie Walsh maintains that discounters are proving the model’s effectiveness – outside of the USA.
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NewsJetBlue chief Geraghty pours cold water on United tie-up talk
JetBlue Airways chief executive Joanna Geraghty slapped down suggestions that her carrier’s new commercial collaboration with United Airlines is the first step toward a full tie-up, maintaining that JetBlue is “absolutely” not interested in another merger attempt.
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NewsDelta touts new IndiGo partnership over ‘handful of slots’ exchanged by United and JetBlue
Delta Air Lines chief Ed Bastian asserts that the carrier is unfazed by the recently announced partnership between competitors United Airlines and JetBlue Airways that will focus on New York.
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NewsUnited and JetBlue launch ‘Blue Sky’ collaboration to cover airport slots and loyalty programmes
After several weeks or rumours that a new airline partnership has been gathering momentum, US carriers United Airlines and JetBlue Airways have revealed plans for a “unique consumer collaboration” that will start this fall.