United Airlines, based in Chicago, the United States, has announced that it will start new services from the carrier’s hub at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to 4 cities in the US Midwest – Eau Claire (Wisconsin), Hancock/Houghton (Michigan), Muskegon (Michigan), and Paducah (Kentucky) from early 2010.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed fines against two major US-based airlines – US Airways and United Airlines – for having flown their  planes “on hundreds of occasions” violating the FAA’s rules or other standards for airline safety.

Duluth, the port city in Minnesota, the United States is going to get non-stop flights from Chicago and Orlando – between Chicago and Duluth by United Airlines, and between Orlando and Duluth by Allegiant Air.

United Airlines has announced that it will charge fees for a second checked bag for many of its international flights.

United Airlines has increased its number of flights to the ski town of Aspen in Colorado, the United States, for the forthcoming ski season.

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, $375,000 for “improperly bumping” passengers on oversold planes.

The government of the United States has sued United Airlines alleging that the airline failed to place workers, who became disabled, into other jobs they still could do.

United Airlines, based in Chicago, the United States, has decided to hike the fees for baggage checked-in at the airport by $5 from June 10, 2009.

Several major airlines based in the United States have temporarily stopped flying to Mexico because of poor demand for flights to Mexico, which has been hit by an outbreak of swine flu.

United Airlines has announced that obese passengers may have to pay the price for two seats when boarding the plane.

Chicago-based United Airlines, a subsidiary of UAL Corporation, will now charge overweight passengers the fare for an extra seat.

  United Airlines has announced that it will phase out cash transactions aboard its flights within the United States and also on flights to and from Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean and start accepting credit cards and debit cards for purchasing cocktails and other items in-flight from March 23, 2009.

UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines, headquartered in Chicago, the United States, has reported that its fourth-quarter net losses have risen because of increased fuel-hedging losses and declining revenue.

The United States National Park Service and an organisation representing the victims of families of the United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, have reached an agreement with a landowner to buy land to build a National Memorial in Shanksville, Pasadena, the United States.

United Airlines, a subsidiary of UAL Corporation, based in the United States, is to offer in-flight internet service in its planes later in 2009.

UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines, has suffered a net loss of $779 million, or $6.13 per share, in the third quarter of 2008.

The United States-based United Airlines has decided to double the fee it charges some passengers to check a second bag, citing as reason the volatile prices of aviation turbine fuel.

United Airlines has moved court seeking to stop an alleged slowdown by its pilots union.

United Airlines, the second-biggest airline in the United States, is planning to lay off 950 pilots, which is 15% of its total number of pilots.

Continental Airlines and United Airlines, both based in the United States, have signed an agreement to connect their networks and operations worldwide.

US Airways, the low-cost airline owned by US Airways Group, has said it will reduce its work force by 1,700 (or, about 5%), cut more capacity than decided previously, and also introduce new fees.

United Airlines has said it is discontinuing operations of the discount airline Ted Airlines, one of its two airline divisional brands. 

United Airlines, a major airline of the United States and a subsidiary of UAL Corporation, is offering voluntary retirement packages for about 600 eligible flight attendants as a part of the job cuts announced earlier.

Two airlines based in the United States – US Airways and United Airlines – that had won approval from the US Department of Transportation to start routes to China are putting off the launch of the new services by one year owing to high costs of aviation fuel.

Three major airlines based in the United States – American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines – have increased fares by as much as $60 round trip to counter the phenomenal rise in prices of jet fuel.