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History Of United Airlines |
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United Airlines, Inc., is a major airline of the United's parent company UAL Corporation announced that it will move its operational base from |
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United Airlines traces its claim to be the oldest
commercial airline in the
In 1927, airplane pioneer William Boeing founded his own airline, Boeing
Air Transport, and began buying other airmail carriers, including
Varney's. Within four years, Boeing's holdings grew to include airlines,
airplane and parts manufacturing companies, and several airports. In
1929, the company changed its name to United Aircraft and Transport
Corp. (UATC). In 1930, as the capacity of airplanes proved sufficient to
carry not only mail but also passengers, Boeing Air Transport hired a
registered nurse, Ellen Church, to assist passengers. United claims
Church as the first airline stewardess. On May 7, 1930, UATC completed
the acquisition of National Air Transport Inc, a large carrier based in |
On March 28, 1931, UATC formed
the corporation United Air Lines, Inc. to manage the UATC airline
subsidiaries. Following the Air Mail scandal of 1930, the Air Mail Act
of 1934 banned the common ownership of manufacturers and airlines.
UATC's President Philip G. Johnson was forced to resign and moved to
Trans-Canada Airlines, the future Air
United had begun to seek overseas routes in the 1960s,
but the Transpacific Route Case (1969) denied them this expansion. It
did not gain an overseas route until 1983, when they began flights to On May 17, 1985, United's pilots went on a 29-day
strike claiming the CEO, Richard Ferris, was trying to "break the
unions." They used management's proposed "B-scale" pilot pay rates as
proof. American Airlines already had a non-merging B-scale for its
pilots. It appeared that would be resolved too as negotiations
continued. ALPA negotiators delivered a new counter-proposal at 12:20
A.M. in an effort to avoid the strike. However, MEC Chairman Roger Hall,
who was hosting a national teleconference from the Odeum (a convention
center in the Mr. Ferris changed United's parent company's name from
UAL Corporation to Allegis in February, 1987 but the name change was
short lived. Following Ferris' termination by the board, Allegis
divested its non-airline properties in 1987 and reverted to the name UAL
Corp. in May 1988. |
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