United Airlines

United Airlines ( Toronto Reservation & Ticket Sales Phone )

24-hours: 1-800-241-6522
Customer Support Phone:
1-800-589-5582

United Air Lines, Inc., trading as United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA), is a major airline of the United States. It is a subsidiary of UAL Corporation with offices in Chicago, and its operations base in nearby Elk Grove Township. United's largest hub is O'Hare International Airport, where it has 650 daily flights. United Airlines also has hubs in Washington Dulles International Airport, Denver International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport. Its largest maintenance hub is the Maintenance Operations Center at San Francisco International Airport. As of July 31, 2006, United is the world's second largest airline by revenue-passenger-miles, third-largest by total operating revenues, and fourth-largest by total passengers transported. United Airlines has 56,000 employees and operates 445 aircraft.
On February 1, 2006, United emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under which it had operated since December 9, 2002, the largest and longest airline bankruptcy case in the history of the industry. In February 2008, UAL Corporation and Continental Airlines Inc. began merger negotiations and were expected to announce their decision in the immediate aftermath of a definitive merger agreement between rival Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines. On April 27, 2008, Continental broke off merger negotiations with United and stated it was going to stand alone. Despite ending merger talks, Continental is reportedly in discussion with United about a possible switch from the SkyTeam Alliance to the Star Alliance, of which United is a member.