The United spokeswoman said it hasn't substituted larger aircraft on the affected routes because those planes are being used on other parts of the route network of the Chicago-based carrier, which was formed by the 2010 merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines.
In addition, United is now managing award seat inventory on United and former Continental Airlines planes together after the merger of the two carriers.
Delta Air Lines is set to release its September quarter results on Tuesday, October 25, as peers United Continental and American Airlines also gear up to disclose their Q3 results the same day.
When completed, the merger will put the vast majority of air travel in the United States under the control of just four companies: American, Delta Air Lines, United Continental and Southwest Airlines.
If completed, the merger would put the vast majority of air travel in the United States under the control of just four companies: American, Delta Air Lines, United Continental and Southwest Airlines.
Continental Airlines has since merged with United Airlines to create United Continental ( UAL).
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In the past five years, the airline industry has seen the combinations of Delta with Northwest, United with Continental and Southwest Airlines Co. with AirTran.
Volume in 2010 significantly increased with the United Airlines and Continental merger, GS Capital buying Michael Foods, Abbott Labs buying Piramal Healthcare, Spyker rescuing Saab, and hundreds of others.
Some of the stocks he initiated a buy rating on include Alaska Air Group, American Airlines parent AMR, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines parent UAL, because those stocks are highly leveraged to an economic recovery, will benefit from balance-sheet deleveraging, focused on growing margins rather than gaining market share and attractively valued.
There are three major frequent flyer alliances that bring together the loyalty programs from several different airlines: Star Alliance (United, Continental, US Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, and 21 more), One World (American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, and nine others) and Sky Team (Delta, Air France, KLM, plus 10 more).
Average airfares there have steadily risen over the past three years, coinciding with the merger of Houston-based Continental Airlines into United Airlines.
The data comes from Aircell, an Illinois-based broadband provider that provides a wi-fi service called Gogo to Air Canada, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Continental, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America.
United Continental, the parent company of United Airlines, said it would begin taking delivery of the 737 Max 9 planes in 2018.
The FAA only has direct jurisdiction over passenger flights of the six U.S.-based 787s operated by United Airlines parent, United Continental Holdings Inc.
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and United Continental all rallying between 20% and 30% in that time.
United Airlines, now part of United Continental Holdings Inc.
ITA's QPX software tool for organizing flight information is used by leading airlines and travel distributors worldwide including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bing, Continental Airlines, Hotwire, Kayak, Orbitz, Southwest Airlines, TripAdvisor, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways and others.
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At the Deutsche Bank Aviation and Transportation Conference held recently, American Airlines denied seeking bankruptcy liquidation (Chapter 7) but did not rule out the possibility of seeking bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) to reorganize its labor agreements that put it at a marked disadvantage to airline industry peers such as Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, US Airways and United Continental.
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In alphabetical order, the winners are: Air France-KLM, AMR Corporation (American Airlines, American Eagles), British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways.
United Continental, Qatar Airways, Air India, Latam Airlines, Lot Polish Airlines, and Ethiopian Airlines have all halted their Dreamliner operations.
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United Continental, along with peers Delta Airline and American Airlines is set to report results of the third quarter.
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The combinations of United and Continental, Delta and Northwest, and Southwest Airlines and AirTran may have tipped the industry into oligopoly.
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In past mergers United and Continental, Delta and Northwest the combined airlines have slowly drawn down service at their smaller hubs.
During the same time, major airlines like Jet Blue, Southwest, United Continental, and Delta have gained between 10% and 35%.
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Indeed, last week's trip was organized with help from airlines including Lufthansa, Continental and United in the Star Alliance, one of the three major airline groupings that market seats and services together.
Competitor Lockheed Martin was down 1%, while major airlines like Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, and United Continental were mixed.
There was another failed merger attempt with United Airlines in 2008, which went on to merge with Continental in 2010.
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