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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The low-fare blast is squarely aimed at siphoning off traffic from United and other legacy airlines like AMR , Delta Air Lines , Continental Airlines , Northwest Airlines and US Airways Group as the industry starts its fall season slowdown.
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).
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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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.
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and United Continental all rallying between 20% and 30% in that time.
In past mergers United and Continental, Delta and Northwest the combined airlines have slowly drawn down service at their smaller hubs.
United Continental, along with peers Delta Airline and American Airlines is set to report results of the third quarter.
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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.
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.
During the same time, major airlines like Jet Blue, Southwest, United Continental, and Delta have gained between 10% and 35%.
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Recent mergers, such as of United and Continental in 2010, and British Airways and Iberia in 2011, have led airlines to reduce service in North America and Europe, combining formerly overlapping routes to cut costs (and hike fares in the newfound absence of competition), resulting in fuller planes and fewer alternatives should something go wrong.
United Continental, Qatar Airways, Air India, Latam Airlines, Lot Polish Airlines, and Ethiopian Airlines have all halted their Dreamliner operations.
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Major airlines had a mixed day, with Southwest closing in positive territory, United Continental and Delta relatively flat, and Jet Blue in the red.
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Southwest Airlines pioneered the low-cost model which enabled it to offer fares that were significantly lower than those charged by traditional network airlines such as Delta Air Lines, US Airways, American Airways, and United Continental.
United Airlines has been paperless since last year, distributing 11, 000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots for use in the cockpit.
Indeed, the shares of rivals such as Continental and Delta Airlines have fallen heavily in value as well as those of US Airways and United.
All four of those airlines endured a spin through bankruptcy court first: United filed in 2002, Continental in 1990 and Northwest and Delta on the same day in 2005.
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In addition, United cut flight times in 2011 after a big run-up in 2008 and 2009, but added time to former Continental Airlines flights.
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