United Airlines is one of the most well-known and largest airlines in the United States of America and in turn the world. It has been repeatedly ranked as one of the largest airlines in the world coming first in many rankings in terms of the number of flights present in its flight size and second in terms of the passengers it serves.
The airline was first established nearly a century ago on 6th April 1926 as Varney Air Lines. First, it commenced operations ninety-three years on 28th March in the year 1932. The airlines had been established by Walter Thomas Varney who was one of America’s most famous aviation pioneers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The airline was first established in Boise city of Idaho and has since absorbed or merged with various other airlines to form the vast network and efficient service it provides today. The airlines that were included under United Airlines were Continental Airlines, which was once known as Speed Airlines and Boeing Air Transport.
United Airlines with nine hundred and sixty-seven flights has one of the largest fleets of all airlines in the world as mentioned above. United Airlines flights are generally air carriers purchased from two of the largest air carrier manufacturers in the world namely, Airbus and Boeing.
The airline also boasts one of the oldest fleets in the world with the average flight being above sixteen years old. The oldest flight models used by the airlines are the Boeing 737 – 300ER which have been in use since the last decade of the previous century – the nineteen nineties. These flights are generally among thirty to thirty – two years of age and are set to be retired nearly a decade later when a refurbishment of new models is set to arrive.
The airline uses only flights from the Boeing aircraft company for its widebody flights but uses a mix of both Airbus and Boeing aircraft for its narrow-body flights with models such as Boeing 737 – 900ER, and Boeing 737-800ER being the most used among Boeing models with hundred and thirty-six of the first and a hundred and forty one of the latter.
The hub for United Airlines is located in the Willis Tower building of the Chicago city of Illinois State in the United States of America. Its most important hubs are those located at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport in the same city as its headquarters and the Denver International Airport in Denver City Colorado.
United Airlines is extremely focused on securing the best services for all of its passengers which means catering to the needs of all its customers. As such, the airline offers many attractive flight deals for its budget-conscious travellers such as family deals when travellers need a significant number of flight tickets mostly for family vacations.
Another popular offer made by United Airlines is a couples offer which is a staple of locations which can be considered as honeymoon destinations and attract many couples for that purpose. United Airlines also offers its passengers other privileges besides reduced prices such as adjacent seats and priority boarding.
United Airlines Vacations is one of the special offers made by United Airlines. This is a special package including hotel reservation and arrangements for rented vehicles at the location which is offered to popular vacation destinations such as beach resorts and hill stations so that travellers can enjoy a wonderful getaway without having to worry about any of the details.
Some hubs of United Airlines are the George Bush Intercontinental Airport located in Houston city of Texas state, the Los Angeles International Airport located in Los Angeles City of the state of California and the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark city of New Jersey State in the United States of America.
Some airlines United Airlines shares a codeshare agreement with are Asiana Airlines, South Korean Airlines, Austrian Airlines, the flag carrier of Austria, Avianca Airlines, airlines of Colombia, Azul Brazilian Airlines, airlines of Brazil and Brussels Air, the flag carrier of Belgium.
