United Airlines News

Editor's note: The following opinion article is the first in a three-part series by guest columnist Richard S. Levick, the President and CEO of Levick Strategic Communications , the world's largest crisis communications firm.

United Airlines' policy requiring some agencies to use their own merchant accounts to book UAL as of July 20 is a radical new cost shifting scheme in the US marketplace, according to Kevin Mitchell, president of the Business Travel Coalition , which is working with ASTA and other industry groups on this issue.

United Airlines' $175 million in debt issued last week is its most expensive in at least nine years, reflecting the carrier's need for cash and a dwindling supply of assets to use as collateral.

United Airlines is having its own version of the trip from hell. The airline, reeling from a decline in customers and running short on cash, is paying a steep 17 percent interest on $175 million in debt it issued, leading analysts to bet the company is just a few steps from the grave.

ASTA president and chair Chris Russo is urging ASTA chapter presidents to "mobilize the troops" in a grass-roots effort of members and non-member agents in opposition to United's move to require that selected agencies use their own merchant accounts when booking on the airline.

A computer problem is causing flight delays and long lines for United Airlines passengers at O'Hare International Airport.

The World Travel Agents Associations Alliance today condemned the move by United Airlines to transfer credit card merchant fee costs to selected US-based travel agents.

Would you like a hand rub to go with your bag of peanuts? It's the question that a United Airlines flight attendant should have asked before he allegedly began touching a passenger on his flight.

Union Redoubles Efforts Following Concerns Outlined by Department of Justice CHICAGO, June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO at United Airlines, are pressing the Department of Transportation to ensure American jobs are protected when considering the anti-trust immunity ...

The midair crash of two airliners over Staten Island on Dec. 16, 1960, killed 134 people.

United Airlines has caused an uproar among travel agents with plans to force them to the pay credit-card fees when their customers buy tickets with plastic.

United Airlines announced on Monday the pricing of its offering of USD175m in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2012.

Bond investors are demanding a high yield to take on even the secured debt of United Airlines parent UAL, as declining travel demand continues to hurt revenues and raises the risk its liquidity could come under stress.

The Justice Department opposes Continental Airlines Inc.'s broad request for antitrust immunity to work more closely with United Airlines and other carriers in setting prices and schedules for international service.

Despite a rise in oil prices, airline shares were mostly higher Monday as the broader stock market was up.

Even in the dog days of summer, the airfare wars continue. This weekend, American Airlines is offering a NetsAAver last-minute getaway from Minneapolis to Chicago for just $67 one-way . Tickets must be purchased by midnight Friday with departures by Saturday and returns the following Monday or Tuesday.

American Airlines and United Airlines raised most domestic fares by as much as $20 for a round trip, the second increase in as many weeks, as they try to take advantage of peak U.S. summer travel season demand.

You pay for checking your baggage, for snacks and for extra legroom. Word is one airline has even toyed with charging you to use the toilet.

Shares of US Airways and United Airlines parent UAL dropped more than 10 percent Tuesday as investors worried about increased competition for both carriers owing to an airline merger.

U.S. stocks fluctuated as Boeing Co. led a drop in industrial companies after delaying its 787 Dreamliner and technology shares slipped following a reduced revenue forecast at Rambus Inc., offsetting gains in banks.