United Airlines has opened a new United Club lounge in Concourse A at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the second club to feature the airline’s new design concept. The opening coincides with the consolidation of United’s terminal facilities at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Concourse A.
Read moreUnited Airlines has placed a firm order for 30 Embraer 175 jets and optioned 40 more, potentially taking United’s firm order to a total of 70 aircraft. If United Airlines exercises all 40 options, the order has an estimated value of $2.9 billion at current list prices, according to Embraer.
Read moreThe new United Club lounge in Terminal 2 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport is the first to feature a new design prototype that United Airlines will use when building and renovating lounges worldwide.
Read moreUnited Continental Holdings, Inc. has placed a firm order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX 9s and 50 Boeing 737-900ERs. The order by United Airlines takes total 737-family orders past the 10,000-aircraft mark, the first time any transport-jet aircraft has ever achieved this milestone.
Read moreUnited Airlines is planning to launch daily non-stop service between its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in Florida on November 4.
Read moreUnited Continental Holdings, Inc. subsidiary United Airlines plans to launch daily non-stop flights between its New York-area hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Istanbul on July 1, 2012, subject to government approval.
Read moreUnited Re-Brands Premium-Class Cabins and Upgrades In-Flight Food and Amenities
Airlines February 17, 2012
The airline is introducing United Global First, its new international first-class service on three-cabin aircraft; and United BusinessFirst, its international business-class service on two- and three-cabin aircraft. United is also upgrading its premium-class food, in-flight entertainment and amenities.
Read moreWith the reconfiguration, the aircraft have 16 flat-bed seats in BusinessFirst, 45 seats in Economy Plus and 108 in Economy. The 757-200 reconfiguration project, which began in late November, outfitted 41 aircraft with a total of 1,845 Economy Plus seats.
Read morehe first Continental Airlines aircraft with the Economy Plus seating pioneered by sister carrier United Airlines will enter service on November 19, offering Continental passengers four inches of extra legroom in the forward rows of the Economy cabin.
Read moreConinental Airlines is inaugurating on November 16 the first daily scheduled passenger service between Texas and Africa, with a new nonstop flight between Houston and Lagos in Nigeria. Continental is operating the service with Boeing 777-200ERs.
Read moreThe aircraft was rolled out of the final assembly line at Boeing’s widebody-assembly facility – which is volumetrically the largest building in the world – at Everett, Washington on the evening of October 12.
Read moreThe re-branding of United’s Red Carpet Club and Continental’s Presidents Club lounges marks a further step in the integration of the two airlines’ products and services to provide a more consistent travel experience for customers, according to United Continental Holdings.
Read moreThe Boeing 737-800 played a key role in testing and certifying the performance improvement package now available as the standard specification for production Next-Generation 737s.
Read moreUnited Continental Issues 11,000 iPads for Move to Paperless Flight Decks
AirlinesTravel Technology August 23, 2011
United Continental Holdings, Inc. is converting to paperless flight decks by issuing 11,000 iPads to all United Airlines and Continental Airlines pilots for use as electronic flight bags, replacing paper flight manuals and aeronautical navigational charts.
Read moreUnited Airlines launches daily nonstop service between Los Angeles International Airport and Guadalajara, Mexico on May 3. The service is being operated by Continental Airlines, United’s sister carrier.
Read moreUnited Airlines has commemorated its 85th anniversary by unveiling an Airbus A320 painted in the airline’s 1970s-era “Friend Ship” livery at an employee celebration at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Read moreContinental Asks LiveTV to Provide In-Flight Wi-Fi on Over 200 Jets
AirlinesTravel Technology March 22, 2011
Continental Airlines plans to offer the service on more than 200 U.S. domestic Boeing 737s and 757s equipped with DirecTV, providing onboard connectivity and more than 95 channels of live television programming to customers flying within the continental United States.
Read moreUnited Extends Mobile Check-In and Boarding to International Flights
AirlinesTravel TechnologyTravel Tips March 16, 2011
United Continental Holdings, Inc. has expanded its mobile check-in and mobile boarding-pass service to United Airlines customers traveling on international itineraries.
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