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United, Continental deal approaches reality

August 22, 2019 at 5:09 a.m.

United and Continental Airlines are expected to announce Monday that they are combining operations to create the world's largest airline, the culmination of more than a decade's effort by Chicago-based...

Boeing, Abbott hit by health care reform

May 13, 2019 at 3:53 p.m.

With its 787 Dreamliner jet seemingly on an upward trajectory, Boeing Co. is starting to turn its attention to its next big development project: replacing the best-selling airplane of all...

U.S. airlines escape the worst of volcano-related losses

August 22, 2021 at 9:55 p.m.

As Europe began to recover Monday from the ashy fallout of Iceland's volcano eruption, the travel industry toted the damage and wondered what calamity could possibly next befall the airlines....

United, US Airways renew merger talks

August 22, 2021 at 9:48 p.m.

Chicago-based United Airlines is pondering a merger with US Airways, the third time the companies have attempted to combine their businesses in the past decade and the kickoff to what...

Latest U.S.-EU airline deal likely to keep mergers on similar path

May 9, 2019 at 8:39 p.m.

The U.S. and European Union indicated they are willing to spur cross-border mergers by allowing foreign ownership of airlines, provided Congress takes the first step. But the Open Skies II...

NASA’s future cloudy as U.S. plans to shift focus in space exploration

August 22, 2019 at 5:03 a.m.

The final countdown has begun to the end of manned spaceflights by NASA, leaving some to fret that the nation's dreams of reaching for the stars may be in jeopardy...

United pilots shut out of game results

August 22, 2021 at 7:49 p.m.

Super Bowl fans on some United Airlines flights Sunday evening were left wondering about the game's outcome after flight dispatchers refused to share game updates with pilots. United said the...

Ones to watch in 2010

August 22, 2021 at 8:22 p.m.

Irene Rosenfeld Title: Chief executive of Kraft Foods Inc. Why we are watching: Rosenfeld has staked her legacy at Northfield-based Kraft on a $16 billion-plus bid for Cadbury PLC. The...

United’s workforce to take flight in center’s move to Willis Tower

August 22, 2021 at 8:26 a.m.

United Airlines is expected to announce as early as Thursday that it is moving its giant operations center and 2,800 employees from the northwest suburbs to downtown Chicago, sources tell...

‘United Breaks Guitars’ video a smash hit

August 22, 2021 at 6:28 a.m.

Canadian musician Dave Carroll could have sung the blues after United Airlines workers at O'Hare International Airport smashed his guitar and the carrier refused to pick up the $1,200 cost...

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