The doctor who reported the "biohazard" said the plane would need a "deep" cleaning. 🤮
Conservative pundit and pick-me Candace Owens is talking again...
Marlon Wayans and Delta Airlines had the last laugh, though! ✈💺
Disability activist Engracia Figueroa was shocked to discover that United Airlines had completely destroyed her $30,000 custom wheelchair while going through cargo, leaving her no choice but to use a traditional wheelchair while onboard the 5-hour long ride.
(USA Today) — The CEOs of United and Continental were in Washington this afternoon, trying to convince a Congressional panel that a merger of the airlines would be good for the industry without hurting consumers’ interests. The Wall Street Journal reports from the scene, writing “United’s Glenn Tilton and Continental’s Jeffery Smisek repeatedly said the […]
(Crain’s) — As home of the world’s largest airline, Chicago would be a huge winner in the proposed merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines. Keeping the headquarters of the new carrier in downtown Chicago would minimize any reduction in the state’s 13,600 United and Continental employees. Read More…
(Chicago Sun Times) — United and Continental Airlines said on Monday they’re forming the world’s largest airline in a deal worth about $3 billion. The airline will be run by current Continental CEO Jeffery Smisek. United CEO Glenn Tilton, a longtime advocate of consolidation in the airline industry, will be chairman for up to two […]
(Crain’s) United Airlines and Continental Airlines are close to a deal that would create the world’s largest airline, based in Chicago with Continental’s Jeff Smisek as CEO and United boss Glenn Tilton as chairman, according to media reports late Thursday. The airlines contemplate a stock-for-stock merger creating a company with combined market value of more […]
(NYTimes.com) — United Airlines and US Airways are in merger talks that, if successful, would create the nation’s second-biggest airline. It is the third time in a decade that they have tried to make a deal. The negotiations represent the latest efforts to consolidate the struggling airline industry, which lost $60 billion over the last decade […]