query: who is the current president of united airlines

pos: Oscar Munoz (executive) airline. <ref name="Scott Kirby Named President of United Airlines"> Oscar Munoz (executive) Oscar Munoz (born January 1959) is an American businessman. He was named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of United Airlines on September 8, 2015. At the time of this appointment, Munoz had been serving as a member of the board of directors of parent company United Continental Holdings (UCH) since its formation with the 2010 merger between United and Continental. Munoz had been a member of Continental's board of directors since 2004. On August 29, 2016, in a newly created role, United announced Scott Kirby as its

pos: Jeff Smisek was conditional on Smisek cooperating with United in criminal investigations and could be recouped by United were Smisek to be convicted of any crimes. Oscar Munoz replaced Smisek as United CEO. Smisek was named Aviation Week's Person of the Year for 2010. Smisek is married to Diana Strassmann, an American economist, and has two children. Jeff Smisek Jeffery Alan "Jeff" Smisek (born 17 August 1954) is an American businessman, who was the chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Continental Airlines from January 1, 2010 until the merger with United Airlines in October 2010. Following the merger of United-Continental,

neg: Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines () is the flag carrier and the largest airline in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is the 10th largest commercial airline in the US, and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The airline operates its main hub at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on the island of Oahu and a secondary hub out of Kahului Airport on the island of Maui. Hawaiian Airlines operates flights to Asia, American Samoa, Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand, and the United States mainland. Hawaiian Airlines is owned by Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. of which Peter R. Ingram is the current President and

neg: Edward Sims Edward Sims Edward Sims is the current president and CEO of WestJet Airlines since March, 2018. He started with the company on May 28, 2017 as the executive vice president of commercial. Sims has a history of senior positions with airlines such as Air New Zealand, TUI Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, and travel compaies such as Virgin Travel Group. Sims’ most recent position before WestJet was the CEO of Airways, Air New Zealand’s air navigation service provider Sims began his work in the travel industry in the United Kingdom, but has also worked in Euopean and Australasian travel markets. Sims

neg: Executive One current energy crisis" and to "demonstrate his confidence in the airlines", then-President Richard Nixon became the only sitting president to travel on a regularly scheduled commercial airline flight when he flew on a United Airlines DC-10 from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. A Nixon aide carried a suitcase-sized secure communication device on board the plane, so that the President could remain in contact with Washington in the event of an emergency. If the president's family members are aboard, but not the president himself, the flight can, at the discretion of the White House staff or Secret

neg: Jeff Smisek Jeff Smisek Jeffery Alan "Jeff" Smisek (born 17 August 1954) is an American businessman, who was the chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Continental Airlines from January 1, 2010 until the merger with United Airlines in October 2010. Following the merger of United-Continental, Jeff became the new chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of United Airlines until his resignation on September 8, 2015. Smisek was born into a Jewish family in 1954, and graduated from Princeton University, AB "summa cum laude" in Economics, in 1976. He matriculated at Harvard Law School and obtained a JD "magna cum

neg: Gary C. Kelly Airlines in 1986 as Controller. In 1989, Kelly was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance. In 2001, he was promoted to Executive Vice President. Kelly spent 3 years in this role until he was promoted to his current position as CEO and vice chairman in 2004 replacing James Parker who succeeded Herb Kelleher in 2001. Kelly was named Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southwest Airlines on May 21, 2008, replacing co-founder Herb Kelleher. Gary Kelly also became president of Southwest Airlines the same year, replacing Colleen Barrett when her contract expired on July 15,

neg: Sierra National Airlines were resumed on 1 May 1990 under the current airline name. In early 2004 the airline experienced some problems with its United Kingdom Sales and Reservations structures which were restructured. Scheduled flights between London Gatwick Airport and Lungi International Airport, Freetown, resumed on 30 November 2004. In October 2004 Gold Coast Aviation (PTY) Ltd., a South African-based aviation company, who have proposed to take over the operations of the Sierra National Airlines (SNA), have held discussions with President Kabbah about their intent to start operation of a new airline in partnership with SNA from 19 November 2004, subject to the

neg: Howard Putnam Howard Putnam Howard D. Putnam (born August 21, 1937) is an American businessman. He was CEO of Southwest Airlines for three years, and later CEO of Braniff International Airways at the time of its bankruptcy. When Putnam was 23 years old, he was a sales representative for Capital Airlines. He joined United Airlines when Capital was acquired by United in 1961. 17 years on, he became Group Vice President, Marketing at United Airlines before leaving to head Southwest Airlines. From August 1978 to 1981, Putnam was President and CEO of Southwest Airlines. He left Southwest in September 1981 to head

neg: Amadou Sanneh Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. Sanneh is married to Haddijatou Sanneh, a former employee of Gambia International Airlines. In 2002, she lost her job due to her association to the UDP through her husband, following the court case "Haddijatou Sanneh vs Gambia International Airline Civil Suit No. 73/2002". Amadou Sanneh Amadou Sanneh is a Gambian accountant and politician who is the current Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs in President Barrow's cabinet. A former national treasurer of the United Democratic Party, Sanneh was sentenced to five years imprisonment in December 2013 for his role in supporting an asylum application.

neg: Executive Airlines regional carrier affiliate, Executive Airlines, Inc., which carries and d/b/a American Eagle in name throughout The Bahamas and the Caribbean from bases in Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico." On July 8, 2008, American Eagle Inc, announced changes in leadership at its San Juan-based Executive Airlines operation in which Ed Criner, Executive’s current president, returned to the U.S. mainland to oversee one of American Eagle’s largest operations at Chicago O’Hare airport, and Pedro Fabregas, Vice President - Finance and Planning for Executive, became President - Executive Airlines. Fabregas, a 25-year industry veteran, joined American Airlines in 1983 and quickly progressed

neg: History of United Airlines Mississippi River became United Aircraft (the future United Technologies), while its manufacturing interests west of the Mississippi became Boeing Airplane Company. The airline interests became United Air Lines. The airline company's new president, hired to make a fresh start as airmail contracts were re-awarded in 1934, was William A. Patterson, who remained as president of United Airlines until 1963. United's early routes, formed by connecting air mail routes, was east-to-west from New York City via Chicago and Salt Lake City to San Francisco, and north-south along the West Coast. The early connections became the basis of United hubs in Chicago

neg: Sara Nelson (union leader) Sara Nelson (union leader) Sara Nelson is the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO. A United Airlines flight attendant since 1996, she previously served as AFA's International Vice President for a term beginning January 1, 2011. Today, AFA-CWA represents nearly 50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines. Nelson has been a flight attendant with United Airlines from August, 1996 through the present. Soon after beginning her career, based in Boston for United Airlines, Nelson became an activist in the Boston AFA Local. She served there in a variety of roles including the elected position of Council Representative. In

neg: WestJet Encore The first president of WestJet Encore was Ferio Pugliese, who retained his title of Executive Vice President at WestJet Airlines, Ltd. He was hired in November 2012 coming from WestJet, where he began work in 2007. He left in 2016 to become an Executive Vice President at Hydro One Ltd., an electricity company. He was replaced in September 2016 by Charles Duncan, an American who previously worked as Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at United Airlines and, earlier in his career, was Chief Operating Officer at Continental Micronesia. Financial statistics are not released separately for WestJet Encore but reported

neg: Rebecca Gernhardt Cox Rebecca Gernhardt Cox Rebecca Gernhardt Cox (née Range during White House service) (born 1955) is an American business executive and former Director of the Office of Public Liaison during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Until the 2010 merger of Continental Airlines and United Airlines, Rebecca Cox was the Senior Vice President of Continental Airlines, Inc. She joined Continental in January 1989, and currently serves as a consultant to United Airlines, the successor company. During her tenure as an executive with Continental, the airline emerged from bankruptcy and rose from being ranked last in every measurable performance category to winning

neg: Montie Brewer has two children. He lives in the Boston area. Montie Brewer Montie R. Brewer (born 1957) is an American air travel industry veteran. He was the president and CEO of Air Canada until March 31, 2009. Montie Brewer joined Air Canada in 2002 as Executive Vice President, Commercial and was appointed President and CEO in 2004. Prior to this, he had been serving as Senior Vice President Planning at United Airlines, with responsibility for revenue and planning functions. Montie Brewer has also held senior positions at Northwest Airlines, Republic Airlines, Braniff and Trans World Airlines. He has planned and developed

neg: Montie Brewer Montie Brewer Montie R. Brewer (born 1957) is an American air travel industry veteran. He was the president and CEO of Air Canada until March 31, 2009. Montie Brewer joined Air Canada in 2002 as Executive Vice President, Commercial and was appointed President and CEO in 2004. Prior to this, he had been serving as Senior Vice President Planning at United Airlines, with responsibility for revenue and planning functions. Montie Brewer has also held senior positions at Northwest Airlines, Republic Airlines, Braniff and Trans World Airlines. He has planned and developed over 20 hub operations worldwide, managed low-cost airline operations

neg: Valley International Airport HRL also provides the longest runways in the area with modern aircraft approach systems that minimize chances of travel delays during inclement weather. Current airlines providing air service to HRL include Southwest Airlines, United Airlines (via United Express), American Airlines (via American Eagle), Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines (seasonally via Delta Connection) and Sun Country Airlines (seasonal service). These air carriers provide nonstop service to Austin (AUS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW and DAL), Denver (DEN), Houston (IAH and HOU), and Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP). HRL is also a large air cargo port currently ranked in the top 80 airports in the

neg: UAL Corporation the merger. UAL Corp. passed to its successor its major operations at Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington-Dulles. UAL's United Airlines, Inc. held several key air rights, including one of the two American carriers authorized to serve Asia from Tokyo-Narita. UAL's United was the largest U.S. carrier to China and maintained operations throughout Asia. UAL, Inc., was incorporated December 30, 1968 as a Delaware corporation as part of a reorganization of United Airlines, its largest subsidiary, having a storied history. UAL, Inc. was the creation of then United Airlines president George Keck, who formed the holding company to

neg: Karen Pence Karen Pence Karen Sue Pence (née Batten, formerly Whitaker; born January 1, 1957) is an American educator, teacher, painter, and since 2017, the Second Lady of the United States. She is married to former Governor of Indiana and the 48th and current Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. She was formerly the First Lady of Indiana from January 14, 2013 to January 9, 2017. Pence was born as Karen Sue Batten in Kansas on January 1, 1957, the daughter of Lillian (née Hacker; 1931–2004) and John M. Batten (1931/1932–1988), a United Airlines official. Her parents divorced when she

neg: Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport all domestic airlines other than Sichuan Airlines. T1 is split into Domestic and International wings, and retained all international flights from airlines within and outside China. The new terminal is twice the size of the current T1, and allows the airport to handle up to 50 million passengers annually. On June 9, 2014, United Airlines began operating a nonstop service from San Francisco to Chengdu, connecting central China to the United States non-stop for the first time. Service to the US has since expanded, as Hainan Airlines now offers nonstop service from Chengdu to Los Angeles and began nonstop service

neg: Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport Both concourses have since been demolished. East Concourse Gates: 1 - 6 Airlines: Allegiant Air (6), American Airlines/American Eagle (5), Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection (1 & 2) Former Airlines: America West, Continental, Frontier (Current), Northwest, Seaport Airlines, TWA, Vanguard & Western Pacific West Concourse Gates: 7 - 12 Airlines: Southwest Airlines (12) & United Airlines/United Express (8 & 10) Former Airlines: Air Midwest, AirTran, Braniff (Original), Frontier (Original), Republic Airlines (Original), Western Airlines & US Air Express (later US Airways Express) Notes: Gates 3, 4, 7, 9 & 11 were vacant/unused in 2015. Gate 9 was unused for many years

neg: Edward Sims in 2001 as vice-president of retail, then in 2002 he was promoted to the vice-president of marketing and alliances. His longest serving role with the company began in December 2003 where he led the international wide-body business. In this role he had the responsibility of the international cabin crew, long haul fleet induction and refurbishment programmes. Edward Sims Edward Sims is the current president and CEO of WestJet Airlines since March, 2018. He started with the company on May 28, 2017 as the executive vice president of commercial. Sims has a history of senior positions with airlines such as Air

neg: United Continental Holdings May 2010 they introduced their new corporate branding. It featured the words "United Airlines" in the then-current Continental typeface, and Continental's globe-like logo. United updated their branding once again in August 2010, replacing the words "United Airlines" with the single word UNITED and changing the font to United's traditional upper-case sans-serif font. United's new CEO Jeff Smisek, who previously served as Continental's chairman, helped design the new font, integrating it with the existing Lippincott-designed Continental graphics. He has noted that he has received over 15,000 emails with suggestions for a new livery. The first United 747 featuring the new livery

neg: Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co. is a major United States airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and is the world’s largest low-cost carrier. The airline was established in 1967 by Herb Kelleher as Air Southwest Co. and adopted its current name, Southwest Airlines Co., in 1971, when it began operating as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of Texas, first flying between Dallas and San Antonio. The airline has more than 58,000 employees and operates more than 4,000 departures a day during peak travel season. As of December 2018, Southwest carries the most domestic passengers of any United States airline.

neg: Boise Airport become United Airlines. Since United traces its roots to Varney, United is recognized as the airline that has operated the longest out of Boise, years as of 2019. United has contracted out its airport operation to SkyWest Airlines and no longer has any active employees in the state of Idaho, although as of May 2016 United Airlines operates two daily mainline flights between Boise and Denver (DEN). Less than four months after his historic transatlantic flight, the airfield hosted Charles Lindbergh and the "Spirit of St. Louis" The current airport has its origins in 1936 when Boise began buying and

neg: Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport exhibits are part of the terminal's design. Major elements include: The New Terminal/Concourse opened on June 3, 2015. The airport has one terminal and one concourse with 12 gates, all with glass jetways that can accommodate most current commercial aircraft. Concourse Gates: 1–12 Airlines: Alaska Airlines (11), Allegiant Air (3), American Airlines/American Eagle (6 & 7), Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection (1 & 2), Southwest Airlines (4 & 5) & United Airlines/United Express (8 & 9) Other airports in Wichita Other airports in metro Other airports in region Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is

neg: Howard Putnam It On, Share The W.I.S.H.", which was scheduled for release on April 1, 2007. Howard Putnam Howard D. Putnam (born August 21, 1937) is an American businessman. He was CEO of Southwest Airlines for three years, and later CEO of Braniff International Airways at the time of its bankruptcy. When Putnam was 23 years old, he was a sales representative for Capital Airlines. He joined United Airlines when Capital was acquired by United in 1961. 17 years on, he became Group Vice President, Marketing at United Airlines before leaving to head Southwest Airlines. From August 1978 to 1981, Putnam was

neg: History of United Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10, which for many years served as a workhorse in both airlines' fleets and others around the world. United Airlines is the only airline to have operated Executive One, the designation given to a civil flight carrying the U.S. President. On December 23, 1973 then President Richard Nixon flew aboard a United DC-10 flight from Washington Dulles to Los Angeles. White House staff explained that this was done to conserve fuel by not having to fly the usual Boeing 707 aircraft used for Air Force One. In keeping with the practice of having two aircraft available at all

neg: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 the crew and fellow passengers who provided support and care for the injured, preventing what could have been far worse." On April 19, 2018, Martha McSally, a former Air Force combat pilot and current member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona, introduced a resolution in Congress commending Shults. On May 1, 2018, President Donald Trump welcomed the crew members and selected passengers in a ceremony at the Oval Office of the White House, thanking them all for their heroism. Present were Captain Tammie Jo Shults, First Officer Darren Ellisor, Flight Attendant Rachel Fernheimer, Flight Attendant Seanique Mallory,

neg: Stapleton International Airport Stapleton International Airport Stapleton International Airport was the primary airport serving Denver, Colorado, United States from 1929 to 1995. At different times it served as a hub for Continental Airlines, the original Frontier Airlines, People Express, Trans World Airlines (TWA), United Airlines and Western Airlines. Other airlines with smaller hub operations at Stapleton included Aspen Airways, the current version of Frontier Airlines and Rocky Mountain Airways, with all three of these air carriers being based in Denver at the time. In 1995, Stapleton was replaced by Denver International Airport. It has since been decommissioned and the property redeveloped as a

neg: African Airlines Association promotion of co-operation was undertaken by 14 founding members. AFRAA's current management includes Dr. Elijah Chingosho (secretary general), Dr. Koussai Mrabet (director of commercial, corporate and industry affairs) and Mrs. Juliet Indetie (deputy head of corporate finance and administration). The general assembly The highest policy-making body of the association is the annual general assembly, composed of chief executives of member airlines. The annual general assembly is presided over by the president of the association. Mrs. Siza Mzimela, chief executive officer of South African Airways, is the president of the association for 2012. In this capacity, Mrs. Mzimela and South African

neg: Hollywood Burbank Airport as of January 2019 and is slated to operate out of gate B5 in Terminal B, the current Alaska Airlines gate. This will leave the entire Terminal A exclusive to Southwest with the exception of the four Alaska Airlines flights which will depart from A5 or A8 in Terminal A. This will leave all other airlines operating out of Terminal B. With the expansion of Delta Airlines service to Atlanta and United upgrading several routes to mainline service, Hollywood Burbank Airport is undergoing major changes for the 2019 calendar year. According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the following airlines

neg: Barkley Regional Airport in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility. Federal Aviation Administration records say this airport had 21,654 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 18,542 in 2009, and 19,903 in 2010. Barkley Regional Airport is named after former Vice-President of the United States, Alben W. Barkley, who was from Western Kentucky. The airport was previously served by Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines, with Saab turboprops to Memphis International Airport. When Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines, service to Memphis from Paducah ended. This service was quickly replaced when the Chicago-based United Airlines started operating daily

neg: Spokane International Airport and A-B would receive a renovation. Ultimately, operations at A-B would wind down under long-term plans to construct a new terminal in 2030, at the earliest. Southwest Airlines is the current primary occupant operating in and out of Concourse A. Delta and United Airlines both operate in and out of Concourse B. American Airlines operated in and out of Concourse B before relocating to Concourse C in March 2016. Concourse C houses 9 gates, both upper (30-32) and lower (21a, 21b, 22-26). The lower level gates house regional turboprop jets, while the upper-level gates house narrow-body aircraft. The current iteration

neg: Air route authority between the United States and China including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), operated by four US carriers, United, American, Delta and six Chinese carriers, Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan, Xiamen and Sichuan Airlines. Among the US carriers: Following a 1987 directive, six Chinese airlines were formed in 1988 when CAAC, the Chinese airline and government regulatory agency for aviation was split and reorganized. Now there are six Chinese carriers which operate US-China air routes: Current number of airlines with non-stop services between cities in China and the United States: The airlines flying between China and the United States cooperate in airline alliance and through

neg: Jackson Hole Airport Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines and United Airlines. Jackson Hole Airport is the only commercial airport in the United States located inside a national park, in this case Grand Teton. (The Provincetown Municipal Airport in Massachusetts is on land leased from the National Park Service, but it is not in a national park.) The airport was created in the 1930s as the best place to put an airport in Teton County. The airport was declared a national monument in 1943, and merged with Grand Teton National Park in 1950. The runway was extended to its current length in 1959.

neg: St. George Regional Airport St. George Regional Airport St. George Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (5.8 miles; 9.3 km) southeast of the central business district of St. George, a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The current airport opened on January 13, 2011, and is a replacement for prior, smaller land-locked St. George Municipal Airport, located atop a mesa in the city, which was declared unsuitable for expansion the city needed for population growth. It is served by SkyWest Airlines on behalf of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. SkyWest, which is one of the

neg: Fantasy flight April 6, 2013 with staff from United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Massachusetts State Police, The Charles River Center, and Massport in support and an on-board experience also with United Airlines. Silverliners - a group of former Eastern Airlines fight attendants - organize a Fantasy Flight from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan. Delta provides a jet and current staff members to pilot and serve as ground personnel, ticket staff and flight attendants. 2016 was the thirty-first year the Silverliners organized the Fantasy Flight. Southwest Airlines operated its fantasy flights at Baltimore Thurgood Marshall Airport with the Johns Hopkins Children's Center for

neg: Rono Dutta responsibility of a $400 million full-service airline with a route system including 25 cities along with 44 aircraft. HE later grew sales at 35 percent a year. In 2007, Mr. Dutta joined US-based AAR Corporation as a strategic adviser for the Indian market. From 1995 until 1999, prior to becoming the president of United Airlines, Dutta served as the senior vice president of planning and revenue management. Dutta obtained his degrees from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Harvard Business School. Rono Dutta Rono Dutta is the former president of United Airlines from 1999 to 2002. Dutta is the co-founder,

neg: Bill Ayer Tilden, the airline's president. He is a pilot and CFO For Alaska Airlines since 2014. Bill Ayer is chairman of the AOPA Foundation, and pilot. Bill Ayer William S. "Bill" Ayer (born 1955 in Seattle, Washington, United States) is an American former chairman, president, pilot and chief executive officer of Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group which is the parent company of Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier Horizon Air. Originally interested in being a physician, he later changed career goals. He is graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in economics and biology, Ayer earned a master's degree

neg: AMR Corporation AMR president and CEO Thomas W. Horton was replaced as CEO by the current CEO of US Airways, Doug Parker. Horton remained as chairman of the merged business, while US Airways president Scott Kirby became president of the merged company. American Airlines operates 605 aircraft as of April 2012 with an additional 451 on order. The new planes will consist of 260 A320neo from Airbus and 200 Boeing 737s over the next five years. It will also take options and purchase rights for up to 465 additional planes through 2025. American Eagle Airlines, AMR's regional subsidiary operates 284 aircraft including

neg: Katherine B. Forrest women antitrust practitioners worldwide." In 2010, Forrest represented Continental Airlines and United Airlines in their merger. In October 2010, Forrest left Cravath when she was recruited by Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney to join the United States Department of Justice as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division. On May 4, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Forrest to fill a judicial seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York that had been vacated by Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who took senior status at the end of 2010. Forrest was nominated by

neg: Emirates (airline) relationship with Dubai's airport authority and its aviation authority, both of which are also wholly state-owned entities that share the same government owner with the airline. Qantas' chairman claimed that Emirates is able to reduce its borrowing costs below market rates by taking advantage of its government shareholders' sovereign borrower status. Emirates' president disagrees and has also referred to United States airlines bankruptcy protection as being a substantial form of state assistance. The airline makes regular profits. In recent years (2016), American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines have made similar claims as well as stating that they violate Open

neg: Southwest Airlines was reaccommodated on the next flight. Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co. is a major United States airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and is the world’s largest low-cost carrier. The airline was established in 1967 by Herb Kelleher as Air Southwest Co. and adopted its current name, Southwest Airlines Co., in 1971, when it began operating as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of Texas, first flying between Dallas and San Antonio. The airline has more than 58,000 employees and operates more than 4,000 departures a day during peak travel season. As of December 2018, Southwest carries the most domestic

neg: Lynx Aviation the ex-Colgan Q-400s and began operating for United. Competing against Republic Airways' own Frontier airlines. Former Western Airlines pilot and Chief Operating Officer of ATA Airlines Inc., Bill Beal; former Sun Country Airlines and Great Lakes Airlines executive Nick Wangler, and, Steven Westberg, former chief financial officer of Midway Airlines and a former vice president of Continental Airlines are trying to raise $40 million to buy Lynx Aviation and rename it Fly Smart. It would connect Sheridan, Cody, Riverton, Laramie and Casper with Denver. Lynx Aviation operated to the following destinations within the United States: The first Q400 was delivered

neg: Ben Baldanza for the American Airlines Group until 1991. He was later employed by Northwest Airlines and after that briefly worked at the United Parcel Service. In 1994, he was hired by Continental Airlines as head of pricing. By 1997, he left Continental to serve as the managing director and COO of TACA Airlines. He also served on the board of directors of Frontier Airlines. In the early 2000s, he served as senior vice president of marketing for US Airways during a troubling period when the company filed bankruptcy twice in as many years. Baldanza left US Airways to become president and

neg: Entebbe Handling Services busiest civilian and military airport, where it competes with DAS Handling Limited. At Entebbe, the company services a number of passenger and cargo airlines, including the US Government. In 2006, ENHAS was awarded a contract to service United Nations flights at 10 airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and at 10 airports in South Sudan. ENHAS was formed in 1996. The current Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Kutesa was an investor in the company. In June 2014, he was elected president of the United Nations General Assembly. In a press conference in New York City, he informed

neg: Larry Catuzzi of New York. In the early 1980s, Catuzzi was the president of the Bluebonnet Bowl Association, the sponsor of the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, Texas. In 1998, Catuzzi was appointed to the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority. He became the Vice Chairman of the organization, and his current term expires in August 2010. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of the American Diabetes Association. Catuzzi's daughter, Lauren Grandcolas, died on September 11, 2001, as a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93. Since the incident, Catuzzi has been active in seeking to develop and finance the Flight 93

neg: 1972 United States presidential election Airlines and Braniff Airlines. By 1976, prosecutors had convicted 18 American corporations of contributing illegally to Nixon's campaign. 1972 United States presidential election The United States presidential election of 1972, the 47th quadrennial presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. Nixon easily swept aside challenges from two Republican congressmen in the 1972 Republican primaries to win re-nomination. McGovern, who had played a significant role in reforming the Democratic nomination system after the 1968 election, mobilized the anti-war movement and other liberal supporters to win his

neg: Boeing Field It is also used by Air Force One when the President of the United States visits the Seattle area. The August 1946 OAG lists 24 United Airlines weekday departures, 10 weekly flights operated by Northwest Airlines and several Pan Am Douglas DC-3 flights a week to Juneau via a stop at Annette Island Airport which served Ketchikan at the time. Boeing Field currently has no scheduled passenger jet airline service. The last jet service was operated by Hughes Airwest in 1971 and before that by predecessor air carriers Air West and West Coast Airlines with all three airlines operating DC-9

neg: David Barger David Barger David J. Barger (born 1958) was the Chief Executive Officer of JetBlue Airways until his ouster in February 2015. He had been part of JetBlue's founding team and served on the corporation's board of directors. Dave Barger's interest in airlines came from his father, who was a United Airlines pilot for 37 years. From 1982 to 1988, Barger served in a number of positions with New York Air, such as the Director of Stations. In 1992 he joined with Continental Airlines and held various management positions including Vice President of Continental's Newark Liberty International Airport hub. Barger was

neg: Chicago Rockford International Airport air freight to trucks through the facility. The airport was once served as the company headquarters for Ryan International Airlines which based many of its aircraft at the airport for charter flights. Ryan operated a diverse fleet of mainline narrow and widebody jetliners. It ceased all operations in 2013. Several airlines have previously served the airport including United Express, Hooters Air, Frontier Airlines (both the current version and original Frontier), Britt Airways, Skyway Airlines and successor Midwest Connect, Midway Connection, TransMeridian Airlines, American Eagle, Trans World Airlines (TWA), Ozark Air Lines, McClain Airlines, Direct Air and Northwest Airlink (code sharing

neg: American Airlines Flight 11 that read "World Trade Center Disaster". Carol Lin, who was the first anchor to break the news of the attacks, said: Later, in an on-air phone call from his office at the CNN New York bureau, CNN vice-president of finance Sean Murtagh reported that a large passenger commercial jet had hit the World Trade Center. Eventually, other television networks interrupted regular broadcasting with news of the crash. President George W. Bush was arriving at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida. Initial news reports speculated that the crash had been an accident until United Airlines Flight 175 was flown

neg: Alexander Aircraft Company Justin began teaching other men to fly, among them Vern Simmons; O.R. Ted Haueter (past vice president of Continental Airlines); Ray Shrader (past vice president of Braniff Airlines); Red Mosier (past vice president of American Airlines); Jack Frye (past president of TWA); plane designer Al Mooney. As the national sales manager, Justin helped build the firm to the top producer in the United States (eight planes a day, just before the depression). Originally headquartered in Englewood, the film-turned-aircraft company was forced to move to Colorado Springs in order to expand. West of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and

neg: Mesa Airlines 'Please' and 'Thank you' and 'Could you do better?' hasn't done anything." She also stated "...management can choose a different outcome by seriously negotiating a contract. Mesa Airlines is an important partner in the highly-profitable American Airlines and United Airlines networks." "Mesa Flight Attendants will not accept poverty wages", said Sara Nelson, international president of the AFA-CWA. "Enough is enough. Mesa Flight Attendants have the full backing of the 50,000 members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. We are ready to do whatever it takes to achieve a fair contract." Mesa Airlines and the AFA returned to the bargaining table

neg: Flair Airlines to the end of 2020, and that their current 737-400 fleet would begin to be rapidly phased out in 2019. In October of 2018, Flair announced that their new aircraft would be the Boeing 737-800NG. Flair Airlines Flair Airlines is an airline based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It operates scheduled passenger services in Canada, as well as chartered passenger and cargo services in Canada, the United States, the Caribbean region, and to destinations worldwide from its main base at Edmonton International Airport. It serves a variety of customers including airlines, tour wholesalers, sports teams, convention organizers, government agencies, corporate travel

neg: Patricia A. Friend pending as of January 1, 2011. She retired from the AFA office at the end of 2010. Born in the Midwest and raised in Oklahoma, Friend is now based in Washington, D.C., and has retired as a United Airlines flight attendant. Patricia A. Friend Patricia A. Friend is the former International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO. A United Airlines flight attendant since 1966, during her 16 years as International President, Friend was a respected leader in the airline industry and throughout the labor movement. Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Friend was appointed by U.S. Secretary of

neg: Bonaire had received many extensions of both the runway and the terminal itself. Today the airport is known as Flamingo International Airport and is served by a variety of both domestic and international airlines. Services from the US include Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. Airlines providing European service include TUI Netherlands and KLM. Consistent air service from Curaçao is available through Divi Divi Air and Insel Air. The airport is equipped with a fire station, control tower and hangar. Plans are underway for modifications to the current airport facilities, runway and the fire station. The two towns on the island

neg: Air North is currently main provider of Jet-A fuel service in Whitehorse and is also the ground handler for Condor Airlines and WestJet Airlines in Whitehorse, as well as American Airlines, United Airlines, Aeromexico, and others in Vancouver. Air North is now owned by Joseph Sparling (51%) (President, CEO, and Boeing 737 Captain) and the Vuntut Development Corporation (49%), an arm of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. Air North is one of the largest private sector employers in Yukon. As of 2015 Air North has over 500 employees and more than 1,200 Class C & D shareholders. During profitable years Air North

neg: History of American Airlines was not lost on pilots who on February 17, 1997 went on strike for higher wages. President Bill Clinton invoked the Railway Labor Act citing economic impact to the United States, quashing the strike. Pilots settled for wages lower than their demands. The three new hubs were abandoned in the 1990s: some San Jose facilities were sold to Reno Air, and at Raleigh/Durham to Midway Airlines. Midway went out of business in 2003. American Airlines purchased Reno Air in February 1999 and integrated its operations on 31 August 1999, but did not resume hub operations in San Jose. American discontinued

neg: Pedro Fábregas Pedro Fábregas Pedro Fábregas is an officer at American Airlines Group, the parent company of American Airlines, US Airways and Envoy Air. Pedro Fábregas was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Envoy Air in December 2013. At Envoy Air (previously American Eagle Airlines), Fábregas oversees one of the world's largest regional airlines, with more than 16,000 employees and operating more than 175 regional aircraft on approximately 1,000 daily flights to nearly 150 cities throughout the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico and the Caribbean. Fábregas has more than 30 years of airline industry experience and joined American Airlines in

neg: Hollis L. Harris in Peachtree City, GA from 1969 until his death at the age of 84 on July 13, 2016. Hollis L. Harris Hollis Loyd Harris (November 25, 1931 – July 13, 2016) served as President and COO of Delta Air Lines (1987-1990) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Continental Airlines (1990-1991), Air Canada (1992-1996), and World Airways (1999-2004). According to author Harry Nolan, Harris led the latter three airlines "out of the turbulence of financial instability toward profitability." In 1997 Harris and Steve Wolf signed a strategic agreement between Air Canada and United Airlines, producing what is now the Star Alliance,

neg: Hollis L. Harris Hollis L. Harris Hollis Loyd Harris (November 25, 1931 – July 13, 2016) served as President and COO of Delta Air Lines (1987-1990) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Continental Airlines (1990-1991), Air Canada (1992-1996), and World Airways (1999-2004). According to author Harry Nolan, Harris led the latter three airlines "out of the turbulence of financial instability toward profitability." In 1997 Harris and Steve Wolf signed a strategic agreement between Air Canada and United Airlines, producing what is now the Star Alliance, which grew to become the world's largest global airline alliance. Hollis Harris’s 51-year career began in 1954 as

neg: Algorithmic bias discrimination is a factor in arrests, such feedback loops could reinforce and perpetuate racial discrimination in policing. Corporate algorithms could be skewed to invisibly favor financial arrangements or agreements between companies, without the knowledge of a user who may mistake the algorithm as being impartial. For example, American Airlines created a flight-finding algorithm in the 1980s. The software presented a range of flights from various airlines to customers, but weighed factors that boosted its own flights, regardless of price or convenience. In testimony to the United States Congress, the president of the airline stated outright that the system was created

neg: The Greek Tycoon released the following year. The film focuses on the courtship and marriage of aging Greek Theo Tomasis, who rose from his humble peasant roots to become an influential mogul who owns oil tankers, airlines, and Mediterranean islands and longs to be elected President of Greece, and considerably younger Liz Cassidy, the beautiful widow of the assassinated President of the United States. The two first meet when she is visiting his island estate with her husband James, the charismatic Senator from the state of Massachusetts. Theo immediately is attracted to her and, despite the fact she obviously is happily married, begins

neg: Gregg Saretsky Ltd. (formerly Pacific Western Airlines and CP Air), rising to vice president roles for Airports and Marketing. From 1998-2008 he was an executive at Seattle based Alaska Airlines Inc. In mid 2009 he joined WestJet Airlines Ltd. as vacation vice-president; in April 2010 he became CEO of the airline. Saretsky is married and has three children. He has also two older brothers who are commercial pilots, one with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and the other with Air Canada. Gregg Saretsky Gregg Saretsky (born 1959 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is the former president and CEO of WestJet, a carrier based in Calgary,

neg: Continental Airlines on June 30, 1986, with improved asset and cash flow positions and a more competitive route structure with routes radiating to every large U.S. city from major hubs at Denver and Houston. Continental also began developing its Midwest hub at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 1986, just as United Airlines began to transfer its Cleveland hub operations to Washington Dulles International Airport in Fairfax County, Virginia. In October 1986, American Airlines senior vice president Thomas G. Plaskett became the president and CEO of Continental Airlines. On February 1, 1987, People Express, Frontier, New York Air, and several commuter carriers were

neg: ValuJet Airlines from Atlanta to Tampa. The carrier was headed by a group of industry veterans including co-founder and chairman Robert Priddy, who had started a string of successful airlines including Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), Air Midwest Airlines, and Florida Gulf Airlines. Board members Maury Gallagher and Tim Flynn, the other co-founders, developed and ran WestAir before selling it to Mesa Airlines; former Continental Airlines and Flying Tigers President Lewis Jordan joined the carrier a short time later as president. The airline went public in June 1994 after a year of tremendous growth with the addition of 15 aircraft since the first

neg: James Henry Carmichael Jr. with other airlines but was unsuccessful. In 1957 Lansing Michigan, Capital Airlines Michigan base, voiced its frustration over poor service and years of promised improvement. That same year Capital realized its highest profits ever with an increase in passengers and cargo and a decrease in Airmail. Carmichael was president of Capital Airlines from 1947 to 1957 and chairman until 1958 when he resigned amide conflicts over a proposed merger with United Airlines. Capital would eventually merge into United Airlines in 1961. On May 8, 1958 he received the Horatio Alger Award, from the American Schools and Colleges Association for his

neg: United Continental Holdings having been approved by the FAA on November 30, 2011. The following is the list of current subsidiaries of United Continental Holdings, Inc. Early in February 2008, UAL Corporation and Continental Airlines began advanced stages of merger negotiations and were expected to announce their decision in the immediate aftermath of a definitive merger agreement between rival Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines. The timing of the events was notable because Northwest's golden shares in Continental (that gave Northwest veto authority against any merger involving Continental) could be redeemed, freeing Continental to pursue a marriage with United. On April 27, 2008,

neg: Continental Airlines unveiled a new blue and gray livery and the "globe" logo. This would continue as Continental's identity until it was dissolved in 2012, and was adopted by the post-merger United Airlines. In March 1993 the airline cancelled its services to nine U.S. destinations and six non-U.S. destinations, including all 24 weekly services between the United States and Australia and New Zealand in addition to its flights between Guam and Australia, effective October 31 of that year. Under the leadership of former Boeing executive Gordon Bethune, who became President in October 1994, Continental began a successful transformation project. When Bethune took

neg: Thomas G. Plaskett Thomas G. Plaskett Thomas G. Plaskett is an American business executive who served as CEO of Continental Airlines, Pan American World Airways, and Greyhound Lines. Plaskett began his career at American Airlines. He spent twelve years there, rising to the position of senior vice president, marketing. At American, Plaskett played a major role in creating the country's first frequent flyer club and advance-purchase discount fares. In October 1986 he became the president and CEO of Continental Airlines. That autumn he was named one of the nation's 10 most-desired managers by "Fortune". On February 1 1986, Continental Airlines doubled in size

neg: Jeff Smisek laude", in 1982. Prior to his role at United, Smisek was chairman, president and CEO of Continental Airlines, which merged with United in 2010. Previously a partner at the law firm of Vinson & Elkins, Smisek joined Continental in 1995 as senior vice president and general counsel. In 2004, he became president and was elected to the company's board of directors. He became chief operating officer in September 2008. In 2014 Smisek was elected Chairman of the Board of Airlines for America. Smisek serves on the board of directors of National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and the board of trustees of

neg: Lord President of the Court of Session United Kingdom and the Court of the Lord Lyon. The current Lord President of the Court of Session is Lord Carloway, who was appointed to the position on 18 December 2015. They are paid according to Salary Group 1.1 of the Judicial Salaries Scale, which in 2016 was £222,862. The current Lord President of the Court of Session is Lord Carloway, who was appointed to the position on 18 December 2015. The Lord President is paid according to Salary Group 1.1 of the Judicial Salaries Scale, which in 2016 was £222,862. As Lord President of the Court of Session and

neg: Uni-Systems landing gear elevator platforms, empennage stands, and the firm’s patented Uni-Dock. Clients of Uni-Systems in the aerospace industry include American Airlines, SkyVenture, Boeing, Canadian Air, the United States Air Force, and El Al Israel Airlines. In 2014 Cyril Silberman sold the engineering department to Bart Riberich, President of Uni-Systems, LLC, who then created the new company Uni-Systems Engineering. Uni-Systems, LLC continues to serve the kinetic architecture market with the patented En-Fold® retractable fabric canopy product and small custom kinetic building elements. Though it is not the only product Uni-Systems has delivered to clients, the company has become recognized as the

neg: Daytona Beach, Florida terminal and an International terminal. Despite the new facilities, DAB has found difficulty in attracting and retaining carriers; Continental Airlines, AirTran Airways, and United Airlines discontinued flights to Daytona in 2007 and 2008. LTU & American Airlines also serviced Daytona Beach during the 1980s and 1990s, both of which ended all flights in 1994 & 1997. Current passenger airlines serving DAB include Delta Air Lines (with nonstop service to Atlanta), American Airlines (with non-stop service to Charlotte), and JetBlue Airways (with non-stop service to New York-JFK). All three carriers offer connecting service from those cities to destinations worldwide. International flights

neg: Sun Country Airlines Sun Country Airlines Sun Country Airlines is a United States-based low-cost airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota and based at nearby Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. The airline operates 70 routes, mostly between destinations in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica and the Caribbean. Sun Country began flight operations in January 1983 with a single Boeing 727-200 jetliner. The airline's original staff consisted of sixteen pilots, sixteen flight attendants, three mechanics and one office person. A number of the original employees had previously worked for Braniff International Airways which ceased operations on May 12, 1981. The company's founder and first President/CEO was

neg: President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The President of the Supreme Court is the president of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The office is equivalent to the now-defunct position of Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, also known as the Senior Law Lord, who was the highest ranking among the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (the judges who exercised the judicial functions of the House of Lords). The current President is Lady Hale. From 1900 to 1969, when the Lord Chancellor was not present, a former Lord Chancellor would preside at judicial sittings of the

neg: Doug Parker Doug Parker William Douglas "'Doug" Parker is an American businessman who is the current Chairman and CEO of American Airlines Group, Inc., the parent company of American Airlines. Parker grew up in Michigan and received a BA in Economics from Albion College (1984). He then received an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University (1986), where American Airlines offered him a job after a campus interview. Parker was a financial analyst at American Airlines from 1986 to 1991, where he was a member of then CEO Robert Crandall's, "Brat Pack", alongside Thomas W. Horton (former CEO

neg: Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict peace summit, Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed requested that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres lift the United Nations' sanctions on Eritrea, imposed largely due to the efforts of Ethiopian diplomacy. Ethiopian Airlines announced that it would resume flights to Asmara on 16July. Between 14–16July President Isaias visited Ethiopia and its President, Mulatu Teshome. Isaias affirmed the unity of Eritrea and Ethiopia, saying "henceforth, anyone who says Eritreans and Ethiopians are two different peoples is one that doesn't know the truth". He visited an industrial park in Awasa and presided over the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy. On 6September, the Ethiopian Embassy

neg: Boryspil International Airport organised by the art fund "Artaniya". Terminal F is a former passenger and current cargo facility and was opened on 21 September 2010 by President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych as a home base for Ukraine International Airlines. Terminal F started handling regular flights as of 31 October 2010, with an initial capacity of 900 passengers/hour. The terminal is not equipped with jetways as it was originally meant to serve low-cost airlines. However, the higher level of service offered led to the transfer of many scheduled European and Asian carriers to the terminal. The opening of Terminal F greatly reduced the

neg: Richmond International Airport Richmond International Airport in 1984. The airport's manager from 1957 to 1988 was Anthony E. Dowd, Sr. A terminal building designed by Marcellus Wright and Son was completed in 1950. It was expanded from 1968 to 1970, which included the current passenger concourses. The April 1957 Official Airline Guide (OAG) lists 43 weekday departures: 22 flights on Eastern Air Lines, ten flights on Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989), five flights on American Airlines, four flights on National Airlines and two flights on Capital Airlines. During the mid 1970s, United Airlines was operating daily round trip one stop service between Richmond and Los

neg: Airlines for America taxes on air travel. Nicholas Calio said, "It's a misnomer to characterize the current law as a consumer protection rule when it really protects the government, not airline passengers, and it's disingenuous for Washington to hide the ball and not be held responsible for the taxes they impose on air travel." A4A said that as of 2014, $61 of a $300 domestic airfare is taxes. Airlines for America also has been involved in promoting fuel efficiency and the development of alternative fuels. In April 2014, Nancy Young, A4A's Vice President of Environmental Affairs, testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture,

neg: Hypobaric chamber each individual, and this training is helpful for aviators to be able to recognize these symptoms during actual flight so as to avoid in-flight oxygen emergencies. Military pilots who fly aircraft at altitudes in excess of 10,000 feet, and civilian pilots who fly unpressurized aircraft above 12,500 feet, must use oxygen equipment. Altitude chamber training is required of U.S. military aviators every five years. The FAA and some larger airlines also require their pilots to periodically take altitude chamber training. Anyone with a pilot certificate in the United States who has a current Class I or Class II medical certificate

neg: History of non-scheduled airlines in the United States on the regular airlines. Though the regulatory actions of the Civil Aeronautics Board ultimately extinguished the burgeoning non-scheduled industry, the idea of cheap, efficient air transport endured and by the passage of the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act nearly all civil airlines had transitioned to an aircoach model. The first non-scheduled airlines arose from the industrial and human fallout of the Second World War. The wartime United States aviation industry had, upon the orders of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, escalated the production of aircraft from a few thousand a year to more than 4,000 each month, and the training centers of

neg: Leon D. Cuddeback was made Vice-President of the firm. In 1931 Varney merged with Boeing Airlines. The Colonel became Assistant Chief Pilot for Boeing. Around this time instrument flying and radio developed in aviation along with the carrying of passengers. In 1932 Boeing and several other airlines merged to form the United Airlines. Lt. Colonel Cuddeback was made Regional Superintendent of the old Varney route with his main office in Salt Lake City. Up to 1939 his division either won or was runner-up of the operational efficiency trophy for the United Airlines. In 1939 he went with the Government Safety Bureau of Civil

neg: Josh Earnest Josh Earnest Joshua Ryan Henry Earnest (born January 22, 1975) is an American public affairs professional and former campaign worker and White House aide who served as the twenty-seventh White House press secretary under President Barack Obama, from 2014 to 2017. He succeeded Jay Carney as Obama's press secretary, in 2014, and was succeeded by President Donald Trump's first Presidential press secretary, Sean Spicer. He currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for United Airlines. Earnest was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Donald H. Earnest, an athletic director, and Jeanne M. Earnest, a psychologist.

neg: United Master Executive Council served as ALPA's first president, from 1931 until 1951, during which time ALPA became active in Washington, D.C. and worked to secure legislation that made the airline piloting profession safer for both workers and passengers. Today, the United MEC continues its history of involvement on Capitol Hill, along with promoting legislation that benefits pilots, advances airline safety, and enhances security. Every two years, the United MEC elects a slate of four officers to serve the pilots of United Airlines as MEC officers. Captain Todd Insler, a 21-year veteran of United Airlines, was unanimously reelected in January, 2018 and is serving

neg: Saratov Airlines was the airline’s submission of a list of current planes and crew which included the aircraft that crashed and crew members who died in February. On 10 April 2018, it was announced that Saratov Airlines planned to re-brand itself as "Ivolga Airlines". The reasons for this action are various: some experts say this is due to the air crash that occurred in February, by taking the idea from S7 Airlines and Nordavia, that re-branded after air crashes in 2006 and 2009, respectively; some experts say that it is because the airline now flies from hubs other than Saratov, such as

neg: History of United Airlines include: History of United Airlines United Airlines is the third largest airline in the world, with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental Holdings) and 721 aircraft. It was the brainchild of William Boeing and emerged from his consolidation of numerous carriers and equipment manufacturers from 1928 to 1930. United Airlines was the creation of aviation pioneer William Boeing who started out in the airplane business in 1916. His Boeing Airplane Company, as it was then called, achieved the first international postal delivery in 1919 and he went on to establish United Aircraft Corp. in 1928. It

neg: History of United Airlines History of United Airlines United Airlines is the third largest airline in the world, with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental Holdings) and 721 aircraft. It was the brainchild of William Boeing and emerged from his consolidation of numerous carriers and equipment manufacturers from 1928 to 1930. United Airlines was the creation of aviation pioneer William Boeing who started out in the airplane business in 1916. His Boeing Airplane Company, as it was then called, achieved the first international postal delivery in 1919 and he went on to establish United Aircraft Corp. in 1928. It was

neg: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Studies has pointed out to the similarities of Russian reaction to the downing of Korean Airlines flight KAL-007 in 1983 where the USSR initially denied any involvement. United States President Barack Obama said the United States would help determine the cause. In a press statement, White House spokesman Josh Earnest called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine to allow for a full investigation. Vice-President Joe Biden said the plane appeared to have been deliberately shot down, and offered American assistance for the investigation into the crash. American Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power called on Russia to end the

neg: Boeing New Midsize Airplane over 30 years old airliners will have been replaced by current offerings, leaving 900 aircraft aged from 15 to 25 years to be replaced: 420 A321s, 270 A330-200s, 90 B757s and 130 B767s. The largest operator of these 15 to 25 year old mid-market types is American Airlines with over 80, followed by China Southern then Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Air China and Turkish Airlines with less than 40. In June the NMA-6X was defined as a 228-passenger, airliner and the NMA-7X would seat 267 in two classes over . ICF International sees a market of 3,000-3,500 over 20

neg: United Airlines Flight 736 but the smallest artifacts, and is threatened by development. In 1958 the site was at least a mile from the nearest paved road; today the spot where the DC-7 hit is adjacent to a developed neighborhood near the intersection of Decatur Boulevard and Cactus Avenue. Five decades after the events of April 21, 1958, a small makeshift marker placed in the sandy soil was the only sign of the loss of United Airlines Flight 736, but preliminary efforts were in motion to encourage public officials to build a permanent memorial to those who died. United Airlines Flight 736 United Airlines

neg: George J. Mitchell of Deputy President pro tempore was created specifically to be held by a current Senator who is a former President or former Vice President of the United States. Humphrey is a former Vice President of the United States and Mitchell is the only person to have been Deputy President pro tempore who has never held one or both of the two highest offices of the US government. In 1988 Mitchell was reelected with 81% of the vote, the largest margin of victory in a Senate election that year and the largest majority ever for a senator from Maine. Mitchell served

neg: History of non-scheduled airlines in the United States The other scheduled carriers watched as Capital's new offering replicated the success of the nonscheduled airlines, and soon began petitioning the CAB to authorize their own low-fare lines. Juan Trippe, President of Pan-American Airlines, had established a $75.00 one-way service between San Juan and New York in September 1948, and by 1950 each of the "Big Four" airlines (American, United, Eastern, and TWA) offered 'tourist-class' service with pared down amenities and prices attractive to the average middle-class American. Of course, each route had to be confirmed by the CAB, which, scantily staffed, was notoriously lethargic in its dealings. Several routes

neg: Virgin America shareholders approved the merger, leaving the approval by the United States Department of Justice as the only foreseeable hurdle. In September 2016, a lawsuit was filed against Alaska Airlines by consumers to block the merger between the two carriers, which the Alaska Air Group settled in court in December 2016. Subsequently, the Department of Justice approved the merger, which was completed on December 14. Following the acquisition, the former chief financial officer of Alaska Airlines, Peter Hunt, became the president of Virgin America, while the former chief operating officer and president of Alaska Airlines, Ben Minicucci, became the chief executive

neg: Challenger Airlines Challenger Airlines Challenger Airlines was a United States airline incorporated in Wyoming, December 31, 1941, by Charles W. Hirsig II, as Summit Airways Inc., a non-scheduled carrier. In 1944, Hirsig filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Docket No. 1091, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to engage in air transportation in Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska. Mr. Hirsig was killed in an airplane accident on January 15, 1945. After Hirsig's death, George J. Forbes, president of the 1st National Bank of Laramie WY, a director and one of the original incorporators of Summit became president. At

neg: History of United Airlines replaced. Through its string of successful acquisitions, by 1930, United Air Lines provided coast-to-coast passenger and mail services. It took 27 hours to fly the route, one way. Boeing Air Transport hired a registered nurse, Ellen Church, to assist passengers. United claims Church as the first airline stewardess. Following the Air Mail scandal of 1930, the Air Mail Act of 1934 banned the common ownership of manufacturers and airlines. UATC's President Philip G. Johnson was forced to resign and moved to Trans-Canada Airlines, the future Air Canada. UATC was broken into three separate companies. UATC's manufacturing interests east of the