United Airlines was founded on 6th April 1926 at Boise in Idaho. Its original name was Varney Air Lines. Its airport lounge is named Red Carpet Club and it is a member of the Star Alliance. It offers flights to 216 destinations across the world and its parent company is United Continental Holdings. It is based at Chicago, Illinois.
Fleet Size
United Airlines has 359 airplanes in operation. 97 of these are Airbus A320s and 96 are Boeing 757-200s. The American airline also has 55 Airbus A319s at its disposal along with 35 Boeing 767-300ERs. There are 33 Boeing 777-200ERs and 24 Boeing 747-400s along with 19 Boeing 777-200s.
Hubs
United operates from six main hubs – International Airport of O'Hare at Chicago, San Francisco Airport, Washington Dulles Airport, Los Angeles Airport, Denver Airport and Narita International Airport in Tokyo.
United Airlines is looking to add a few airports to its list of hubs in the future. They may be mentioned as below:
Newark Liberty International Airport
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
Destinations
United Airlines offers flights to Accra and Lagos in Africa. In the Caribbeans, its flights can be boarded from cities such as Oranjestad, Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, San Juan and Punta Cana. In Central and North America, its flights head to Liberia, Cancun and Calgary apart from several destinations in USA.
In southern America, this American carrier provides flights to Buenos Aires, Lima and Rio di Janeiro among others. In Asia, Beijing, Taipei, Osaka, Singapore and Seoul have the major airports. The most important European destinations of United Airlines are Brussels, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. Melbourne and Guam are the major locations in the Oceanian belt.
Frequent-Flyer Program
Mileage Plus is United Airlines's frequent flyer program. The main benefit of the program is that the recipients receive never-ending mileage. However, in order for this to be effective, the flyer has to either redeem or earn travel miles every eighteen months.
The organization also provides elite-level memberships. This provides more benefits than the standard memberships. This facility was initiated in 2010 and was accessible only by members who held Premier, 1K and Premier Executive Membership status.
These members could also get limitless upgrades on domestic flights. However, these facilities are provided only if there is sufficient space in the flights.
Codesharing Agreements
United Airlines has Codesharing deals with a number of airlines:
Aer Lingus
Hawaiian Airlines
Avianca
Island Air
Emirates
Jet Airways
Ethiopian Airlines
Qatar Airways
Great Lakes Aviation
TACA Airlines
Gulfstream International Airlines