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PLANE CRAZY: How Did A Recent Parolee Sneak On This Plane Without A Ticket?

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.30.2012

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Usually people who are recently paroled from prison are restricted from where they travel. But one recent parolee in San Diego, with a reported rap...

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Million-Mile Flyer Sues United Airlines

Posted 05.30.2012

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A man who has flown millions of miles on United Airlines is suing the company for "'immorally' rescinding perks for 'Million Milers,'" reports ABC New...

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Major Airline Accused Of Workplace Discrimination

Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012

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May 29 (Reuters) - Two dozen black pilots alleged in a lawsuit on Tuesday that United Continental Holdings, the parent of United Airlines, passed th...

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You Don't -- and Can't -- 'Control' Your Brand

John Friedman | Posted 05.29.2012

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Face it: If you're worried what your employees are saying about you on Twitter, your problem is not Twitter. And the same applies to your customers, suppliers, and communities in which you operate.

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Flying High: Direct Flights From Denver To Japan

Posted 05.22.2012

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Domo arigato, Mr... uh, Mayor Hancock? We aren't sure who, exactly, to thank (the list likely spans a couple decades), but as first reported by Air...

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What Airlines Can Learn From Unintentional Heroes

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.18.2012

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I am skeptical that Carroll's book has done what one jacket review claims, that he has "taught corporate America how to treat people better." I'd like to see some evidence of that.

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Another United Jet Makes Emergency Landing At DIA

AP | Posted 05.10.2012

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DENVER -- A United Airlines flight from Toronto to San Francisco has made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport. Airport spokeswoman J...

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Off-Duty Pilot Who Helped Crippled Jet Make Impossible Landing Dies

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.10.2012

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CHICAGO -- Airline pilot Denny Fitch was hitching a ride home on a DC-10 in 1989 when heard an explosion somewhere in the back of the jet. He soon mad...

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Jet Blows 2 Tires At National Airport

AP | Posted 04.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- United Airlines says no one was injured when a jet blew two rear tires upon landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The B...

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DIA Air Traffic Controller Thought Plane Emergency Was A Prank

AP | Posted 04.07.2012

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By Associated Press DENVER -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an air traffic controller was accused of ignoring a reques...

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3 Injured By Turbulence On United Flight

AP | Posted 04.04.2012

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HOUSTON — Five passengers and two flight attendants have been hurt after a flight from Tampa, Fla., to Houston hit severe turbulence over Louisi...

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Flying The Unfriendly Skies

David Fagin | Posted 05.29.2012

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So, how come everyone you talk to now refers to it as "United F#&*n Airlines?" That's easy. Just pull back the first-class curtain and you will see the "friendly skies" aren't so friendly after all.

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Airline's Customers Are On Hold... Still

AP | JOSHUA FREED | Posted 05.27.2012

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United Airlines passengers were still having difficulty getting a reservations agent on the phone and experiencing other glitches on Tuesday, more tha...

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Airlines Brace For Higher Fuel Costs

AP | Posted 05.26.2012

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DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. says it's raising ticket prices to offset the high cost of jet fuel. And several other big airlines are followin...

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PHOTOS: A Look Back At Continental Airlines Over The Years

Posted 03.03.2012

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United Airlines will finally shutter Continental Saturday, two years after the merger that created the world's largest airline. As part of the me...

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Continental To Vanish For Good

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2012

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* United and Continental set for single reservation system * Continental website disappears on Saturday By Kyle Peterson...

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PHOTOS: What's Inside First-Class Amenity Kits?

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 04.19.2012

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One of the best parts about flying in the front of the plane is that the airlines dole out amenity kits packed with all those little things that make long-haul flights more comfortable

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Little Gold Men Fly To LA

AP | By SANDY COHEN | Posted 04.10.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Passengers on United Airlines Flight 531 from Chicago to Los Angeles didn't just get to travel with a world-famous celebrity, they also...

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I'm Tweeting on a Jet Plane

Julia Allison | Posted 04.09.2012

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Most airlines recognize Twitter and Facebook as effective and easy methods of both informing customers and mitigating public-relations disasters. The question really is: How comfortable are they in their social-media skin?

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Snow (Finally) Comes To Mammoth Mountain

The Ski Channel | Posted 03.21.2012

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For skiers and snowboarders in California and across the nation, the time for waiting is over.

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United Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Vermont

AP | Posted 02.27.2012

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont airport responded to two emergency landings in one day Wednesday. A Delta flight carrying 33 passengers and t...

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United Breaks Guitars And Strikes A Chord On Social Media

Dr Mark Pack | Posted 02.12.2012

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For someone on the frontline in a press office when a story hits, it can certainly feel that stories move at great speed, continually eluding attempts to get on top of them. However, scratch under the surface and there are often periods of time when the story is in fact spreading slowly.

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Jet Makes Emergency Landing With One Engine

AP | Posted 02.10.2012

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — An engine shut down on a United Airlines jetliner Sunday, forcing it to make an emergency landing in western Colorado wi...

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The King Of The Layover

Richard Laermer | Posted 01.31.2012

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I see that Anthony Bourdain has a new Travel Channel show called The Layover. He gets off planes and tries food out. Big deal. I do layovers for a living -- and believe me they are not at all fun.

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Watchdog: Retired Workers At Major Airline Shorted On Pensions

AP | By MARCY GORDON | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A watchdog report says the agency that insures pensions for millions of U.S. workers made serious errors in valuing pension plans for Un...

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