United Airlines announced over the weekend that it is permanently getting rid of change fees on all standard Economy and Premium cabin tickets for travel within the U.S., effective immediately. And, starting on January 1, 2021, any United customer can fly standby for free on a flight departing the day of their travel regardless of…
A few weeks ago United Airlines management threatened to abandon JFK, unless the airline was granted permanent slots at the airport. The airline is following through on this threat, and will be pulling out of JFK in the coming weeks United returned to JFK in 2021 In the spring of 2021, United Airlines returned to…
A woman has been banned from United Airlines after causing a wine uproar that resulted in a forced landing. The incident took place during a flight from Houston to Los Angeles on July 25 when the unidentified woman became unruly and disruptive after having reportedly consumed multiple glasses of wine. Her behavior escalated to the…
An unruly United Airlines passenger took a bite out of a flight attendant’s shirt before the Newark-bound plane was forced to make an emergency landing over the in-flight altercation. The irate passenger — wearing an Al Pacino-inspired “Scarface” shirt — was held by several flight attendants and passengers when she threw several punches and spat…
A Boston-bound United Airlines flight was diverted on Sunday mid-air over a ‘biohazard’ issue. United Airlines flight 2477 departed from Houston at 9:39 a.m. CT on Sunday destined for Boston, but was forced to reroute when a customer became sick, the airline told DailyMail.com. The plane, a Boeing 737-800, was diverted to Washington Dulles International…
A United Airlines passenger plane Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images A United Airlines flight was forced to land early after an onboard “biohazard” made several passengers and crew members ill, The New York Post reported. The Sunday morning flight from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Boston diverted to Washington, D.C. at the pilot’s request…
United Airlines is reducing the number of employees it plans to hire this year due to ongoing Boeing aircraft delays On Wednesday, United Airlines told reporters it is planning to hire about 10,000 employees this year, down from the 13,000 to 15,000 employees the company had expected to hire, according to Reuters. During a briefing,…
United Air Teams Up With NOAA to Track High-Altitude Pollution The US government and United Airlines Holdings Inc. will use a commercial aircraft to monitor greenhouse gases throughout the atmosphere, a first-of-its-kind collaboration that promises to vastly expand what scientists know about how planet-warming pollution behaves in the sky. Under a deal reached between the…
United Air Says Workers Need Doctor’s Note to Call Out Sick Carrier says rise in call-outs suggests abuse of sick leave Airline in contract talks with union for flight attendants In the message announcing the policy, United cited a greater risk of disrupting operations when more employees than normal are off the job for illness….
A United Airlines flight from Canada to the U.S. was investigated on Friday after dozens of passengers fell ill for an unspecified reason. United Flight 1528 from Vancouver to Houston, Texas, landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 31. United Airlines told Fox Business that the flight was carrying 163 passengers and 6 crew…