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United Airlines
United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental Holdings and 702 aircraft. It is a subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. formerly, UAL Corporation, with corporate headquarters in Chicago. United's largest hub is Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport...
Timeline of Events
1926
4.6.1926
Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
1931
7.1.1931
United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
1933
10.10.1933
United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
1956
6.30.1956
A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes.
1960
12.16.1960
1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York's Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding snowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134.
1972
12.8.1972
United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.
1995
6.7.1995
The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.