UNITED AIRLINES

Indignant letters, e-mails and phone calls can still get results for unhappy airline travelers, but more are finding that if you really want to vent your frustrations, you can now be loud and fast and public.

(In July 29 story, corrects paragraphs 1, 5 to ... inter-alliance ... not,... intra-alliance)

American Airlines expects to win U.S. approval by October to form an alliance with British Airways and Spain's Iberia , and it is pinning its hopes on intra-alliance competition and global partnerships to help it survive, an executive said on Wednesday.

Social media has made customer service more important than ever Dave Carroll, a Canadian musician who created a hit song of complains against United Airlines which he posted on YouTube.

United Airlines parent UAL Corp and Continental Airlines posted quarterly losses on sagging travel, and both carriers, like many other major U.S. companies, unveiled cost-cutting efforts for the second half of 2009.

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United Airlines parent UAL Corp and Continental Airlines posted quarterly losses on sagging travel, and both carriers, like so many other major U.S. companies, unveiled cost-cutting efforts for the second half of 2009.

UAL Corp , parent of United Airlines, reported a quarterly profit on Tuesday after big gains from fuel hedges, but said it would cut its international flying capacity by 7 percent to offset sagging demand.

The departure announced this week of Continental Airlines' CEO has spurred debate that the carrier could resume consolidation talks with new partner United Airlines, but the chance of a quick merger remains remote.

A one way flight on Southwest Airlines Co. will cost as little as $30 according to the new one sale prices the airline launched in a bid to boost ticket sales.

You should have been here in October,” the man on the Flight Deck told me. It was mid-January and he was fiddling with his camera and a lens so long and powerful that I’m surprised he ever had to leave home.

Two major U.S. airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc and American Airlines , will slash capacity this year as the recession erodes travel demand, the carriers said on Thursday.

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Delta Air Lines Inc said on Thursday that it planned additional cuts in seat capacity this year as rising fuel prices and softer travel demand pressure business.

Global airlines called for concerted action to prevent another runaway surge in oil prices as the International Air Transport Association nearly doubled its forecast for industry losses to $9 billion in 2009.

Global airlines are likely to lose $9 billion this year, the International Air Transport Association said on Monday, nearly double its estimate of just three months ago, as rising fuel prices and weak demand create an unprecedented crisis for the industry.

Global airlines are likely to lose $9 billion this year, the International Air Transport Association said on Monday, nearly double its estimate of just three months ago, as rising fuel prices and weak demand create an unprecedented crisis for the industry.

United Airlines on Thursday said it has asked the two largest planemakers to bid on an order that could replace its widebody fleet, a move experts say could jump-start demand for new planes from embattled U.S. carriers as they wade through an economic recession.

The prospect of a bumper plane order battle brightened a depressed outlook for plane manufacturers on Thursday as United Airlines was reported to be seeking 150 jets despite fresh warnings of industry losses.

UAL Corp's United Airlines has asked Boeing Co and Airbus to propose competing bids to supply up to 150 new airliners, the Wall Street Journal said on its website on Thursday.

U.S. airlines, burned twice last year by shocking oil price volatility, are under new pressure to hedge now and hedge smart as oil gains from its January lows.