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About United Air Lines was formed in 1931 as a subsidiary of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation.

Amazing United Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Chicago, Illinois that operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the United States and six continents with more destinations than any airline. Regional service operated by independent carriers under the brand name United Express feeds its eight hubs and the Star Alliance, of which United was one of the five founding airlines, extends its network throughout the world.


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United Airlines, Inc. is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. United operates a large domestic and international route network spanning cities large and small across the United States and all six inhabited continents. Measured by fleet size and the number of routes, it became the third-largest airline in the world after its merger with Continental Airlines in 2010

Amazing United airlines

United has eight hubs, with Chicago–O'Hare being its largest in terms of passengers carried and the number of departures. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance with a total of 28 member airlines.

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History

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United Airlines Airbus A320

United traces its roots to Varney Air Lines (VAL), which Walter Varney founded in 1926 in Boise, Idaho. Continental Airlines is the successor to Speed Lines, which Varney had founded by 1932 and whose name changed to Varney Speed Lines in 1934. VAL flew the first privately contracted air mail flight in the U.S. on April 6, 1926.

In 1927, William Boeing founded Boeing Air Transport to operate air mail routes under contract with the United States Post Office Department. In 1929, Boeing merged his company with Pratt & Whitney to form the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation (UATC) which then set about buying, in the space of just 28 months, Pacific Air Transport, Stout Air Services, VAL, and National Air Transport, as well as numerous equipment manufacturers at the same time. On March 28, 1931, UATC formed United Air Lines, Inc., as a holding company for its airline subsidiaries

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United Airline Airbus A319-100

Fleet

A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 with new livery at Beijing Capital International Airport

Current fleet

Main article: United Airlines fleet

In October 2023, United operated a fleet of 924 aircraft with an additional 783 planned or on order, all of which were either Boeing or Airbus.

Created in 1926


IATA ICAO Callsign
UA UAL UNITED
Founded April 6, 1926; 97 years ago (as Varney Air Lines in Boise, Idaho)
Commenced operations March 28, 1931; 92 years ago
AOC # CALA014A
Hubs
Frequent-flyer program MileagePlus
Alliance Star Alliance
Fleet size 924
Destinations 363
Parent company United Airlines Holdings
ISIN US9100471096
Headquarters Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois U.S.
Key people
Founder Walter Varney
Employees 92,795 (2022)
Website Official website

The first United flight took place in  1926

Former United Airlines fleet
Convair 340 52 1952 1968 Un­known
Douglas DC-3 118 1936 1956
Convair 340
Douglas DC-4 36 1946 1957 Un­known 
Douglas DC-6 90 1946 1969 Un­known
Douglas DC-6B Un­known
Douglas DC-7 57 1954 1966 Un­known 
Douglas DC-8-20 30 1959 1982
Boeing 727-200
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-30 11 1967 1974 
Boeing 757-200 One crashed as Flight 173.
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70
Fokker F.VII Trimotor 1924
Ford Trimotor Un­known 1931 Un­known Un­known Operated on a transcontinental
route between New York City and San Francisco.
Laird Swallow J-5 Un­known Single seat biplane used to carry US Air Mail
(CAM 5) by predecessor Varney Air Lines.
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 6 1986 1989
Boeing 747-100
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 48 1971 2001
Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-300ER
Boeing 777-200 Launch customer. One crashed as Flight 232
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 7 1983 2001 4 1997 None Converted into freighters
for the short-lived "United Airlines Worldwide Cargo" service.
Sud Aviation Caravelle 20 1961 1970
Boeing 737-200 Only U.S. operator in scheduled passenger service.
Used to operate "Executive" service between Chicago and Newark restricted to men only passengers. Also operated on other United domestic services.
Vickers Viscount 48 1961 1969 Former Capital Airlines aircraft. Only mainline turboprop aircraft type ever operated by United Airlines.

Current Aircraft Inventory United Airline


Aircraft Inservice Orders Passengers Notes
J F W Y+ Y Total Refs
Airbus A319-100 81 — — 12 — 36 78 126 To be retrofitted with United's Signature Interior by 2025.
Airbus A320-200 92 — — 12 — 42 96 150
Airbus A321neo 2 128 — 20 — 57 123 200 Deliveries until 2032.
Airbus A321XLR — 50 TBA Deliveries start in 2024.
To replace Boeing 757
Airbus A350-900 — 45 TBA Order deferred to 2030, at the earliest.
Boeing 737-700 40 — — 12 — 36 78 126 To be retrofitted with United's Signature Interior by 2025.
All aircraft to be retrofitted with new domestic first-class seats by 2026.[]
Boeing 737-800 141 — — 16 — 48 102 166 To be retrofitted with United's Signature Interior by 2025.
54 96
42 108
Boeing 737-900 12 — — 20 — 42 117 179
Boeing 737-900ER 136 — — 20 — 45 114 179
42 117
39 120
Boeing 737 MAX 8 71 397 — 16 — 54 96 166 All aircraft to be retrofitted with new domestic first-class seats by 2026.[]
Boeing 737 MAX 9 79 — 20 — 48 111 179 Largest operator.
All aircraft to be retrofitted with new domestic first class seat by 2026.
Boeing 737 MAX 10 — TBA Launch customer.
Deliveries start in 2024.
International lie-flat configuration.
— 20 — 64 104 188 Domestic configuration.[
Boeing 757-200 40 — 16 — — 45 108 169 To be retrofitted with a 176-seat configuration.
42 118 176 To be replaced by the Airbus A321XLR.
Boeing 757-300 21 — — 24 — 54 156 234 To be retrofitted with United's Signature Interior by 2025.[]
Largest 757-300 operator.
Boeing 767-300ER 13 — 30 — 24 32 113 199 To be retired and replaced by Boeing 787.
24 46 — 22 43 56 167
Boeing 767-400ER 16 — 34 — 24 48 125 231
Boeing 777-200 19 — 28 — — 102 234 364 Launch customer.
To be retired and replaced by Boeing 787
Used for select domestic, hub-to-hub, and Hawaii routes.
Boeing 777-200ER 51 — 50 — 24 46 156 276
4 32 — — 124 206 362 Domestic configuration.
Boeing 777-300ER 22 — 60 — 24 62 204 350
Boeing 787-8 12 150 28 — 21 36 158 243 Order with 100 options.
To replace Boeing 767-300ER and Boeing 777-200.
Boeing 787-9 38 48 — 21 39 149 257
Boeing 787-10 21 44 — 21 54 199 318
Total 935 775

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Laird Swallow 1920-23 Replica
  E.M. Laird Airplane Company was formed in Wichita, Ks in 1920. The staff included Matty Laird, Billy Burke and Jake Moellendick. The group’s first airplane, the Wichita Tractor, took flight April 8. A young man observing the test flight, William Lassen, is believed to have remarked, “She flies like a swallow, boys.” From that point on, the plane was known as the Laird Swallow and is considered to be the first commercially produced aircraft in the U.S. Only 43 copies were built. The aircraft at KAM is a re-creation of the Laird Swallow as no original copies of the aircraft are known to exist. Specifications: Seats: 1 pilot, 2 passengers Engine: Curtiss OX-5 eight-cylinder V-8, water cooled, 90 shp Weight 1075 lbs. Speed 86 MPH Climb, 4000 ft. in 10 minutes with two passengers, pilot and fuel for 2 1/2 hrs. Climb, pilot alone, 3000 ft. in 4 1/2 minutes.

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The Swallow Airplane Swallow is an American-built general purpose biplane of the mid- to late 1920s

Lockheed L1049 Constellation

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Boeing 707

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Boeing 747 Jumbojet

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McDonnell MD-83

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Airbus A320 NEO Narrow-body airliner

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General Info

An Airbus A321neo of Wizz Air, the largest operator of the type
General information
Type Single-aisle airliner
National origin Multi-national
Manufacturer Airbus
Status In service
Primary users Wizz AirIndiGo
American Airlines
China Southern Airlines
Number built 1,620 as of January 2025
History
Manufactured 2014–present
Introduction date 31 May 2017, with Virgin America
First flight 9 February 2016
Developed from Airbus A321
Airbus A320neo family
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Dimensions

  • Dimensions
    Length (m) 37.6
    Wingspan (m) 35.8
    Height (m) 11.8
  • Wing area (m2) 122.4
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Performance

  • Performance
    Range with max payload (km) 6 850
    Cruise speed (km/h) 830
    Maximum speed (km/h) 890
    Maximum operating altitude (m) 11 900
    Engines CFMI Leap-1A,
    2 x 27120 lb
    PW1100G-JM,2 x 27070 lb
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