United Airlines

United Airlines, Inc.

The largest airline in the United States. It employs 63,000 workers and its headquarters is located in Chicago.

The company was established in July 1934 under the name United Air Transport Corporation. Its founder was William Patterson. In December 1943, it was renamed United Airlines. In December 1968, after merging with its subsidiary UAL (the abbreviation of United Airlines' English name), it was renamed UAL Holding Company. In 1970, it merged the Western International Hotels Company (Westin) as a subsidiary. In 1975, it merged the GAB Business Services Company (insurance evaluation). In 1978, it merged the Monarch Beach Hotel Company.

In April 1984, the company had air routes in 120 cities, including 44 states in the United States, Washington D.C., Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Japan, Hong Kong, etc. Its route network includes: from the major business districts on the East Coast through Chicago and other places in the Midwest to Denver and other places on the West Coast as well as Hawaii routes; from San Diego to Vancouver's West Coast routes; from the northeastern part to the Gulf of Mexico coastal routes; from the Great Lakes region to Florida routes; and from the southwestern part to the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) routes. Besides operating aviation transportation, it also operates in the hotel industry and insurance industry. Its disaster insurance evaluation company is the largest company in the same industry in the United States.