UAL Corporation
Former name of the Delaware holding company of United Airlines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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UAL Corporation is the former name of United Airlines Holdings, an airline holding company, incorporated in Delaware with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. UAL held a 100 percent controlling interest in United Airlines, Inc., one of the world's largest air carriers, and is a founding member of the Star Alliance. It was announced on May 3, 2010, that UAL Corporation and Continental Airlines, Inc. would pursue a merger pending government approval. UAL Corporation would acquire Continental Airlines, Inc. and change its name to United Continental Holdings (UCH). On October 1, 2010, UCH, formerly UAL Corporation, announced completion of the merger.[2] On Thursday June 27, 2019 United changed the name of its parent company from United Continental Holdings to United Airlines Holdings.[3]
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Formerly | UAL, Inc. Allegis Corporation |
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Company type | Public |
Nasdaq: UAUA | |
Industry | Transport |
Founded | December 30, 1968 (1968-12-30) |
Founder | George Keck |
Defunct | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) |
Fate | Merged with Continental Airlines |
Successor | United Airlines Holdings, Inc. |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Glenn F. Tilton, Executive Chairman, President and CEO |
Revenue | US$16,335 Million (2009) |
US$-651 Million (2009) | |
Number of employees | 47,000 (2009) |
Subsidiaries | United Airlines, Inc. |
Footnotes / references [1] |
UAL Corp. passed to its successor its major operations at Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington-Dulles. UAL's United Airlines, Inc. held several key air rights, including one of the two American carriers authorized to serve Asia from Tokyo-Narita. UAL's United was the largest U.S. carrier to China and maintained operations throughout Asia.[4]