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History Early history Walter T. Varney, founder of predecessors of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, 1921. Varney Speed Lines (named after one of its initial owners, Walter T. Varney, who was also a founder of United Airlines) was formed in 1934, operating airmail and passenger services in the American Southwest over a route originating from El Paso and extending through Albuquerque ...
History of United Airlines. United Airlines is the third largest airline in the world, with 92,795 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Airlines Holdings) and 948 aircraft. It was the brainchild of William Boeing and emerged from his consolidation of numerous carriers and equipment manufacturers from 1928 to 1930.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as United Continental Holdings, Inc., UAL Corporation, Allegis Corporation and founded originally as UAL, Inc. [3]) is a publicly traded airline holding company headquartered in the Willis Tower in Chicago. [4] UAH owns and operates United Airlines, Inc.
Brussels Airlines' first logo was a stylised letter B composed of 13 dots resembling a runway. This was thought to be unlucky, and protests by superstitious passengers caused the airline to add another dot. Later in 2021, they changed the airline logo and livery, which consisted of dots in various sizes in the logo and colors in the livery.
United Airlines' 1997–2010 logo. The 'U' Tulip, designed by Saul Bass, was the airline's icon from 1973 to 2010. 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 ...
Just before Walt Disney World opened in 1971, Eastern became its "official airline". It remained the official airline of Walt Disney World and sponsored a ride at the Magic Kingdom park (If You Had Wings in Tomorrowland where Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin is currently located) until its contracting route network forced Disney to switch to Delta shortly before Eastern's 1989 bankruptcy filing.
Texas International Airlines Inc. was local service carrier in the United States, known from 1940 until 1947 as Aviation Enterprises, [1] until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways ( TTA ), and as Texas International Airlines until 1982, when it merged with Continental Airlines. It was headquartered near William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas.
Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A., (commonly referred to as Copa and branded simply as " Copa Airlines ") [3] is the flag carrier of Panama. It is headquartered in Panama City, Panama, [4] with its main hub at Tocumen International Airport. Copa is a subsidiary of Copa Holdings and a member of the Star Alliance. [5]