United Airlines

'We are very fortunate this didn't end up in something more tragic'

SINGAPORE (April 17): The Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (9/11) on the World Trade Center (WTC) in Manhattan, New York, changed not just the face of US foreign policy for good — it also altered the course of the global aviation industry in a dramatic

SINGAPORE (Aug 24): The world’s third-largest airline by revenue appears to be eyeing an even bigger slice of the long-haul market pie, regardless of the bad rap it has been getting in recent months.   

(July 19): United Airlines projected a slowdown in a benchmark financial gauge as trans-Pacific fares weaken, and the carrier delayed delivery of four Airbus SE long-haul jets earmarked for those routes.

ATLANTA/DALLAS/LONDON (April 12): United Continental Holdings Inc. struggled to contain spiraling fallout over a passenger’s forcible removal from a flight as efforts at damage control fell flat. Chief Executive Officer Oscar Munoz even made another at

(June 16): Two weeks after United Airlines began the only non-stop flight from the US to Singapore, departing from San Francisco, the city-state’s hometown carrier is responding with competing service.