UNITED AIRLINES

Thursday may have brought the largest single service announcement in the history of the Portland International Jetport, according to officials at the Maine airport. United Airlines announced a major seasonal expansion, revealing it would offer direct flights from Portland to six cities — Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and the Ohio cities of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. According to a press release…

A major airline expansion is underway in Maine ahead of the summer travel season.

Federal safety officials are updating their investigation into the engine failure on a United Airlines plane that sent parts of the engine housing raining down on Denver-area neighborhoods last month

United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to settle criminal and civil accusations of defrauding the post office in the handling of international mail

The investigation into the engine explosion on a United Airlines flight over the weekend is homing in on why engine fan blades broke off.

Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all of 777s with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver this weekend

United says it’s voluntarily taking 24 Boeing 777s out of service after one of the planes suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff from Denver on Saturday.

A mother and son from Manchester were among those on board United flight 328 when things took a frightening turn. “It was very, very scary,” said Katherine Ford. “As soon as I heard the impact, I immediately knew there was some damage. The plane was seriously shaking afterward,” said Sean Ford. After leaving their home in Manchester, they headed to…

United Airlines said Wednesday it will buy up to 200 small electric aircraft to help customers in urban areas get to the airport.

COVID-19 caused the death of a traveler who fell ill aboard a flight from Florida to California last week, Louisiana authorities said Tuesday.

A family traveling from Colorado to New Jersey over the weekend said they were kicked off their United Airlines flight because their 2-year-old daughter “would not ‘comply’ and keep her mask on.'”

More than two decades after a United Airlines flight attendant was brutally murdered in her Des Plaines apartment, police say a “significant investigative breakthrough” led to an arrest in the case.

Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners have resumed for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago

About 40,000 workers in the airline industry are facing layoffs on Thursday unless Congress comes up with another aid package.

United Airlines will soon become the first U.S. airline to offer rapid Covid-19 testing, starting next month with a pilot program for passengers flying to Hawaii from San Francisco International Airport before gradually rolling out more widely.

United Airlines and its pilots have reached an agreement that both sides say will avoid about 2,850 furloughs that were set to take effect later this week and another 1,000 early next year. The Air Line Pilots Association said Monday that the deal will allow United to spread a reduced amount of flying across the airline’s 13,000 pilots to save…

United Airlines will offer some Hawaii-bound customers rapid-response coronavirus tests at the airport, an effort to get around quarantine requirements and eventually, open up more destinations to travelers during the pandemic.

The pilots’ union at United Airlines said Wednesday it has reached an agreement with the carrier to prevent the furlough of nearly 3,000 pilots when a federal prohibition on job cuts ends Oct. 1.

United Airlines is setting its sights on Africa and India, regions that have long been minor players in its network as it tries to expand as profitably as possible during the coronavirus pandemic.

United Airlines on Wednesday said it is planning to cut more than 16,000 jobs as early as next month, after federal coronavirus aid that protects aviation jobs runs out.