Melissa Allison

United Airlines said Thursday that its pension plans are in dramatically better financial shape than estimated and insisted that the pain of terminating them would be far less than initially...

United Airlines hopes to complete a new business plan within two months, including a decision on whether to terminate its pension plans, the company told employees Wednesday. The statement came...

A bankruptcy court judge on Friday gave United Airlines a one-month reprieve on his threat to allow outsiders to bid for control of the company. Judge Eugene Wedoff said the...

United Airlines said Thursday it needs to shave roughly $500 million more in costs than previously announced. Spokesman Jeff Green said the carrier has not decided where it will make...

Airline bankruptcies used to send passengers fleeing to other carriers, worried about safety or losing money on their tickets. But these days, people book tickets on financially troubled airlines without...

After months perched near the edge, US Airways Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, the second time it has sought shelter in the courts in two years....

United Airlines' flight attendants union said Tuesday that it will do everything it can in court to oust the carrier's top executives. "We condemn United Airlines senior management for devising...

United Airlines plans to recall 375 more flight attendants than expected this fall because of fuller planes and an increase in international flights. The carrier, which has been recalling furloughed...

United Airlines reported Thursday that its July net income was $6 million, including $14 million in reorganization expenses. That is up from a loss of $112 million in July 2003,...