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A virtual airline ( VA) is a dedicated hobby organization that uses flight simulation to model the operations of an airline. Virtual airlines generally have a presence on the Internet, similar to a real airline. [1] Many hundreds of virtual airlines of significance are currently active, with tens of thousands of participants involved at any one ...
Phoenix–Sky Harbor. Los Angeles. New York–JFK. New York–LaGuardia. Washington–National. 1926. Founded as American Airways and commenced operations in 1936 as American Air Lines; largest airline in the world based on airline company revenue, scheduled passenger miles flown (per year), and fleet size. Avelo Airlines. XP.
United Airlines Flight 823 was a scheduled flight from Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, to Huntsville International Airport, Alabama, with 39 on board.On July 9, 1964, around 18:15 EST, the aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 745D, registration N7405, [2] crashed 2.25 mi (3.62 km) northeast of Parrottsville, Tennessee, after experiencing an uncontrollable fire on board, killing all ...
United Airlines, Inc. is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. [9] [10] [11] United operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the United States and all six inhabited continents [12] primarily out of its eight hubs, with Chicago–O'Hare having the largest number of daily flights [13] and Denver carrying the most passengers ...
ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air and commonly referred to as ATA, was an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. [ 1] ATA operated scheduled passenger flights throughout the U.S. mainland and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Portugal as well as military and commercial charter ...
In economics, a virtual airline is an airline that has outsourced as many possible operational and business functions as it can, but still maintains effective control of its core business. Such an airline focuses on operating a network of air services, and outsourcing non-core activities to other organizations. [2]
United Airlines Flight 175 was a domestic passenger flight from Logan International Airport in Boston to Los Angeles International Airport in California that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 767-200 carrying 65 passengers and crew ...
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.