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He co-founded National Air Transport, which evolved into United Airlines. [6] He was a member of the board of directors of United Airlines from 1937 to 1979. [1] In 1929 Mitchell bought a large property on Zaca Lake near Santa Barbara, California, and named it Rancho Juan y Lolita. [6] Covarrubias Adobe, the Los Rancheros Visitadores clubhouse
United Airlines is a combination of a number of air carriers that have merged with each other starting in the 1930s, with the most recent being Continental Airlines (which had previously merged with or acquired several airlines during its history) thus reflecting changes in focus of both United and the U.S. air transport market. [92] [93] [94]
United Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. [3] United operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the United States and all six inhabited continents [10] primarily out of its seven hubs, with Chicago–O'Hare having the largest number of daily flights [11] and Denver carrying the most passengers in 2023. [12]
John Scott Kirby [1] (born August 13, 1967) is an American executive and the CEO of United Airlines. He was president of US Airways and American Airlines , as well as president of United Airlines from 2016 to 2020, when he was promoted as CEO.
Under Patterson, United invested in new technologies, such as the DC-4 and the DC-8 a pioneering jet, [3] and purchased Capital Airlines in 1961 to become the United States' largest airline, [2] a title it would hold for nearly 40 years. In 1963, when Patterson became United's CEO and chairman of the board, the airline had more than 30,000 ...
In 1987, Stephen Wolf left Flying Tiger to head Allegis Corporation, the former parent company of United Airlines. [3] Wolf currently serves on the boards of directors of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Philip Morris International, and Chrysler Group, LLC, and is an honorary trustee of the Brookings Institution. Wolf has served since August 1994.
Walter Thomas Varney (December 26, 1888 – January 25, 1967) [1] [2] was an American aviation pioneer who founded forerunners of two major U.S. airlines, United Airlines [3] and Continental Airlines, [4] which combined under United Continental Holdings in 2010, long after his death in 1967.
Percy Addison Wood Jr. (June 7, 1920 – June 23, 2008) [1] was a United Airlines executive who was notably injured by a bomb sent from Ted Kaczynski.Wood was injured June 10, 1980, in the fourth explosion attributed to the Unabomber, and suffered burns and cuts over much of his body when he opened a package left in the mailbox of his Lake Forest, Illinois, home.