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United Airlines is celebrating today (06/04) 90 years of operations, its history is very curious and innovative in the field of aviation, including many names before receiving recognition as United Airlines in the 1930s.
The mark of the beginning of operations also took place on April 6, 1926, when a Swallow aircraft took off from Pasco, Washington, bound for Boise, Idaho. The Swallom made an airmail route, very common at the time, bringing in its fuselage the name of Varney Air Lines, derived from its founder Walter Varney.
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The history of United also collides with the William Boeing in 1927 came the Boeing Air Transport, and the good capital William, soon he began to acquire other companies, such as Varney Air Lines. In 1929, Boeing merged his airline to form United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, which soon in 1934 was broken in three to form the Boeing Company, United Airlines and United Technologies, after a air market monopoly proceedings before the justice American the same year.
Throughout its history the United pioneered in various sectors such as:
- The introduction of flight attendant in 1930 as nurses on board;
- The first meal served in flight in 1936;
- It was the first airline that used simulators and electronic flight computers to plan a flight route in 1937;
- First airline in the world that has equipped its entire fleet with flight radar in 1957;
- First company to perform a large order of DC-8 in 1955 the jet age was dawning;
- In the 60s it has equipped its entire fleet of Boeing 707 live television, which could be assisted in a specially dedicated lounge;
- The first airline that flew to all 50 US states, the 1980s;
- First to order the Boeing 777 and operate it in route, and launch customer for the Boeing 787 in the United States.
Boeing 787-8 United already with new colors by Continental.
During its history the United merged with several other companies, most was Continental Airlines, which directly influenced the image and company logo. Remember that the same founder of United, Walter Varney, created in 1934 to Varney Speed Lines, which years later became the Continental Airlines. United also acquired several routes of Pan Am, moments before its bankruptcy.
Today the United connects about 5,000 daily flights to 342 airports on six continents, the whole are 140 million customers a year and more than 2 million flights, with 84,000 employees worldwide, this computing all the companies that make part of the group today. Its current fleet comprises more than 719 aircraft in United and 512 in the colors of United Express. Throughout its 90-year history, United has transported over 4 billion passengers.
