The airport will be closed until possibly 10 a.m. central time, impacting several flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical stage of the descent, causing the plane to stall and crash 1.5 miles short of the runway.
Boeing’s last 737 MAX 9 delivery to United Airlines was on December 13, 2024, when the airline welcomed N77585 to its fleet. The airframe operated its first flight on September 11, 2024, just two days before the strike by Boeing’s machinists began on September 13, 2024, ending on November 4, 2024.
United Airlines is restoring service to Farmington, New Mexico, for the first time since 2017 as it seeks to reverse a domestic route-cutting trend that has seen it drop 41 cities since 2020.
United Airlines forecast first-quarter adjusted earnings of 75 cents to $1.25 a share. United said premium revenue, basic economy, international, domestic and corporate revenue all rose. The carrier has been ramping up competition with Delta Air Lines for high-spending travelers.
The carrier filed plans with Denver that offer more clues for the future use of 113 acres it bought near the Peña Station Next development.
According to Spirit, guests who don't adhere to the clothing policy could be denied boarding or asked to leave the aircraft.
Fourteen members of the skating community were aboard the plane Wednesday as they headed home from a national development camp following the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.
Rising sales throughout United’s aircraft cabins helped lift fourth-quarter adjusted earnings to $3.26 a share, topping Wall Street’s expectation for $3.05. Revenue jumped to $14.7 billion, driven by a 20% gain in basic economy sales and 10% lift from premium fares.
United Airlines on Tuesday forecast a stronger-than-expected profit in the current quarter, after its earnings topped Wall Street estimates in the fourth quarter on robust travel demand and improved pricing power.
United Airlines posted better-than-estimated fourth-quarter results and gave a bullish current-quarter outlook on the back of increased consumer demand for premium travel.
Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.