Pilots vow to fight United plan

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 30, 2003 ;     471 words ......to create a low-cost carrier as part of...effort, accusing United of trying to...available to us." United, meanwhile, said a low-cost carrier is critical...all markets," United said. "We believe that a low-cost carrier, fully integrated...

'POINT OF STRENGTH' UNITED CHOOSES DIA TO BE MAIN HUB FOR NEW LOW-COST...

Rocky Mountain News;  September 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......lower expenses than United's main fleet. Costs...being served entirely by United to being served by the...competitive than Shuttle by United - the budget carrier...2001 - in part because United has far lower labor costs today. United won $2.56 billion in...cost-efficiency and forcing ...

'POINT OF STRENGTH' UNITED CHOOSES DIA TO BE MAIN HUB FOR NEW LOW-COST...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  September 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......lower expenses than United's main fleet. Costs...being served entirely by United to being served by the...competitive than Shuttle by United - the budget carrier...2001 - in part because United has far lower labor costs today. United won $2.56 billion in...cost-efficiency and forcing ...

United Airlines Announces Low-Cost Carrier.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......their innards. United Airlines gave...plan for a new low-cost carrier intended to grab...discount rivals. United's chief executive...that creating a low-cost carrier is a substrategy...business. So why are United executives taxiing...yet-to-be-determined markets, ...

United wants better route profitability Low-cost carrier, broader use of...

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 6, 2003 ;     645 words ......To do that, United is asking for...Creating a low-cost carrier that is "a separate...has said the low-cost carrier could have its...brand name. The low-cost carrier has raised the...work for the United Airlines mainline...hear about (United) ...

UNITED TAXIS AROUND DIA AIRLINE SHIFTS GEARS, BACKS OFF ROLE HERE OF...

Rocky Mountain News;  June 4, 2003 ;     597 words ...As United Airlines' executives...a separate low-cost carrier, they're also...early stages of United's bankruptcy made the low-cost carrier a centerpiece...plan that the low- cost carrier would fly from...Minneapolis. United will present...

United Airlines' Pilot Association Firms Opposition to Low-Cost Carrier.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 25, 2003 ;     394 words ......Association at United Airlines hardened...creation of a low-cost carrier Monday, a strategy that United's management says...Whiteford, head of United's pilots union...common vision for a low-cost carrier. We question the...spokeswoman for United's pilots ...

UAL MAY TIP HAND ON NEW AIRLINE EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOW-COST CARRIER...

Rocky Mountain News;  September 17, 2003 ;     543 words ......a major component of his plans for reinventing United and fighting growing competition from discounters...reducing its potential cost-efficiency. Initially, United wanted the operation to be a separate company...that past attempts by large carriers, including United, have failed and say United ...

UNITED TAXIS AROUND DIA AIRLINE SHIFTS GEARS, BACKS OFF ROLE HERE OF...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  June 4, 2003 ;     648 words ......MOUNTAIN NEWS As United Airlines...a separate low-cost carrier, they're also...stages of United's bankruptcy made the low-cost carrier a centerpiece...plan that the low-cost carrier would fly...Minneapolis. United will present...

United shifts strategy Smaller role seen for low-cost carrier

International Herald Tribune;  May 31, 2003 ;     568 words ......the need for the low-cost carrier operation during...immediately after United' s bankruptcy filing...Frederic Brace 3d, United's chief financial...telephone: ''The low-cost carrier is not the centerpiece...competition with a low-cost carrier. In ...

United revises low-cost carrier plan in bid for support

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 20, 2003 ;     333 words ...UAL Corp.'s United Airlines revised its plans to create a low- cost carrier in a bid to win...earlier this week, United is no longer proposing separating the low-cost carrier's work force. Instead...who added "the low-cost carrier figures ...

United Airlines Workers Want Details about Shift to Low-Cost Carrier.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......domestic capacity to a low-cost carrier. United on Thursday wasn...company regarding the low-cost carrier. Starfish is part of United's plan to reorganize...requested from United, including data about the low-cost carrier. But a spokesman...

United plans to use 40 planes for low-cost carrier

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 16, 2003 ;     322 words ......plan to exit bankruptcy and enter profitability. United, which faces competition from discount airlines...employees, UAL chief executive Glenn Tilton said United will use 40 United planes in its discount carrier's first year to...did not identify. He said Sean Donohue, who runs United's ...

United Airlines Still Wants to Forge Low-Cost Carrier, Chief Executive...

The Denver Post (Denver, Colorado) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 4, 2003 ;     229 words ......Andy Vuong Feb. 4--United Airlines chief executive...and growing market. United, the nation's second-large...bankruptcy Dec. 9. The low-cost carrier is expected to be...restructuring plan, though United has not publicly released...for us to compete. United's unions oppose the ...

PILOTS CITE UNEASE WITH UNITED PLAN UNION: SIDES FAR APART ON LOW-COST...

The Boston Globe;  February 25, 2003 ;     593 words ...The challenges for United Airlines continue to multiply...yesterday sent a letter to United chief executive Glenn...chairman of the pilot union's United Airlines council. Whiteford...apart" on the issue of a low-cost carrier, something Tilton sees as operating 30 percent of ...