Even by the sickly standards of the American airline industry, UAL Corp. is a mess.
UAL's highest hurdle is that a third of its capacity is dedicated to Pacific routes.
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Over the weekend, Continental Airlines rebuffed merger offers, a tacit rebuke to UAL 's United Airlines.
After some initial success, UAL entered bankruptcy in 2002 and the plan was scrapped.
Continental Airlines has since merged with United Airlines to create United Continental ( UAL).
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The best leveraged deal of 1989 was UAL. It was the best because it didn't go through.
The carrier, of course, faces competitors for international travel, including UAL's embattled primary business United Airlines and Lufthansa.
Labor disputes were reportedly part of what derailed merger discussions last week between UAL and US Airways Group.
Interesting trading patterns emerged on UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, where two patterns unwound on Thursday.
Even without the discounts UAL was burning through money faster than jet fuel.
Larry McMillan's subscribers doubled their money in call options on Ctrip.com (CTRP) and United Airline's parent UAL Corp. (UAUA).
The co-conspirators agreed to a pension termination that served them well but dealt a devastating blow to UAL employees.
Others like Hancock Global Technology B stretch the definition of technology to include airline stocks, such as UAL and AMR.
This would create the largest world airline as it would kick United Continental Holdings ( UAL) out of first place.
For VeriSign and United Airlines parent UAL, the difference between GAAP profit and pro forma profit was nearly triple the market capitalization.
The courts then completely cooperated, awarding UAL the necessary rulings in bankruptcy and denying all worker legal attempts to mitigate its damages.
Union actuaries determined that the old UAL ground plan, if properly funded, would require company contributions equivalent to about 12% of wages.
Sun pulled in 33 big companies, including UAL, General Motors, Vodaphone and Sony, and last September they formed the Liberty Alliance .
If UAL can't meet the timetable, then debtor-in-possession lenders Bank One, J.
Starting in March, UAL's loan covenants require it to meet a schedule of reductions in operating losses and to break even by October.
Some 19.3% of its fund is in United Continental Holdings (UAL), with other holdings like Delta Air Lines and AMR Corp.
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American Airlines was the first to announce checked bag fees, which have since been employed by US Airways and UAL's United Air Lines.
Four airlines (UAL, LLC, LUV, DAL) will control the domestic skies.
United Airlines (UAL) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) made a dirty deal to eliminate our company pensions and replace them with anemic PBGC pensions.
Earlier this week, NBAA President Ed Bolen sent UAL 's United Airlines chief Glenn Tilton a scathing letter after Tilden spammed United's frequent flyers on the issue.
The real winners in this merger will be Delta and American, who will win over former Continental passenegers once they find out what UAL management is like.
Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ), since United (nyse: UAL - news - people ) is its biggest customer.
Domestic Passenger yield (passenger revenue per revenue passenger mile) for UAL has decreased slightly in recent years due to competition from low-cost airlines and poor domestic economic conditions.
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In November, Delta and UAL shares soared after hedge fund Pardus Capital Management tried to push the two together (See "Airlines May Be On Course To Combine").
It could also foreshadow a potential merger between UAL Corp.
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