Continental Airlines
Defunct airline of the United States
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| 2025 | United Airlines Holdings ranked No. 83 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. |
| 2024 | United Airlines and United Express operated more than 4,900 daily flights to 362 destinations, carrying 162 million customers on 1.7 million flights during the year. |
| 2024 | Company projected to achieve $57.1 billion in revenue, transport 174 million passengers, with fleet growing to 994 aircraft. |
| 2023 | United Airlines reached $53.7 billion in revenue, carried 165 million passengers, and expanded fleet to 945 aircraft. |
| 2022 | Significant recovery continued with revenue jumping to $45 billion, passenger numbers reaching 144 million, and load factor improving to 83.4%. |
| 2021 | United Airlines began recovery, with revenue increasing to $24.6 billion and passenger numbers rising to 104 million. |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted operations, with revenue plummeting to $15.4 billion, passenger numbers dropping to 57.7 million, and load factor falling to 60.2%. |
| 2019 | United Airlines increased revenue to $43.3 billion, grew passenger count to 162 million, and expanded fleet to 777 aircraft. |
| June 27 2019 | Parent company name changed from United Continental Holdings to United Airlines Holdings. |
| June 27 2019 | The parent company's name was changed from United Continental Holdings to United Airlines Holdings. |
| 2018 | United Airlines recorded $41.3 billion in revenue with 158 million passengers and 770 aircraft in their fleet. |
| April 1 2017 | Continental Micronesia subsidiary was fully merged into United Airlines. |
| March 31 2013 | United Airlines, Inc. merges into Continental Airlines, Inc., with Continental becoming the surviving corporate entity and being renamed United Airlines, Inc. |
| 2012 | United reintroduced the classic slogan 'Fly the Friendly Skies' after using the interim marketing campaign. |
| March 3 2012 | Continental's passenger reservation system and frequent flyer program are merged into United. |
| March 3 2012 | The merger integration between Continental and United Airlines was fully completed, with the merged airline retaining the United name but using Continental's operating certificate and livery. |
| November 30 2011 | The FAA approved the use of Continental's operating certificate and United's repair station certificate for the merged airline. |
| October 19 2011 | Newark hub began rebranding process with United-operated ticket counters and gates. |
| March 22 2011 | United Continental Holdings announced plans to offer Wi-Fi service on over 200 domestic Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft. |
| March 1 2011 | United unveiled an 'interim' marketing campaign, replacing the 'It's Time to Fly' campaign. The company removed its 38-year-old Saul Bass 'Tulip' logo from the website and advertisements, replacing it with the Continental globe logo. |
| 2010 | Re-painting and branding of the merged airlines began, with efforts accelerating by early-to-mid 2011. |
| December 22 2010 | FAA approved the combination of Continental Micronesia's air carrier operations with Continental Airlines under a single Part 121 operating certificate. Flights were to be operated directly by Continental Airlines, while Continental Micronesia remained a corporation. |
| October 1 2010 | United and Continental Airlines completed an $8.5 billion all-stock merger of equals, creating the world's largest airline by revenue passenger miles. Continental shareholders received 1.05 shares of UAL stock for each Continental share, with United shareholders owning 55% of the merged entity and Continental shareholders owning 45%. |
| August 2010 | United updated their branding, replacing 'United Airlines' with 'UNITED' and changing to a traditional upper-case sans-serif font designed with input from new CEO Jeff Smisek. |
| May 2010 | United Airlines and Continental Airlines announced their merger, introducing a new corporate branding featuring Continental's typeface and globe-like logo. |
| April 22 2010 | United announced it would not pursue a merger with US Airways. |
| February 16 2010 | Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia apply for nonstop flights to Tokyo-Haneda under a US-Japan open-skies agreement, planning to begin services from New York/Newark and Guam hubs in late October. |
| January 1 2010 | Jeff Smisek becomes the CEO of Continental Airlines, transitioning from his previous role as president and COO. |
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