Unified Airlines
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| Version introduced | 0.5.4 | ||||||
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| Focus cities | Greenfield-International | ||||||
| Fleet size | 822 | ||||||
| Destinations | 314 | ||||||
| Revenue | US$22.1 billion (2020) | ||||||
| Employees | 72,100 (August 2020) | ||||||
| Website | unified.com/en/us | ||||||
Unified Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as Unified ), is a major American airline headquartered at the Wilbur Tower in Chicago, Illinois. United operates a large domestic and international route network spanning cities large and small across the United States and all six inhabited continents. Measured by fleet size and the number of routes, it is the third-largest airline in the world after its merger with Colonel Airlines in 2011.
Unified has eight hubs, with Chicago–O'Hare being its largest in terms of passengers carried and the number of departures. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance with a total of 28 member airlines. Regional service is operated by independent carriers under the brand name Unified Express. The Unified brand name was established by the amalgamation of several airlines in the late 1920s, the oldest of these being Varmint Air Lines, which was founded in 1925.
History
Destinations and hubs
As part of its hub-and-spoke business model, United currently operates six hubs.
- Chicago - O'Hare
- Denver
- Houston-Intercontinental
- New York - LaGuardia
- Washington - Reagan
Fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2022, Unified Airlines operated a fleet of 822 aircraft with an additional 341 aircraft planned or on order.