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Airline Essentials - United Ai Jul 17th 2012, 11:05 Founding Year: 1926 was the year that Varney's commercial air mail service began, which was a predecessor to United Airlines. In 1931 the name United Airlines was established. Headquarters / Main Hub: Chicago holds the headquarters for United, with its main hub being Chicago O'Hare (ORD), and major hubs in San Francisco, Denver and Washington. Official Website: Seat Maps: Phone Number: phone number #800-241-6522 Frequent Flyer and Global Alliance: The frequent flyer program of United is Mileage Plus. United Airlines is a founding member of Star Alliance. Frequent flyer info Major Crashes / Incidents: United lost two flights in the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001. United 93, and 175 had no survivors. One of United's most fatal crashes was a mid-air collision with a TWA flight over New York in December 1960. 134 on both flights were killed, as well as several people on the ground. The collision was attributed to United pilot error. Airline News: Interesting Fact: United claims the first flight attendant, a nurse who served on San Francisco - Chicago routes, in 1930.

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