The merged airline began operating under a single air operator's certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration on November 30, 2011.
The carriers planned to begin merging their operations in 2011. In late 2006, Continental Airlines and United began merger discussions, which concluded successfully in 2010. Finally, in early 2006, it emerged from court protection and resumed normal operations. It remained under court protection for more than three years. In December 2002, due largely to the post- 9/11 dropoff in air travel, as well as to poor relations between the corporation and one of its key labor unions, the International Association of Machinists, United Airlines filed for bankruptcy. On March 28, 1931, UATC formed United Air Lines, Inc., as a holding company for its airline subsidiaries. In 1929, Boeing merged his company with Pratt & Whitney to form the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation (UATC) which then set about buying, in the space of just 28 months, Pacific Air Transport, Stout Air Services, VAL, and National Air Transport, as well as numerous equipment manufacturers at the same time. In 1927, William Boeing founded Boeing Air Transport to operate air mail routes under contract with the United States Post Office Department. VAL flew the first privately contracted air mail flight in the U.S. Continental Airlines is the successor to Speed Lines, which Varney had founded by 1932 and whose name changed to Varney Speed Lines in 1934. United traces its roots to Varney Air Lines (VAL), which Walter Varney founded in 1926 in Boise, Idaho. The 'U' Tulip, designed by Saul Bass, was the airline's icon from 1973 to 2010
The United brand name was established by the amalgamation of several airlines in the late 1920s, the oldest of these being Varney Air Lines, which was founded in 1926.
Regional service is operated by independent carriers under the brand name United Express. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance with a total of 28 member airlines. United has eight hubs, with Chicago–O'Hare being its largest in terms of passengers carried and the number of departures. Measured by fleet size and the number of routes, it became the third-largest airline in the world after its merger with Continental Airlines in 2010. United operates a large domestic and international route network spanning cities large and small across the United States and all six inhabited continents. is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
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