As families prepare for air travel this coming Memorial Day weekend, United Airlines won't be offering early boarding to families in coach with small children.

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Airline ends coach preboarding for kids

Several people were reported injured on a United Airlines flight that encountered turbulence over Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Wednesday, said Lynn Lunsford of the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Turbulence shakes plane, 12 hurt

Everything was in place: the four balloons, the “Welcome home, Elizabeth” banner, a ready supply of tissues, a gaggle of family and friends. Then out of a bank of billowing white clouds under a blue summer sky emerged United Airlines Flight 965 from Moscow. The moment its wheels touched the Dulles Airport tarmac at 2:42 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, 7-year-old Elizabeth Clark became a U.S. citizen. Read full article > >

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Adopting a new purpose: After the Clarks’ daughter was born with Down syndrome, they felt called to parent more special-needs children

AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, said on Tuesday that it has filed for Chapter 11, in an effort to reduce labor costs and shed its heavy debt load.

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DealBook: American Airlines Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy

[This post has been updated] United Airlines Flight 586, scheduled to depart Dulles at 12:34 p.m. for San Francisco, was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after it reportedly experienced an engine problem. The plane departed Gate C19 at 12:41 p.m. and the incident happened prior to takeoff. The plane had not made it to the runway. Read full article > >

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Justice Ginsburg, Commerce head aboard plane evacuated at Dulles International Airport

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — President Obama on Sunday visited the new national park near Shanksville, Pa., which has been established as a vast memorial to the 40 passengers and crew members who died on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. Obama and his wife, Michelle, laid a large wreath of white flowers at the center of a marble wall bearing the names of those killed and spoke with bereaved relatives. The wall was unveiled Saturday at the park’s opening ceremony. Read full article > >

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Victims from United Flight 93 remembered in Shanksville, Pa.

Late in the morning of the Tuesday that changed everything, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney was on a runway at Andrews Air Force Base and ready to fly. She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and she had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93. The day’s fourth hijacked airliner seemed to be hurtling toward Washington. Penney, one of the first two combat pilots in the air that morning, was told to stop it. The one thing she didn’t have as she roared into the crystalline sky was live ammunition. Or missiles. Or anything at all to throw at a hostile aircraft. Read full article > >

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F-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11

United Airlines blamed a technical glitch Wednesday for the brief return of flight numbers 93 and 175, designations retired after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

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9/11 flight numbers briefly reused

Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights Sunday with major blizzard warning in effect for the U.S. East Coast Sunday and Monday. Continental Airlines cancelled 250 flights out of Newark Liberty International Airport in N.J. United Airlines cancelled…

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Blizzard Heads for U.S. Northeast

Several hundred pilots from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) picketed Newark Liberty International airport on November 22 and Houston airport on November 23 with signs reading “Who’s Flying Your Plane?” The union also scheduled a picket for December 1 at the Chicago O’Hare hub of the world’s largest airline combine, newly merged United Airlines (UAL) and Continental Airlines (CA). read more

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Pilot Protests Underscore Passenger Safety

The scaling back in flights reflects a more timid — and perhaps chastened — industry than in previous decades.

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Flying Fewer Planes, Airlines Find Stability

United Airlines and Continental Airlines are cleared to merge, creating the world’s largest carrier.

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US airlines create global leader

The US Justice Department backs a merger between United Airlines and Continental, which will create the world’s biggest carrier.

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US backs United-Continental deal