United Airlines Flight From Chicago Marks 1st With Sustainable Fuel In 1 Engine
A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Washington was the first commercial flight carrying passengers to fly on 100% sustainable fuel in one of its engines.
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A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Washington was the first commercial flight carrying passengers to fly on 100% sustainable fuel in one of its engines.
A federal judge has ruled that Chicago-based United Airlines can go ahead with its employee vaccine policy.
As Afghan refugees seek to travel to safer locations, two Chicago companies are helping them get there.
A body found in the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve in west suburban Darien has been confirmed to be that of missing United Airlines executive Jacob Cefolia.
"That means 99.5 percent of United's U.S. employees have now chosen to get vaccinated, excluding those who sought an exemption," a United spokesperson said in an email.
United Airlines plans to fire nearly 600 workers who didn't get their COVID-19 vaccination shots by the deadline Tuesday.
It's the largest fine imposed by the government for extended delays.
It was unclear how many delays occurred, or if there were any related cancellations.
This story is about fate, and a twist that brought a Naperville woman back to her roots. It happened in the skies over the Middle East and Europe, on a plane full of evacuees headed west.
Those who are exempt due to medical conditions or religious beliefs will be placed on temporary leave in early October.
The airline's 67,000 U.S.-based employees face a Sept. 27 deadline for getting vaccinated.
The airline moved up its deadline for full vaccinations to September 27.
"I think one thing that will surprise people would be to find out that vaccines are not something new as far as a employment requirement."
"The facts are crystal clear: everyone is safer when everyone is vaccinated," United Airlines executives told employees in a letter.
On Saturday, a United Airlines plane flew from Houston to O'Hare International Airport with a special all-Black crew in honor of Juneteenth.
United will evaluate any medical or religious reasons why a candidate can't be vaccinated.
United Airlines wants to bring supersonic travel back to the skies for the first time since the Concorde was retired 18 years ago.
The Chicago-based airline said it will start by hiring pilots who received conditional job offers or had a new class hire date that was canceled last year, after the pandemic significantly reduced air travel.
The orders could indicate that airlines are starting to feel more optimistic about a rebound in travel, which has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
On Sunday, United Airlines immediately removed 24 of its Boeing 777 airplanes from service out of an abundance of caution.
Chicago-based United Airlines is asking Congress for more financial aid to get through the pandemic.
Chicago's United Airlines plays a big role in getting the COVID-19 vaccine here, and now it will have to handle the influx of doses that the area has been promised.
Chicago-based United Airlines announced Thursday that ahead of the presidential inauguration next week, guns will not be allowed in checked luggage on flights going to the Washington, D.C. area.
Starting Monday anyone flying from the United Kingdom to four United States cities, including Chicago, will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
It is absolutely vital that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is kept at 70 degrees below zero. For that to happen, the Federal Aviation Administration had to make some changes for how much dry ice is allowed on planes to allow more of the vaccine to be shipped at once.
