Is United Airlines related to Boeing? Is there a link?
2007-08-31 01:31:46 · 5 answers · asked by Sleuth! 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
United Airlines is indeed related to Boeing. They were once the same company before they broke up.
In 1927, airplane pioneer William Boeing founded his own airline, Boeing Air Transport, and began buying other airmail carriers, including Varney's.
In 1929, the company changed its name to United Aircraft - Transport Corp. In 1930, as the capacity of airplanes proved sufficient to carry not only mail but also passengers, Boeing Air Transport hired a registered nurse, Ellen Church, to assist passengers. United claims Church as the first airline stewardess[1].
Following the Air Mail Scandal of 1930, the Air Mail Act of 1934 banned the common ownership of manufacturers and airlines. William Boeing's company was broken into three: a parts supplier (the future United Technologies), an aircraft manufacturer (the Boeing Airplane Company), and an airline group—United Air Lines.
2007-09-02 13:22:46 · answer #1 · answered by High Flyer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO there is no link between them.
Its only that UL buy or sahll I say lease planes from Boeing so do so many other airlines.
2007-08-31 01:36:22 · answer #2 · answered by **tomtom 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No I think the united airlines was the milk mans.lol.
2007-08-31 01:46:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are unrelated.
2007-08-31 01:37:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nope........
2007-08-31 01:46:44 · answer #5 · answered by Chianti Man 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋