United Air Lines

As Afghanistan drawdown looms, concerns about Pakistan

2012-05-07 17:21:00

Back from a visit to Kabul, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger expressed confidence in relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan. It's Pakistan that concerns him. "A lot of terrorists are being trained and harbored in Pakistan," said Ruppersberger, the top...

Public may watch Guantanamo arraignments from Fort Meade

2012-05-02 07:15:30

Members of the public may watch the arraignment of self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other terror suspects Saturday at Fort Meade, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. Mohammed and his co-defendants are to be arraigned at...

Questions persist for Derby contender Union Rags, and for his handlers

2012-05-03 16:40:00

Michael Matz and his assistants are tired of the question — most trainers and riders are by this point in the week before the country's most talked-about horse race — and give mostly a perfunctory answer. "He's just a really nice horse,"...

Flying while pregnant hinges on due date

2011-12-02 13:55:00

Who wants to deliver a baby on an airplane? Answer: No one. Not the mother-to-be and not the flight attendants, pilots or passengers. That's why most airlines have fairly strict requirements for women who travel near the end of their pregnancies. Even...

Greater Loch Raven: Holiday dreams delivered in automobiles, airplanes

2011-12-29 16:01:00

Although the holidays are over, several events that took place close to Christmas certainly warrant mentioning. First, kudos to the staff at Bob Davidson Ford Lincoln on Joppa Road, who hosted two different toy drives to benefit area children. The...

BWI among airports to adopt prescreening program

2012-02-08 17:59:00

Before year's end, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will be part of a passenger prescreening program that allows low-risk travelers to keep their belts and shoes on and their laptops in their bags as they go through security...

AMR, American Airlines file for bankruptcy

2011-11-29 06:22:00

American Airlines and its parent company AMR Corp filed for bankruptcy Tuesday after failing to win a labor deal with pilots and suffering from mounting fuel costs. AMR had been the only major U.S. carrier to avoid bankruptcy in the past decade. Its...

Lois L. Hughes

2011-10-20 00:00:00

Lois L. Hughes, a retired department store sales associate and longtime Randallstown resident, died Monday of cancer at Dove House Hospice in Westminster. She was 84. Lois Louise Rutter was born in Halifax, Pa., and graduated in 1945 from a high school...

Remembering events of 10 years ago is a duty for future generations

2011-09-09 07:00:00

It's hard to believe that 10 years have passed since the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Yet, a decade later, the images from 8:46 a.m., when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into north tower of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan; and 9:03 a.m., when...

For 9/11 victim's only child, memories are still painful

2011-09-08 19:38:00

"In some ways, it feels like it's been longer than 10 years and then in some ways, it seems like it was just yesterday." For ReNee Troy-Mebane, 38, the loss of her father on 9/11 is a wound that's still healing. In her case, she said in a phone...

Midshipmen to help clean up, honor 9/11 victims and military

2011-09-10 13:58:12

In an effort to honor those who lost their lives during the attacks of Sept. 11, U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen will take part today in the second annual Project Green: 9/11 Day of Service & Remembrance. The event is organized by the Volunteer Center...

Families gather at Bel Air concert to remember 9/11

2011-09-10 14:57:00

A sizable group of people gathered in Shamrock Park in Bel Air Saturday afternoon to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra led the Remembrance and Hope concert, hosted by 91.5FM WBJC host and program director,...

Pit bulls are one breed of dog previously banned from United Airlines.

2012-05-08 00:00:00

United Airlinew pilots pass out leaflets to passengers at O'Hare International airport on Monday to get their point across about United's outsourcing jobs overseas.

2012-05-07 00:00:00

United and Continental pilots take a "Walk to Wacker," a demonstration starting from Willis Tower corporate offices, as seen here, to the United Airlines Building at 77 W. Wacker Drive in Chicago. Pilots are protesting lack of union contract and claim that United officials are dragging their heels

2012-05-03 00:00:00