Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
IBS Case Development Center
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics:
Domestic airlines in the US; Transpacific Route Case (1969); Airline Deregulation Act (1978) of the US; ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan); Air Transport Stabilisation Board (ATSB) of the US; Top ten airlines in the world; Hubs of United Airlines; Bankruptcy filing of United Airlines; Restructuring efforts at United Airlines; 401(k) defined contribution plan
Abstract
United Airlines of the US, the second largest airline company in the world, has been witnessing problems since the early 1990s. Its financial situation deteriorated by the turn of the 21st century due to rising operational costs against declining revenues, which eventually led to its filing for bankruptcy in December 2002. This case focuses on the myriad problems of United Airlines and its efforts to emerge from its bankruptcy.
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Abstract
United Airlines of the US, the second largest airline company in the world, has been witnessing problems since the early 1990s. Its financial situation deteriorated by the turn of the 21st century due to rising operational costs against declining revenues, which eventually led to its filing for bankruptcy in December 2002. This case focuses on the myriad problems of United Airlines and its efforts to emerge from its bankruptcy.