{"id":118587,"date":"2024-09-01T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/united-continental-airlines-merger-explanation\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T06:00:12","slug":"history-why-did-continental-united-airlines-agree-to-merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=118587","title":{"rendered":"History: Why Did Continental & United Airlines Agree To Merge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to understand why Continental Airlines and United Airlines<\/a> agreed to merge, it is important to first look at both airlines separately and see what led up to the two airlines becoming one. United Airlines dates back to 1926 when Walter Varney founded Varney Air Lines in Boise, Idaho. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The merger was a way to grow the airlines’ networks and save money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,4140,1027,240,5145,536],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-continental-airlines","category-merger","category-north-america","category-star-alliance","category-united-airlines"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t