United Turns to RJs After $391-Million Loss

摘要

United Airlines is cutting costs and shifting to regional jets to stave off the ill effects of the weak economy, high fuel costs and labor troubles that battered its finances into a $391-million first-quarter operating loss. The deployment of regional jets—an operational strategy printed on now faded paper at other mainline carriers—has evolved in recent months at Chicago-based United. It was made possible only last fall under the new pilots' contract.