Here are a few of the most interesting United Airlines statistics and facts I was able to dig up including revenue totals and passenger and employee counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
United Airlines Facts
- Website: Official Website
- Year Founded: 1926
- Headquarters: Chicago, IL
- Founder(s): Walter Varney
- Current Chief Executive: Scott Kirby
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What is United Airlines?
For over 90 years, we’ve been connecting people and uniting the world. We have seven US hub locations, including hubs in the four largest cities in the United States and over 90,000 employees residing in every U.S. state and in countries around world. (source)
United Airlines Passenger Count
Number of passengers (annual):
- 2020: 57 million passengers
- 2019: 162 million passengers
- 2018: 158 million passengers
- 2017: 148 million passengers
- 2016: 143 million passengers
- 2015: 140 million passengers
- 2014: 138 million passengers
- 2013: 139 million passengers
- 2012: 140 million passengers
- 2011: 141 million passengers
- 2010: 98 million passengers
- 2009: 62 million passengers
- 2008: 66 million passengers
- 2007: 68 million passengers
- 2006: 67 million passengers
- 2005: 61 million passengers
United Airlines Revenue Totals
United Airlines revenue (annual):
- 2020: $15.365 billion
- 2019: $43.259 billion
- 2018: $41.303 billion
- 2017: $37.736 billion
- 2016: $36.556 billion
- 2015: $37.864 billion
- 2014: $38.901 billion
- 2013: $38.279 billion
- 2012: $37.152 billion
- 2011: $37.110 billion
- 2010: $23.325 billion
- 2009: $12.586 billion
- 2008: $15.241 billion
- 2007: $14.232 billion
- 2006: $13.128 billion
- 2005: $11.208 billion
United Airlines net income (annual):
- 2020: $7.069 billion net loss
- 2019: $3.009 billion
- 2018: $2.129 billion
- 2017: $2.131 billion
- 2016: $2.263 billion
- 2015: $7.340 billion
- 2014: $1.132 billion
- 2013: $571 million
- 2012: $723 million loss
- 2011: $840 million
- 2010: $253 million
- 2009: $282 million loss
- 2008: $586 million loss
- 2007: $439 million
- 2006: $335 million
- 2005: $75 million loss
United Airlines Statistics
Number of Destinations Globally:
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Number of Destinations in the US:
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Number of International Destinations:
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Number of countries served:
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Average number of daily departures:
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Number of flights in 2016:
Total number of planes in United’s mainline fleet:
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Total number of planes in United’s regional fleet:
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This full report is available in an annual industry report. Some of the data in industry reports include:
- Passengers
- Flights
- Employees
- History
- Revenue
- Growth
- Etc.- all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.
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