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UnitedAirlinesTimeline.sPubDate = "2/1/2006 2:48:46 PM GMT";
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UnitedAirlinesTimeline.appHeader = "Timeline|United Airlines’ bankruptcy";
UnitedAirlinesTimeline.appFooter = "Source: The Associated Press";
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UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 9, 2002","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "UAL Corp.’s United Airlines files for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection in Chicago. It remains the largest bankruptcy filing by an airline and was at the time the sixth-biggest by any U.S. company.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 13, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United says it intends to shift 30 percent of its U.S. capacity to a new low-cost carrier to compete with Southwest Airlines and other discount carriers.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","April 21, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United starts charging for meals on flights.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","May 1, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "New labor contracts go into effect reducing labor costs by $2.56 billion annually for six years.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 12, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United launches its new Denver-based discount carrier, Ted.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","June 28, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United loses third and final try for a government loan guarantee, forcing it to seek new financing.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Aug. 19, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United says in a bankruptcy filing that it likely will terminate and replace its employee pension plans.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 6, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United cuts domestic flight capacity by 12 percent and increases international capacity 14 percent amid intensifying discount-carrier competition in U.S. and more lucrative routes internationally.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 4, 2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "CEO Glenn Tilton says record-high fuel costs mean United has no choice but to eliminate pensions and cut wages further to gain an additional $2 billion in reductions.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","May 10, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "Bankruptcy Judge Eugene Wedoff approves United’s plan to terminate employee pensions, clearing the way for the largest corporate-pension default in American history.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","July 21, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United completes second round of negotiated labor cuts in bankruptcy, adding another $700 million in annual labor savings.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Sept. 7, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United files reorganization plan outlining its intentions for repaying its debts and wiping out its stock. Forecasts nearly $1 billion operating profit in 2006 but based on oil prices falling to $50 a barrel.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 6, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United signs off on a $3 billion loan from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. enabling it to exit bankruptcy.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Dec. 30, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United announces majority of creditors have voted for its reorganization plan.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 20, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "Reorganization plan approved by bankruptcy court.";

UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 1, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
UnitedAirlinesTimeline[i-1].body = "United emerging from bankruptcy after three years, 51 days.";

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