First United Boeing 747-400 with new livery back in service

Courtesy of United Airlines

Just recently a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 returned to service wearing the new livery. Finishing the paint job on the 1st B-747 United has now at least one of each of their mainline fleet and 304 aircrafts overall painted in the new livery. In the month ahead United will start to re-brand airport facilities and launch new advertising campaigns.

Continental attendants decline joint contract talks

(Reuters) - Flight attendants with Continental Airlines Inc said they will not participate in contract talks with their peers at United Airlines, according to a report in Bloomberg.

United flight attendants had said in an exchange of letters they would have more leverage if they worked together, according to Bloomberg.

Representatives for Continental and for Association of Flight Attendants could not be immediately reached for comment.

UAL Corp and Continental merged last week to form the world's largest carrier, called United Airlines. The airline is a unit of United Continental Holding Inc.