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United Airlines Strips ‘Continental’ From Parent Company’s Name

A United Continental Holdings Inc. airplane prepares for landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in 2017.
Photographer: Tim Fadek/Bloomberg

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By Justin Bachman

June 27, 2019 at 8:22 PM UTC

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United Airlines is jettisoning merger partner Continental from its parent company’s formal name, saying the change will “show the world we’re truly a united United” almost a decade after a rocky tie-up that combined the two carriers.

United Continental Holdings Inc. became United Airlines Holdings Inc., effective after the close of New York trading, the No. 2 U.S. carrier said in a regulatory filing Thursday. The company will continue trading under the UAL ticker.