United Airlines Sees Winter Travel Boom as Profits Soar
Winter travel ranging from popular ski destinations in the U.S. to southern Europe are some of the reasons why United’s profits surged.
Meghna Maharishi is Skift’s Airline Reporter, where she covers everything from loyalty programs to policy-making in Washington, D.C. She previously covered the airline industry at The Points Guy, worked on the investigative desk at CNBC, and did data visualization at CNN Politics. Send tips to Meghna on Signal at mmaharishi.61.
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