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United Airlines bars devicesUnited Airlines has become the latest airline to bar the use of portable electronic devices that emit electromagnetic waves on its flights during take-offs and landings, effective July 1.Passengers may not use electronic devices, which include laptop computers and portable audio tape and compact disc players, when the plane is on the ground or flying below 10,000 feet because of the possibility of electromagnetic interference, the...

Just goes to show that Everyman, no matter how rich and privileged, is entitled to the benefit of reasonable doubt.Ten men were convicted of seditious conspiracy to blow up N.Y.C. and the U.N., and not one was a New Age Republican.United Airlines may take over USAir if only to end confusion over the names.

The top airlines for wine (in business class), from Global Traveler magazine's annual taste test: 1. United Airlines 2. Cathay Pacific Airways 3. Qantas Airways 4. Austrian Airways 5. Asiana Airlines 6. Alitalia Airlines 7. Scandinavian Airlines 8. Icelandair 9. Aer Lingus 10. Continental Airlines

CHICAGO -- United Airlines and USAir have announced double-digit increases in June passenger traffic, reflecting the boost from half-price summer fares.United Airlines says traffic rose to 8.6 billion revenue passenger miles last month from 7.7 billion miles in June 1991.USAir says passenger traffic rose 18.7 percent to 3.3 billion revenue passenger miles from 2.8 billion miles in June 1991.But United President J. C. Pope says the strong June traffic may not do much for the parent UAL Corp.

He flew thousands of miles in the jet cockpits of major airlines.He bantered with pilots about company rules, the latest equipment and retirement investments.But the lanky, sandy-haired man in the United Airlines uniform who claimed to be a pilot was an impostor, Montgomery County prosecutors say -- a con artist who talked his way into one of the most secure places in the country, and talked real pilots and others out of their money.Shykind, 31, of Bethesda, is charged with theft and fraud for allegedly bilking 14 people -- airline employees and friends -- of $30,700 over a three-year period that ended in May 1996.

MINNEAPOLIS - United Airlines, Continental, and All Nippon Airways applied for antitrust approval on Wednesday so they can work together more closely on flights across the Pacific. The three carriers already sell tickets on each other's planes as partners in the Star Alliance, which Continental joined in October. But they want to form a joint venture that would strengthen their financial ties. If their immunity application is approved, they would jointly manage trans-Pacific activities, including schedules, prices and sales.

The U.S. flag was carried in the rain through Baltimore last night by a team of runners in a monthlong nationwide relay raising money for charities helping victims of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11. About 1,700 runners are expected to participate in the run - sponsored in part by American Airlines and United Airlines - that began Thursday in Boston, the one-month anniversary of the attacks. It is following U.S. 1 on the leg that is expected to reach Washington this morning. The runners expect to turn west from Augusta, Ga., on Friday and reach Los Angeles on Nov. 11. One runner, at all times, carries a flag said to have been inside the cockpit of an F-16 as it flew over Iraq this month.

United Airlines wants to become the first carrier linking Washington, D.C., with direct service to the capital of China. United will ask permission to serve Beijing from the airline's hub at Washington Dulles International Airport. The carrier would be the first offering nonstop service between the two capitals. United said yesterday that details of its plans will be part of an application filed today with the Department of Transportation. Tomorrow is the deadline for carriers to request additional access to mainland China.

Get ready for a wave of annoying airline rules requiring you to stay at your destination a minimum number of days or over a Saturday night - if you want the cheapest tickets. The move is an effort to force business travelers, who usually need the most flexibility and want to be home on the weekends, to pay more for their flights. Airlines have increased restrictions on cheap fares by raising overnight requirements, increasing what had commonly been only a one-night stay requirement to two and three nights.

In a first move to put his own team in place, USAir Chairman Stephen M. Wolf has named a 42-year-old Air France executive as the airline's new president and a former United Airlines official to another top post.The Arlington, Va.-based company announced yesterday that Rakesh Gangwal, executive vice president for planning and development at Air France, will become USAir's president on Feb. 19. He will succeed Frank L. Salizzoni, who has announced plans to retire.In addition, USAir said that Lawrence M. Nagin, 54, will become executive vice president-corporate affairs and general counsel, succeeding James T. Lloyd, effective today.