UNITED AIRLINES

New U.S. travel restrictions are set to take effect Monday as the World Health Organization says the new the new Omicron COVID variant poses a ‘very high’ global risk, and Chicago-based United Airlines said they are monitoring how the new restrictions will impact flight demand.

Chicago-based United Airlines says its currently monitoring how the new travel restrictions will impact demand for flights.

Officials with United Airlines say that new travel restrictions imposed on flights to several African nations have not yet led to any adjustments to the airline’s schedule, with the company set to operate new flights to those countries in coming days.

A new variant, named B.1.1.529, was named a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization and given the name “omicron” from the letter in the Greek alphabet.

United Airlines will halt flights to 11 small cities across the U.S. in response to the demands of the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.

United Airlines will halt flights to 11 small cities across the U.S. in response to the demands of the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.

The mystery behind Jake Cefolia’s disappearance reached a tragic point over the weekend.

United Airlines will soon begin the process of terminating nearly 600 employees who refused the company’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement, according to a memo sent to employees Tuesday.

According to a memo sent to employees Tuesday, United Airlines will soon begin the process of terminating nearly 600 employees who refused the company’s coronavirus vaccine requirement.

As Chicago moves down from “high transmission” for COVID-19 risk, the city’s top doctor says health officials are in discussion with the state regarding Illinois’ mask mandate.

United Airlines says “technical system issues” were behind an outage that impacted flights across the U.S. Friday morning.

United Airlines says more than half its workers who weren’t vaccinated last month have gotten the shots since the airline announced that it will require proof of vaccination

Delta Airlines announced Wednesday that it would be charging unvaccinated employees a monthly $200 surcharge starting November 1. Company representatives say this is necessary to offset the high health care costs for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a growing number of big corporations that are responding to a surge in virus cases.

New information is slowly emerging in the disappearance of a United executive, but plenty of mystery remains. NBC 5 Investigates’ Rob Stafford has more.

New information has surfaced in the disappearance of United Airlines executive Jake Cefolia. What happened at his suburban Chicago home right before he went missing? NBC 5 investigates.

As coronavirus cases are once again on the rise fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant, more Chicago companies are mandating vaccinations and masks. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

A teenager sent a photo of an airsoft gun to other passengers on a plane at San Francisco International Airport Thursday, prompting officials to remove every passenger from the plane, rescreen them and inspect the aircraft, an airport spokesman said.

There was just 300 feet between them when the planes passed each other at Charles de Gaulle Airport, French investigators concluded

Chicago-based United Airlines is ordering 270 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft for its fleet, and the largest order in the airline’s history is the first step in an investment process that’s expected to add more than 25,000 new jobs, including as many as 3,000 in the Chicago area alone.