Brady Press Briefing Room. From Swimming Pool to Press Pool. As the men and women of New York opened copies of the New York Daily News on March 14, 1933, they learned of a campaign to raise money for building the president a swimming pool at the White House.
United Airlines, Inc. , commonly referred to as  United , is a major American airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It is the world's largest airline when measured by number of destinations served.
Ditching Dreamliners: United buys older, cheaper planes. While United Airlines was the first U.S. carrier to fly the 787 Dreamliner, it has scrapped an order for 10 new 787s. Price trumps all in airline economics, which is why United has scrapped an order for 10 new 787s in order to buy an equal number of older, larger, less-fuel-efficient airplanes.