United Airlines Faces Legal Challenge Over COVID-19-Related Cuts

By Steve Bynum
United Airlines and COVID-19
A lone ticketing agent works the United Airlines counter at Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, April 18, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colo., during the coronavirus outbreak. David Zalubowski / AP Photo
United Airlines and COVID-19
A lone ticketing agent works the United Airlines counter at Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, April 18, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colo., during the coronavirus outbreak. David Zalubowski / AP Photo

United Airlines Faces Legal Challenge Over COVID-19-Related Cuts

By Steve Bynum
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