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American Airlines largest, United again second largest airline in the world

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Ranked by air miles flown, American Airlines is the largest airline in the world. Delta had assumed a second place on the list — long held by United — in 2015. But United has recently increased capacity at its Chicago, Houston and Denver hubs, allowing the airline to move ahead of Delta again.

United Airlines is once again the second largest airline in the world thanks to some aggressive growth, Bloomberg reports. 

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“Our goal is not to be the biggest. We want to be the best and as we implement our strategy, we are looking to build on this momentum in 2019,” said a United spokesperson.

In December, United announced the addition of new and expanded service on 11 routes, including beginning flights to Stockton, California, for the first time. Most of the new flights originate in the airline’s Chicago (O’Hare) and Houston hubs.

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1979), beginning as a travel agent up through today as a publisher of eTurboNews (eTN), one of the world’s most influential and most-read travel and tourism publications. He is also Chairman of ICTP. His experiences include working and collaborating with various national tourism offices and non-governmental organizations, as well as private and non-profit organizations, and in planning, implementing, and quality control of a range of travel and tourism-related activities and programs, including tourism policies and legislation. His major strengths include a vast knowledge of travel and tourism from the point of view of a successful private enterprise owner, superb networking skills, strong leadership, excellent communication skills, strong team player, attention to detail, dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environments, and advisory skills in both political and non-political arenas with respect to tourism programs, policies, and legislation. He has a thorough knowledge of current industry practices and trends and is a computer and Internet junkie.