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.
United Airlines is one of the US' oldest continuous air carriers, with a history that reaches back to the 1920s. In 2010, United and Continental Airlines finalized a deal to merge their companies, becoming United Continental -- though flights would remain under the individual United or Continental name.