United shares are up more than 80% since Jan. 1, more than double the gains of Delta Air Lines , the country's most profitable airline.
United Airlines is the best-performing U.S. airline stock this year.
United has been flying for nearly a century and is the world's largest airline by capacity.
3 or 4 depending on how you measure it," said Andrew Nocella, chief commercial officer of United Airlines.
"United Airlines is an airline that is trying to be a more premium airline right now, much as Delta has been for more than 10 years," said Henry Harteveldt, president of Atmosphere Research Group, a travel industry consulting firm.
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