Last one to a newsstand to buy this week's issue of Bloomberg Businessweek is a rotten egg!

The cover you see above is not the only highlight of the current edition of the magazine; it precludes a full article exploring the finer details of the United/Continental merger. We especially love that the cover promises "a look at the complexity and the absurdity of making the world's largest airline." Face it—the "absurdity" is what will sell this issue, once you get past the risque airplane coitus front and center.

UPDATE: We just checked the Barnes & Noble newsstand to see that this issue, with the United merger cover and story, is from January 15 and already off the stands of course. BOOOO.

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The newly combined United is adding a few hubs here and there—like the ones in Newark and Houston that used to belong to Continental. However, their newest hub is one that lives entirely on the internets.

United just launched UnitedHub.com in order to provide plenty of answers, information, and other handy facts about the airline, the merger, and the joys of flying around in economy class. The future promises to bring more about their travel apps, check-in process, and how to interact electronically with the jumbo-airline, but for now most of the stuff has to deal with what’s coming and what’s changing. ]]> kjb 2011-12-20T08:24:37-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/11/23/6319/1360

As part of the love and marriage that is the Continental and United merger, there were plans for the former Continental planes to update their seating maps. That’s because Continental—along with now having Thanksgiving at United’s parents’ house—is bringing EconomyPlus seating onboard.

It’s going to be a long process to upgrade and update all those planes and seats, but there’s been a little bit of progress. Just recently the combined carrier announced that the first Continental plane with EconomyPlus made its debut earlier this week. That means four extra inches of legroom towards the front of the economy cabin, but that also mean paying a few extra bucks for the privilege. As of now the only way to pay for the upgrade is during the check-in process, but as more planes get the seats it’ll also be available online. ]]> kjb 2011-11-23T10:03:58-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/20/75718/088

Hopefully this will be the last update in the naming and rebranding saga of Atlantic Southeast Airlines and ExpressJet. If you recall the two regional airlines—they usually help out Delta and United—shacked up and joined together under the new SureJet name. However, that new name didn’t sit too well with pilots, crew and other employees, so it was scrapped before it even took off.

Now there's a new name—kind of—and it sounds like the combined airline is sticking with ExpressJet for their new effort. The airline will utilize the old Atlantic Southeast Airlines logo when needed, so it's kind of like the United/Continental merger—use one name use one logo—but on a much smaller schedule. ]]> kjb 2011-10-20T11:50:01-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/3/65046/6802

You know we’re suckers when it comes to travel time-lapse videos, and this week we’re falling for an older (though new to us) one showing off United Airlines' livery changes. Obviously it’s going to take quite some time to paint all those airplanes—including the Continental ones—into the new United colors, but here it takes just a couple of minutes.

Apparently this video reveals the behind-the-scenes magic, as one of the very first Boeing 777s headed into the hangar to get an airplane makeover. Don’t forget to turn up the volume too—the dude in the cubicle next door won’t mind—because the Rhapsody in Blue techno-remix just adds to the fun. ]]> kjb 2011-10-03T09:53:04-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/9/7/214924/3937

United and Continental have slowly but surely been aligning their services over the last few months, and they’ve been doing so through goodie giveaways, updated apps, and of course plenty of new signage. We were checking out the changes at Chicago-O’Hare at the beginning of the summer, but now as the season is winding down the changes have begun elsewhere.

Upgrades and updates have arrived in San Francisco, as they got their new signs and stanchions in the middle of July. You still should check-in with United for their flights and with Continental for their flights, but the new branding has certainly arrived. ]]> kjb 2011-09-08T09:12:38-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/8/2/81324/71255

Only a couple weeks have passed since we told you that SureJet might be the ones to blame for your next flight delay, but now it’s already time to get used to a new name. Apparently, the suits over at Atlantic Southeast Airlines and ExpressJet weren’t really thrilled with their name choice, so they’re scrapping it for now in favor of something a little more clever.

Unfortunately, we don’t know what the better name is, as it seems like they just pulled the new name without a replacement in place. Employees weren’t too thrilled with the new airline branding, and apparently the discontent quickly made it up the food chain at the airline. ]]> kjb 2011-08-02T10:44:17-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/