Travel and hospitality
March 30, 2020
United Airlines bringing stranded Americans home from Peru. Image credit: United Airlines
By Luxury Daily News Service
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz and president J. Scott Kirby wrote a sobering letter to nearly 100,000 company employees with a level of candor rarely seen in corporate annals.
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