“Tickets were sold by United.”
If you would like to buy a ticket for any of the airlines here, you can buy them at a United ticket counter! The ticket will say United, but you will be flying one of these!
https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Marketing/CustComm/Promotions/Pages/AirlinePartners.aspx
Airline partners are different than dba/Contract for Carriage tickets.
I purchase tickets through United for Hawaiian Airlines. Hawaiian crew, aircraft, etc. Hawaiian is ultimately responsible for all particulars of the flight.
I purchase tickets through United for DBA (doing business as) United/United Express...which has a United crew, says United on the side of the plane and UNITED is responsible for ALL particulars of said flight.
On Monday afternoon, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz issued the following statement about the incident:
“This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United. I apologize for having to re-accommodate these customers. Our team is moving with a sense of urgency to work with the authorities and conduct our own detailed review of what happened. We are also reaching out to this passenger to talk directly with him to address and resolve this situation.”
Why would United CEO even issue a statement, if they weren’t responsible? Where is the Republic CEO statement, if (as you’re saying) they’re responsible?