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Fly East...or North on United Air Lines' Mainliner

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The interior of a Mainliner Skylounge, luxurious 14-passenger day plane

United Air Lines operates two popular routes out of Los Angeles— one, the arrow-straight mainline route to New York—the other the beautiful Pacific Coast run South to San Diego and north to Vancouver with service to San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. On both of these routes United operates the 1938-type Mainliner, the quietest, most powerful, large transport ship used by any domestic airline in the United States today.

The route East used by United is called the Mainline with good reason. Today, the official No. 1 Air Mail route in the United States, it had also in turn the telegraph line, railroad, highway and airline. Over this route daily United Air Lines now has three scheduled flights eastbound and three westbound. The giant Douglas Mainliners operated on these schedules are of three types: the luxurious sleeper planes, the Skylounge day plane with 14 swivel chairs, and the 21 passenger day planes. Only United flies Douglas Mainliners.

The three famous eastbound flights leaving Los Angeles daily for New York are the Overland Flyer, leaving Los Angeles at 1:15 p.m., the Continental, departing at 7 p.m., and the New York Flyer leaving at midnight.

Special consideration is given children passengers on United. Recently the company instituted half fare rates for children under 12 years of age. Sky cradles are available for babies in day planes, and the stewardess-nurse can obtain desired food and keep it at proper temperatures in Mainliner kitchenette.

United also maintains the only "Maitre d'airline" on any line today. Under his direction, only the finest cuisine is served to United passengers. Planes leaving Los Angeles carry breakfast, luncheons and dinners prepared in the Sky Room Restaurant kitchens at Union Air Terminal, exclusive caterers for all airlines departing from the airport.

Operating over the most scenic routes in the United States, United Air Lines has also long been lauded by world travelers for its personalized service. In 1931, the company inaugurated the first stewardess system, which later was copied and become popular on most of the nation's airlines. Attractive and charming, United's stewardesses, like the rest of its personnel, can accept no gratuities. The same individual and courteous attention which the flying personnel show passengers on the ships is received from all branches of United Air Line's Service.

A United Air Lines Mainliner ready to depart from Union Air Terminal.
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