What’s The Story Behind United Airlines’ “Friend Ship” Airbus A320?

United Airlines

has long been associated with the word “friend.” Their slogan for decades has been “Fly the friendly skies,” an automated voice plays this message when its planes reach cruising altitude, and Friendship One was the name of United’s 1988 round-the-world flight which broke the record for a global crossing. For two years, United also painted its aircraft in a modified version of its 1957 livery that featured the aircraft’s type designation, followed by…