At United, we offer internships, co-ops, and full-time opportunities for early career professionals. In any role, you’re a key member of our team, contributing to real projects that help move the business forward while gaining hands-on experience, growing your professional skill set, and connecting with industry leaders. You’ll also have a chance to build community through our employee-run Business Resource Groups, participate in industry conferences, and enjoy unlimited standby travel anywhere we fly.

On United’s Global Network Alliances team, we like to solve puzzles --from where we fly to when we fly, and even what planes we fly. Our team crafts flight schedules, routes, and partnerships that connect our customers with hundreds of destinations around the world. Our team is part of a Commercial organization in United that designs travel experiences that our customers – and employees – love. Get ready to work on our biggest puzzle when you join the Global Network Alliances team.

Key Responsibilities:

The Global Network Alliances team includes the areas of Network Planning, Scheduling, Alliances, Strategy/Analytics, and United Express. Interns will complete a project in one of these areas while receiving training and networking opportunities in all areas.

Network Planning

Manage a portfolio of markets by forecasting and executing tactical and strategic recommendations including seasonal adjustments, aircraft changes, and launching new marketsBuild cross-functional working relationships throughout the commercial organization to align Pricing, Revenue Management, Cargo, Sales, Marketing, and other teams around a unified strategy and improve decision making in all related domainsProactively research, develop and present insights with an owner mentality to senior leadershipPast ProjectsCost analysis at a station, route, and equipment levelNew market opportunities

Scheduling

Ensure aircraft routing, turn time, and ground time requirements align with United’s operational teamsAnalyze aircraft flows, turn times, equipment type compatibility at each station, gating constraints, crew availability, and other parametersOptimize Uniteds schedule for profitability and operability while accounting for other stakeholder priorities, including safety, customer service, airport operations, aircraft maintenance, catering, inflight crew, aircraft performance and othersPast ProjectDevelop widebody schedule tool to help inform United’s detailed scheduling decisions

Alliances

Evaluate global strategic partnership opportunities within our Analysis, Commercial and Operations teamsAnalyze financial value of partnerships and identify areas to improve revenue and the customer experienceNegotiate with existing and potential partners, draft contracts, and coordinate with stakeholders across various departments in the companyPast ProjectsImplementation of Customer Care DashboardCodeshare benchmarking and partnership valuation

Strategy Analytics

Develop long-term strategic plans for United’s fleet, network, relationships with United Express partners, pilots, and competitive positioningEvaluate and make recommendations to senior leadership on aircraft purchases, retirements, or reconfigurationsCreate rigorous, data-driven analytical tools to support optimization of schedules, fleeting, and overall capacity levelsPast ProjectsCreate model to identify aircraft up-gauge opportunities in future schedulesGate usage analysis and development of gate use requirements database

United Express (UAX)

Develop various deep-dive analyses and reporting projects across the UAX portfolio, which may include customer, operational, commercial, and financial dataWork with UAX functional teams and our UAX Partners to identify and track key initiatives that improve performanceLead problem solving and process improvement activities to help augment and streamline reporting, analysis, and measurement functions across UAXPast ProjectBusiness case development for potential UAX onboard products

This position is a hybrid role including a combination of days worked in our Chicago office and remotely.

At United, we offer internships, co-ops, and full-time opportunities for early career professionals. In any role, you’re a key member of our team, contributing to real projects that help move the business forward while gaining hands-on experience, growing your professional skill set, and connecting with industry leaders. You’ll also have a chance to build community through our employee-run Business Resource Groups, participate in industry conferences, and enjoy unlimited standby travel anywhere we fly.

On United’s Global Network Alliances team, we like to solve puzzles --from where we fly to when we fly, and even what planes we fly. Our team crafts flight schedules, routes, and partnerships that connect our customers with hundreds of destinations around the world. Our team is part of a Commercial organization in United that designs travel experiences that our customers – and employees – love. Get ready to work on our biggest puzzle when you join the Global Network Alliances team.

Key Responsibilities:

The Global Network Alliances team includes the areas of Network Planning, Scheduling, Alliances, Strategy/Analytics, and United Express. Interns will complete a project in one of these areas while receiving training and networking opportunities in all areas.

Network Planning

Manage a portfolio of markets by forecasting and executing tactical and strategic recommendations including seasonal adjustments, aircraft changes, and launching new marketsBuild cross-functional working relationships throughout the commercial organization to align Pricing, Revenue Management, Cargo, Sales, Marketing, and other teams around a unified strategy and improve decision making in all related domainsProactively research, develop and present insights with an owner mentality to senior leadershipPast ProjectsCost analysis at a station, route, and equipment levelNew market opportunities

Scheduling

Ensure aircraft routing, turn time, and ground time requirements align with United’s operational teamsAnalyze aircraft flows, turn times, equipment type compatibility at each station, gating constraints, crew availability, and other parametersOptimize Uniteds schedule for profitability and operability while accounting for other stakeholder priorities, including safety, customer service, airport operations, aircraft maintenance, catering, inflight crew, aircraft performance and othersPast ProjectDevelop widebody schedule tool to help inform United’s detailed scheduling decisions

Alliances

Evaluate global strategic partnership opportunities within our Analysis, Commercial and Operations teamsAnalyze financial value of partnerships and identify areas to improve revenue and the customer experienceNegotiate with existing and potential partners, draft contracts, and coordinate with stakeholders across various departments in the companyPast ProjectsImplementation of Customer Care DashboardCodeshare benchmarking and partnership valuation

Strategy Analytics

Develop long-term strategic plans for United’s fleet, network, relationships with United Express partners, pilots, and competitive positioningEvaluate and make recommendations to senior leadership on aircraft purchases, retirements, or reconfigurationsCreate rigorous, data-driven analytical tools to support optimization of schedules, fleeting, and overall capacity levelsPast ProjectsCreate model to identify aircraft up-gauge opportunities in future schedulesGate usage analysis and development of gate use requirements database

United Express (UAX)

Develop various deep-dive analyses and reporting projects across the UAX portfolio, which may include customer, operational, commercial, and financial dataWork with UAX functional teams and our UAX Partners to identify and track key initiatives that improve performanceLead problem solving and process improvement activities to help augment and streamline reporting, analysis, and measurement functions across UAXPast ProjectBusiness case development for potential UAX onboard products

This position is a hybrid role including a combination of days worked in our Chicago office and remotely.

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

· Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree program

· Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

· Strong verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills

· Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint and Excel

· Intellectual curiosity, desire to learn, ability to take initiative

· Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

Analytical / quantitative major, e.g., Engineering, natural sciences, economics/business/finance, statistics, mathematics, etc. encouragedKnowledge of Network Planning principlesComfort with SQL, Python, R, VBA, or SASExperience with Power BI, Tableau, or Palantir FoundryPlanned graduation date between Dec 2026 and July 2027

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

· Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree program

· Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

· Strong verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills

· Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint and Excel

· Intellectual curiosity, desire to learn, ability to take initiative

· Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

Analytical / quantitative major, e.g., Engineering, natural sciences, economics/business/finance, statistics, mathematics, etc. encouragedKnowledge of Network Planning principlesComfort with SQL, Python, R, VBA, or SASExperience with Power BI, Tableau, or Palantir FoundryPlanned graduation date between Dec 2026 and July 2027