"Our main concern is the safety of our customers and do not want to take risks with transporting hazardous materials in the air," said United Airlines said in a statement to the BBC.
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 to Beijing reportedly took 440lb (200 kg) of lithium-ion batteries in the cargo hold, add another theory for the mysterious disappearance last year.
American Airlines to stop sending shipments of lithium-ion type battery in February. He never received a battery that packed in small packages collected in a single cargo container.
But it has raised safety concerns because of the large number of batteries are loaded into a container.
However, a battery that is included in or with equipment such as laptops or power tools accepted for delivery by the three US airlines that.
In a previous incident, flight officers believe, lithium-ion batteries contribute to the fire, causing two Boeing 747 cargo plane was destroyed along with four crew members.
Experts think the battery is a major contributor to several fires that occurred in cargo planes over the past few years.
Research by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found, the battery is too hot can cause large fires.
In that investigation, the FAA fill cargo container with 5,000 units of lithium-ion battery and cartridge heaters which stimulates heat up the battery unit to overheat.
The heat from the cartridge trigger a chain reaction in other batteries with temperatures reaching around 600 Celsius. This was followed by an explosion that could destroy the cargo container and cause burns.
The second investigation conducted after a few months, once again produce the same results, though accompanied by anti-fuel equipment.
Awareness of transport safety element batteries will certainly put pressure on other airlines to also obey the sake of the security police. He also challenged the technology industry to introduce a more secure method for transporting and delivering the battery using the aircraft without endangering passengers and crew.
Lithium-ion batteries used in mobile phones, laptops and other digital devices.
An estimated 4.8 billion cell lithium-ion was produced in 2013 and production is expected to reach eight billion by 2025.