United Airlines Reports March Traffic Results

CHICAGO, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for March 2008. The company reported a March passenger load factor of 82.7 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in March by 2.7 percent on unchanged capacity or scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.

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United Airlines NASDAQ: UAUA operates more than 3,300* flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 897 destinations in 160 countries worldwide. United's 55,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site atunited.com.

     *Based on the flight schedule between Feb. 12, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008.



                                               2008        2007        YOY
                                              March       March     Change
    SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
    REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000)                64,611       65,131    -0.8 %

    ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES              45,753       48,062    -4.8 %

    REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000)          5,748        6,132    -6.3 %

    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                         5,826,317    6,267,378    -7.0 %
    PACIFIC                               2,247,761    2,283,648    -1.6 %
    ATLANTIC                              1,552,879    1,348,248    15.2 %
    LATIN AMERICA                           414,281      416,534    -0.5 %
    SYSTEM                               10,041,238   10,315,808    -2.7 %

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                         6,988,632    7,398,285    -5.5 %
    PACIFIC                               2,773,883    2,642,328     5.0 %
    ATLANTIC                              1,865,460    1,589,367    17.4 %
    LATIN AMERICA                           509,544      509,668     0.0 %
    SYSTEM                               12,137,519   12,139,648     0.0 %

    PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
    NORTH AMERICA                              83.4         84.7  -1.3 pts
    PACIFIC                                    81.0         86.4  -5.4 pts
    ATLANTIC                                   83.2         84.8  -1.6 pts
    LATIN AMERICA                              81.3         81.7  -0.4 pts
    SYSTEM                                     82.7         85.0  -2.3 pts

    CARGO TON MILES (000):
    FREIGHT                                 160,593      158,114     1.6 %
    MAIL                                     22,727       17,140    32.6 %
    SYSTEM                                  183,320      175,254     4.6 %




    TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES              10,042,060   10,317,835    -2.7 %

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES                 12,140,568   12,145,591     0.0 %

    REVENUE PSGR. KM.                    16,160,687   16,604,492    -2.7 %
    AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                   19,537,816   19,545,900     0.0 %

    TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES               1,187,532    1,207,035    -1.6 %
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES                1,800,568    1,929,632    -6.7 %

    TOTAL REV. TON KM.                    1,722,117    1,750,273    -1.6 %
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                  2,628,829    2,817,263    -6.7 %



                                           YEAR TO       YEAR TO
                                              DATE          DATE        YOY
                                              2008          2007     Change

    SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
    REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000)               183,182       184,841    -0.9 %

    ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES             129,469       136,015    -4.8 %

    REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000)         15,245        16,346    -6.7 %

    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                        15,308,795    16,678,531    -8.2 %
    PACIFIC                               6,349,227     6,331,015     0.3 %
    ATLANTIC                              4,070,405     3,531,358    15.3 %
    LATIN AMERICA                         1,190,296     1,182,699     0.6 %
    SYSTEM                               26,918,723    27,723,603    -2.9 %

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                        19,472,818    20,801,839    -6.4 %
    PACIFIC                               8,129,951     7,695,230     5.6 %
    ATLANTIC                              5,394,047     4,565,071    18.2 %
    LATIN AMERICA                         1,508,954     1,458,522     3.5 %
    SYSTEM                               34,505,770    34,520,662     0.0 %

    PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
    NORTH AMERICA                              78.6          80.2  -1.6 pts
    PACIFIC                                    78.1          82.3  -4.2 pts
    ATLANTIC                                   75.5          77.4  -1.9 pts
    LATIN AMERICA                              78.9          81.1  -2.2 pts
    SYSTEM                                     78.0          80.3  -2.3 pts

    CARGO TON MILES (000):
    FREIGHT                                 429,370       421,299     1.9 %
    MAIL                                     65,096        47,402    37.3 %
    SYSTEM                                  494,466       468,701     5.5 %

    TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES              26,926,931    27,728,790    -2.9 %

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES                 34,528,405    34,534,656     0.0 %

    REVENUE PSGR. KM.                    43,333,510    44,623,942    -2.9 %
    AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                   55,566,562    55,576,622     0.0 %

    TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES               3,187,169     3,241,579    -1.7 %
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES                5,421,104     5,503,664    -1.5 %

    TOTAL REV. TON KM.                    4,621,946     4,700,456    -1.7 %
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                  7,914,812     8,035,349    -1.5 %