United Airlines Reports April Traffic Results

CHICAGO, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2008. The company reported an April passenger load factor of 80.5 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in April by 6.3 percent on a capacity decrease of 2.1 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.

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United Airlines NASDAQ: UAUA operates more than 3,200* 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 965 destinations in 162 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 at united.com.

    * Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008.



                                                  2008         2007       YOY
                                                 April        April    Change
    SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
    REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000)                   61,429       62,722      -2.1%

    ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES                 44,173       45,897      -3.8%

    REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000)             5,416        5,903      -8.3%

    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                            5,487,665    6,061,648      -9.5%
    PACIFIC                                  1,954,138    2,074,635      -5.8%
    ATLANTIC                                 1,505,533    1,419,508       6.1%
    LATIN AMERICA                              325,408      338,358      -3.8%
    SYSTEM                                   9,272,744    9,894,149      -6.3%

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                            6,564,792    7,018,959      -6.5%
    PACIFIC                                  2,641,961    2,636,225       0.2%
    ATLANTIC                                 1,905,278    1,686,173      13.0%
    LATIN AMERICA                              402,206      425,098      -5.4%
    SYSTEM                                  11,514,237   11,766,455      -2.1%

    PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
    NORTH AMERICA                                 83.6         86.4   -2.8 pts
    PACIFIC                                       74.0         78.7   -4.7 pts
    ATLANTIC                                      79.0         84.2   -5.2 pts
    LATIN AMERICA                                 80.9         79.6    1.3 pts
    SYSTEM                                        80.5         84.1   -3.6 pts

    CARGO TON MILES (000):
    FREIGHT                                    151,602      148,631       2.0%
    MAIL                                        22,132       16,408      34.9%
    SYSTEM                                     173,734      165,039       5.3%


    TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES                  9,276,714    9,894,814      -6.2%
    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES                    11,521,872   11,768,943      -2.1%

    REVENUE PSGR. KM.                       14,929,016   15,923,724      -6.2%
    AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                      18,542,149   18,939,760      -2.1%

    TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES                  1,101,421    1,154,522      -4.6%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES                   1,712,692    1,881,647      -9.0%

    TOTAL REV. TON KM.                       1,597,286    1,674,092      -4.6%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                     2,500,530    2,747,205      -9.0%



                                         YEAR TO DATE  YEAR TO DATE        YOY
                                                 2008          2007     Change
    SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
    REVENUE MILES FLOWN (000)                  244,610      247,563      -1.2%

    ACTUAL NUMBER OF DEPARTURES                173,642      181,912      -4.5%

    REVENUE PASSENGERS BOARDED (000)            20,661       22,249      -7.1%

    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                           20,796,493   22,740,179      -8.5%
    PACIFIC                                  8,303,374    8,405,650      -1.2%
    ATLANTIC                                 5,575,938    4,950,866      12.6%
    LATIN AMERICA                            1,515,700    1,521,057      -0.4%
    SYSTEM                                  36,191,505   37,617,752      -3.8%

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                           26,037,772   27,820,798      -6.4%
    PACIFIC                                 10,771,889   10,331,455       4.3%
    ATLANTIC                                 7,299,321    6,251,244      16.8%
    LATIN AMERICA                            1,911,154    1,883,620       1.5%
    SYSTEM                                  46,020,136   46,287,117      -0.6%

    PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
    NORTH AMERICA                                 79.9         81.7   -1.8 pts
    PACIFIC                                       77.1         81.4   -4.3 pts
    ATLANTIC                                      76.4         79.2   -2.8 pts
    LATIN AMERICA                                 79.3         80.8   -1.5 pts
    SYSTEM                                        78.6         81.3   -2.7 pts

    CARGO TON MILES (000):
    FREIGHT                                    580,972      569,930       1.9%
    MAIL                                        87,229       63,810      36.7%
    SYSTEM                                     668,201      633,740       5.4%

    TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES                 36,203,684   37,623,604      -3.8%

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES                    46,050,410   46,303,599      -0.5%

    REVENUE PSGR. KM.                       58,262,589   60,547,666      -3.8%
    AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                      74,108,925   74,516,382      -0.5%

    TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES                  4,288,584    4,396,101      -2.4%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES                   7,286,285    7,385,311      -1.3%

    TOTAL REV. TON KM.                       6,219,227    6,374,548      -2.4%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                    10,637,976   10,782,554      -1.3%