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United Reports February 2018 Operational Performance


CHICAGO, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines (UAL) today reported February 2018 operational results.

UAL's February 2018 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 5.7 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 3.8 percent versus February 2017. UAL's February 2018 consolidated load factor increased 1.4 points compared to February 2017.

The company continues to expect first-quarter 2018 consolidated passenger unit revenue to be flat to up 2.0 percent compared to the first quarter of 2017.

About United
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,500 flights a day to 338 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 744 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 518 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 191 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "UAL".

Preliminary Operational Results



February


YTD



2018

2017

Change


2018

2017

Change










REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)









Domestic

8,509,645

8,038,257

5.9%


17,576,604

16,772,201

4.8%


Mainline

6,816,269

6,465,788

5.4%


14,092,013

13,472,151

4.6%


Regional

1,693,376

1,572,469

7.7%


3,484,591

3,300,050

5.6%


International

6,243,067

5,914,319

5.6%


13,507,577

13,225,999

2.1%


Atlantic

1,920,620

1,763,415

8.9%


4,262,947

4,009,855

6.3%


Pacific

2,576,474

2,413,447

6.8%


5,446,578

5,351,305

1.8%


Latin

1,745,973

1,737,457

0.5%


3,798,052

3,864,839

(1.7%)


Mainline

1,678,850

1,671,846

0.4%


3,647,708

3,718,075

(1.9%)


Regional

67,123

65,611

2.3%


150,344

146,764

2.4%


Consolidated

14,752,712

13,952,576

5.7%


31,084,181

29,998,200

3.6%










AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)









Domestic

10,376,626

9,839,177

5.5%


21,623,649

20,474,223

5.6%


Mainline

8,254,759

7,873,155

4.8%


17,194,998

16,334,279

5.3%


Regional

2,121,867

1,966,022

7.9%


4,428,651

4,139,944

7.0%


International

8,502,432

8,347,064

1.9%


17,878,907

17,676,334

1.1%


Atlantic

2,965,713

2,857,372

3.8%


6,196,546

6,070,550

2.1%


Pacific

3,401,719

3,313,533

2.7%


7,096,392

6,869,690

3.3%


Latin

2,135,000

2,176,159

(1.9%)


4,585,969

4,736,094

(3.2%)


Mainline

2,041,332

2,070,926

(1.4%)


4,385,217

4,514,098

(2.9%)


Regional

93,668

105,233

(11.0%)


200,752

221,996

(9.6%)


Consolidated

18,879,058

18,186,241

3.8%


39,502,556

38,150,557

3.5%










PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR









Domestic

82.0%

81.7%

0.3 pts


81.3%

81.9%

(0.6) pts


Mainline

82.6%

82.1%

0.5 pts


82.0%

82.5%

(0.5) pts


Regional

79.8%

80.0%

(0.2) pts


78.7%

79.7%

(1.0) pts


International

73.4%

70.9%

2.5 pts


75.6%

74.8%

0.8 pts


Atlantic

64.8%

61.7%

3.1 pts


68.8%

66.1%

2.7 pts


Pacific

75.7%

72.8%

2.9 pts


76.8%

77.9%

(1.1) pts


Latin

81.8%

79.8%

2.0 pts


82.8%

81.6%

1.2 pts


Mainline

82.2%

80.7%

1.5 pts


83.2%

82.4%

0.8 pts


Regional

71.7%

62.3%

9.4 pts


74.9%

66.1%

8.8 pts


Consolidated

78.1%

76.7%

1.4 pts


78.7%

78.6%

0.1 pts










ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)









Mainline

7,364

7,068

4.2%


15,273

14,831

3.0%


Regional

3,039

2,800

8.5%


6,233

5,860

6.4%


Consolidated

10,403

9,868

5.4%


21,506

20,691

3.9%










CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)









Total

257,970

235,364

9.6%


512,923

468,842

9.4%










OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE









Mainline Departure Performance1

73.4%

68.5%

4.9 pts






Mainline Completion Factor

99.6%

99.2%

0.4 pts






1Based on mainline scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time

Note: See Part II, Item 6 Selected Financial Data of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 for the definition of these statistics

Safe Harbor Statement
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements included in this release are forward-looking and thus reflect our current expectations and beliefs with respect to certain current and future events and anticipated financial and operating performance. Such forward-looking statements are and will be subject to many risks and uncertainties relating to our operations and business environment that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Words such as "expects," "will," "plans," "anticipates," "indicates," "believes," "estimates," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "goals" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Additionally, forward-looking statements include statements that do not relate solely to historical facts, such as statements which identify uncertainties or trends, discuss the possible future effects of current known trends or uncertainties, or which indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties cannot be predicted, guaranteed or assured. All forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to us on the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Our actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to numerous factors including, without limitation, the following: general economic conditions (including interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, investment or credit market conditions, crude oil prices, costs of aircraft fuel and energy refining capacity in relevant markets); economic and political instability and other risks of doing business globally; demand for travel and the impact that global economic and political conditions have on customer travel patterns; competitive pressures on pricing and on demand; demand for transportation in the markets in which we operate; our capacity decisions and the capacity decisions of our competitors; the effects of any hostilities, act of war or terrorist attack; the effects of any technology failures or cybersecurity breaches; the impact of regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks; disruptions to our regional network; the ability of other air carriers with whom we have alliances or partnerships to provide the services contemplated by the respective arrangements with such carriers; costs associated with any modification or termination of our aircraft orders; potential reputational or other impact from adverse events in our operations, the operations of our regional carriers or the operations of our code share partners; our ability to attract and retain customers; our ability to execute our operational plans and revenue-generating initiatives, including optimizing our revenue; our ability to control our costs, including realizing benefits from our resource optimization efforts, cost reduction initiatives and fleet replacement programs; the impact of any management changes; our ability to cost-effectively hedge against increases in the price of aircraft fuel if we decide to do so; any potential realized or unrealized gains or losses related to any fuel or currency hedging programs; labor costs; our ability to maintain satisfactory labor relations and the results of any collective bargaining agreement process with our union groups; any disruptions to operations due to any potential actions by our labor groups; an outbreak of a disease that affects travel demand or travel behavior; U.S. or foreign governmental legislation, regulation and other actions (including Open Skies agreements and environmental regulations); industry consolidation or changes in airline alliances; our ability to comply with the terms of our various financing arrangements; the costs and availability of financing; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity; the costs and availability of aviation and other insurance; weather conditions; our ability to utilize our net operating losses to offset future taxable income; the impact of changes in tax laws; the success of our investments in airlines in other parts of the world; and other risks and uncertainties set forth under Part I, Item 1A., "Risk Factors," of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, as well as other risks and uncertainties set forth from time to time in the reports we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SOURCE United Airlines


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