United Airlines Names Douglas Register Vice President Service Delivery and Engineering in the Information Services Division

CHICAGO, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UAL Corporation (Nasdaq: UAUA), the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, today announced that Douglas Register has been named vice president of Service Delivery and Engineering. Register comes to United with 33 years of information systems leadership experience. In this newly created role, Register will be responsible for the day-to-day information technology services of the airline and will also have responsibility for the Engineering and Data Center Operations organizations.

"This new role is critical to continuing to deliver quality service to our customers, while implementing new products and infrastructure," said Keith Halbert, senior vice president and CIO for United. "Doug's background and experience in various industries, including airlines, is a great fit for our team."

Register joins United from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, where he was vice president of IT Service Delivery. While at Blue Cross Blue Shield, Register led the company's IT infrastructure and service management function. Register also held several other leadership positions, including a three-year role as vice president Systems Operations for Delta Technology where he was responsible for the operation and integrity of Delta's IT systems and network infrastructure.

Register will assume his role on March 31, 2008, and will report to Halbert.

About United

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 at united.com.

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