United Airlines Reports January Traffic Results

CHICAGO, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2008. The company reported a January passenger load factor of 76.5 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in January by 5.3 percent on a capacity decrease of 3.4 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2007.

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    *Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2007.



                                               2008        2007      YOY
                                            January     January   Change

    SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
    REVENUE PLANE MILES (000)                60,444      63,307      -4.5%
    NUMBER OF DEPARTURES                     42,686      46,688      -8.6%

    REVENUE PASSENGERS (000)                  4,776       5,323     -10.3%

    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                         4,747,976   5,421,819     -12.4%
    PACIFIC                               2,236,098   2,190,907       2.1%
    ATLANTIC                              1,344,576   1,196,383      12.4%
    LATIN AMERICA                           399,086     407,085      -2.0%
    SYSTEM                                8,727,736   9,216,194      -5.3%

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                         6,322,373   7,082,629     -10.7%
    PACIFIC                               2,782,430   2,662,150       4.5%
    ATLANTIC                              1,796,324   1,568,471      14.5%
    LATIN AMERICA                           512,950     502,775       2.0%
    SYSTEM                               11,414,077  11,816,025      -3.4%


    PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
    NORTH AMERICA                              75.1        76.6   -1.5 pts
    PACIFIC                                    80.4        82.3   -1.9 pts
    ATLANTIC                                   74.9        76.3   -1.4 pts
    LATIN AMERICA                              77.8        81.0   -3.2 pts
    SYSTEM                                     76.5        78.0   -1.5 pts

    CARGO TON MILES (000):
    FREIGHT                                 126,088     127,219      -0.9%
    MAIL                                     21,348      15,125      41.1%
    SYSTEM                                  147,436     142,344       3.6%



    TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES               8,733,300    9,216,739     -5.2%

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES                 11,428,851   11,817,123     -3.3%

    REVENUE PSGR. KM.                    14,054,500   14,832,498     -5.2%
    AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                   18,392,450   19,017,296     -3.3%

    TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES               1,020,766    1,064,015     -4.1%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES                1,702,006    1,886,897     -9.8%

    TOTAL REV. TON KM.                    1,480,161    1,542,746     -4.1%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                  2,484,929    2,754,870     -9.8%