United Airlines Reports January Traffic Results

CHICAGO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2007. The company reported its highest-ever January passenger load factor of 78 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased in January by 2 percent on a capacity increase of 1.6 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2006.

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



                                             2007           2006       YOY
                                          January        January    Change

    SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
    REVENUE PLANE MILES (000)              63,307         62,214      1.8%
    NUMBER OF DEPARTURES                   46,688         45,586      2.4%

    REVENUE PASSENGERS (000)                5,323          5,248      1.4%

    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                       5,421,787      5,305,514      2.2%
    PACIFIC                             2,190,897      2,167,666      1.1%
    ATLANTIC                            1,196,382      1,107,921      8.0%
    LATIN AMERICA                         407,085        450,845     -9.7%
    SYSTEM                              9,216,151      9,031,946      2.0%

    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000):
    NORTH AMERICA                       7,082,636      6,926,847      2.2%
    PACIFIC                             2,662,146      2,633,769      1.1%
    ATLANTIC                            1,568,475      1,478,974      6.1%
    LATIN AMERICA                         502,773        586,691    -14.3%
    SYSTEM                             11,816,030     11,626,281      1.6%

    PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
    NORTH AMERICA                            76.6           76.6   0.0 pts
    PACIFIC                                  82.3           82.3   0.0 pts
    ATLANTIC                                 76.3           74.9   1.4 pts
    LATIN AMERICA                            81.0           76.8   4.2 pts
    SYSTEM                                   78.0           77.7   0.3 pts

    CARGO TON MILES (000):
    FREIGHT                               127,219        125,961      1.0%
    MAIL                                   15,125         33,757    -55.2%
    SYSTEM                                142,344        159,718    -10.9%

    TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER (000):
    REVENUE PASSENGER MILES             9,216,698      9,057,459      1.8%
    AVAILABLE SEAT MILES               11,817,127     11,660,641      1.3%

    REVENUE PSGR. KM.                  14,832,432     14,576,169      1.8%
    AVAILABLE SEAT KM.                 19,017,302     18,765,470      1.3%

    TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES             1,064,013      1,065,463     -0.1%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES              1,742,956      1,855,357     -6.1%

    TOTAL REV. TON KM.                  1,542,740      1,545,043     -0.1%
    TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.                2,544,716      2,708,821     -6.1%


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