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    United Airlines Achieves Record Fourth Quarter Profit Well Ahead Of Expectations; Reiterates Path To Double-Digit Pre-Tax Margin

    1/21/25 4:01:00 PM ET
    $UAL
    Air Freight/Delivery Services
    Consumer Discretionary
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    Q4 pre-tax margin up 3.2 points year-over-year, 3.5 points on an adjusted basis1

    Finished the year first in on-time departures at all seven United hubs

    Sees robust demand in the first quarter 2025 as industry transformation is well underway

    CHICAGO, Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines (UAL) today reported full-year and fourth-quarter 2024 financial results. The company had full-year pre-tax earnings of $4.2 billion, with a pre-tax margin of 7.3%; adjusted pre-tax earnings1 of $4.6 billion, with an adjusted pre-tax margin1 of 8.1%. The company also achieved full-year diluted earnings per share of $9.45; adjusted diluted earnings per share1 of $10.61, at the better end of the 2024 guidance provided at the start of the year of $9.00 to $11.00.

    In 2024, United continued strong execution on its United Next plan. The company's investments have set United apart and customers continue to show more preference for the United brand with strong demand for all products: in the quarter premium revenue was up 10%, corporate revenue was up 7% and revenue from Basic Economy was up 20% year-over-year. Other revenue streams like loyalty and cargo had robust growth in the quarter with revenues up 12% and 30% year-over-year, respectively. Looking ahead to 2025 United sees robust demand trends in the first quarter with domestic RASM expected to turn solidly positive year-over-year, as well as continued improvement in international RASM.

    For the full year, the company operated the most flights and carried the most customers in its history. United finished first in on-time performance at all seven of its U.S. hubs as a result of significant investments in its people, airports and technology, resulting in year-over-year improvement in customer satisfaction.

    "United had a unique strategy coming out of COVID and our people have delivered for customers leading to a structurally and permanently changed industry," said United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby. "2024 was a strong year across the board for United as we've become the leading global airline and we enter 2025 with demand trends continuing to accelerate which puts us on the path to double-digit pre-tax margins."  

    Fourth-Quarter Financial Results

    • Capacity up 6.2% compared to fourth-quarter 2023.
    • Total operating revenue of $14.7 billion, up 7.8% compared to fourth-quarter 2023.
    • TRASM up 1.6% compared to fourth-quarter 2023.
    • CASM down 1.6%, and CASM-ex1 up 5.0%, compared to fourth-quarter 2023.
    • Pre-tax earnings of $1.3 billion, with a pre-tax margin of 8.9%; adjusted pre-tax earnings1 of $1.4 billion, with an adjusted pre-tax margin1 of 9.7%.
    • Net income of $1.0 billion; adjusted net income1 of $1.1 billion.
    • Diluted earnings per share of $2.95; adjusted diluted earnings per share1 of $3.26.
    • Average fuel price per gallon of $2.40.
    • Repurchased approximately $81 million of shares; over $1.4 billion remaining in authorization.

    Full-Year Financial Results

    • Pre-tax earnings of $4.2 billion, with a pre-tax margin of 7.3%; adjusted pre-tax earnings1 of $4.6 billion, with an adjusted pre-tax margin1 of 8.1%.
    • Net income of $3.1 billion; adjusted net income1 of $3.5 billion.
    • Diluted earnings per share of $9.45; adjusted diluted earnings per share1 of $10.61.
    • Ending available liquidity2 of $17.4 billion.
    • Total debt, finance lease obligations and other financial liabilities of $28.7 billion at year end.
    • Net leverage1 of 2.4x.
    • Generated $9.4 billion of operating cash flow.
    • Generated $3.4 billion of free cash flow1.

    Key Highlights

    • Set the company record for most customers carried in a year at nearly 174 million system wide and an average of 4,340 daily flights, operating 145 more mainline flights per day compared to 2023.
    • Announced an industry-leading agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink's Wi-Fi service to more than 1,000 of the airline's mainline and regional aircraft, providing MileagePlus® members free, fast, reliable internet connectivity on some passenger flights as soon as Spring 2025.
    • Launched Kinective MediaSM by United Airlines – the first media network that uses insights from travel behaviors to connect customers to personalized advertising, experiences and offers from leading brands.
    • Announced MileagePlus® pooling, making United the first major U.S. airline to allow customers to share and redeem miles in one linked account, providing additional value to loyalty members, their friends and loved ones.
    • United announced the largest international expansion in the airline's history, bringing service to nine new international destinations for Summer 2025, eight of which are not served by any other U.S. carrier: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Nuuk, Greenland; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Palermo, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Faro, Portugal; Madeira Island, Portugal; Puerto Escondido, Mexico; and Dakar, Senegal.
    • Surpassed 300 new and retrofit aircraft in 2024 featuring United's signature interior with bigger bins, seatback screens at every seat and Bluetooth connectivity, resulting in a 4.5 point improvement in customer satisfaction with inflight entertainment.
    • United continued to invest in its employees and facilities in 2024, with the opening of an expanded Flight Training Center at the Denver hub and work beginning for a new state-of-the-art Inflight Training Center near the airline's Washington, D.C. hub.
    • United became the first airline to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. In 2024, the airline voluntarily operated with SAF at Amsterdam Airport Schipol, Los Angeles International Airport, London Heathrow, Chicago O'Hare and San Francisco International Airport.

    Customer Experience

    • In the fourth quarter, achieved a 6% increase year-over-year of customers providing a perfect score of 10 on the customer satisfaction scale the Net Promoter Score.
    • Thanks to customer enhancements like in-app Spanish translations and a new Basic Economy digital check-in experience, achieved the highest quarterly rate for digital check-ins in two years for the fourth quarter.
    • Began utilizing generative AI on united.com to expedite customer search and in the airline's industry-leading flight status notification system, further enabling real-time flight status updates to customers.
    • Over half of customers who experienced a cancellation in the fourth quarter resolved their issues via self-service or United's automated solutions.
    • The United app continues to be the most downloaded airline app as adoption grows amongst customers, with an eight-point increase in day-of travel utilization year-over-year.
    • United launched a new seat preference feature that automatically re-seats customers when their preferred seat becomes available.
    • Announced Laurent-Perrier as United's champagne provider for the United Polaris® wine program in 2025, offering Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée in the United Polaris cabin and lounges.
    • Began offering upgraded economy cabin wines, partnering with women-owned brands Just Enough Wines and Maker Wine to offer Rosé, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Sparkling to customers.

    Operations

    • In the fourth quarter, set a company record for number of passengers carried in a single quarter. In December, the airline recorded its busiest three days in company history based on customers carried.
    • The airline finished the fourth quarter with the best on-time departure rate amongst major U.S. airlines in all seven of United's U.S. hub locations, making it the 31st quarter in a row leading on time departure at United's Chicago O'Hare hub and 11th in a row leading United's Denver hub.
    • For the year, United was second amongst the eight largest U.S. airlines in on-time departures and on-time arrivals, setting the company record for on-time performance in February, September and October.
    • The airline operated a record number of 100% completion days for United Express in a year, achieving 88 total days with no cancellations in 2024 – 13 days more than in 2023.
    • In 2024, United achieved its third best year in on-time arrival.
    • Opened a state-of-the-art cargo facility at the New York/Newark airport expanding the airline's cargo space at the hub to 319,000 square feet.

    Network

    • United announced eight new international routes to existing destinations for Summer 2025 in the fourth quarter, expanding customer access to some of the most popular international destinations from more of the airline's domestic hubs.
    • In the fourth quarter, United began service of its largest international winter schedule ever, flying nearly 4,600 flights per day in peak winter, beginning service to three new international destinations — Marrakesh, Morocco; Cebu, Philippines and Medellin, Colombia — and two new international routes with service from San Francisco to Monterrey, Mexico and Belize City, Belize.
    • With the addition of nearly 30% more seats to popular ski markets and 1,500 additional flights to sun destinations, United operated its largest domestic schedule in fourth quarter history, at 11% more flights than last year.
    • In 2024, United flew the largest international schedule of any U.S. carrier by available seat miles – 35% larger than the next largest U.S. carrier – with nearly 700 international flights per day to 133 destinations across 67 countries. This included the largest schedule to Europe in United's history.
    • United operated its largest-ever domestic schedule in 2024 at 1.3 million flights to over 200 cities, including introducing service on over 30 new routes.
    • United ensured customers could make memories at big events in 2024, adding over 250 flights and increasing capacity on 400 more for high-demand events like the College Football playoff and the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
    • United expects to serve more international destinations across the Atlantic and Pacific than all other U.S. carriers combined in 2025, with 800 daily flights to and from 147 international destinations, including nearly 40 not served by any other U.S. airline.

    Employees and Communities

    • United hosted its annual Fantasy Flights from 13 airports, partnering with local nonprofits and hospitals to provide a holiday experience for children and their families.
    • United, along with customers, donated over five million miles to Make-A-Wish America in the airline's Giving Tuesday campaign, helping the organization to raise nearly $650,000 in cash, and donating $500,000 in travel certificates.
    • Throughout 2024, nearly 8,000 United employees volunteered more than 64,000 hours in communities around the world, additionally upcycling close to 89,500 amenity kits with Good360 and packaging nearly 400,000 nutritious meals with Rise Against Hunger.
    • United continues to attract top talent, receiving over 40,000 applications for its 2025 Summer Internship and Spring Co-Op Internship programs, in addition to hiring over 10,000 employees worldwide in 2024.
    • United transported nearly 1.3 billion pounds of cargo in 2024, including approximately 43 million pounds of medical shipments and 1.1 million pounds of military shipments.
    • Through the airline's Miles on a MissionSM program, United activated a donation of more than 70 million miles from MileagePlus® members in 2024 to support nearly 100 participating organizations.
    • United flew approximately 157 tons of relief supplies and over 1,000 responders from 57 nonprofits to support 36 disasters and other humanitarian crises in 2024, assisting over one million people affected by disasters or humanitarian crises, including those in Gaza, Ukraine, Haiti, Sudan, and Brazil and those affected by hurricanes Beryl, Milton and Helene.
    • Celebrated the five-year anniversary of United's Special Olympics Service Ambassador (SOSA) program, an employment program that hires Special Olympics athletes to support customers in four of United's hub airports.
    • Launched Somos, a new employee Business Resource Group focused on supporting and championing allyship for Latino and Hispanic employees.

    Awards

    • Throughout 2024, United and its employees were recognized with over 50 awards including TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies 2024, Newsweek America's Best Loyalty Programs 2024, Forbes Best Large Employers 2024, and Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.

    Earnings Call

    UAL will hold a conference call to discuss full-year and fourth-quarter financial results, as well as its financial and operational outlook for the first-quarter 2025 and beyond, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. CST/10:30 a.m. EST. A live, listen-only webcast of the conference call will be available at ir.united.com. The webcast will be available for replay within 24 hours of the conference call and then archived on the website.

    Outlook

    This press release should be read in conjunction with the company's Investor Update issued in connection with this quarterly earnings announcement, which provides additional information on the company's business outlook (including certain financial and operational guidance) and is furnished with this press release to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Investor Update is also available at ir.united.com. Management will also discuss certain business outlook items, including providing certain first quarter and full year 2025 financial targets, during the quarterly earnings conference call.

    The company's business outlook is subject to risks and uncertainties applicable to all forward-looking statements as described elsewhere in this press release. Please see the section entitled "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements."

    About United

    At United, Good Leads The Way. With hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers, and is now the largest airline in the world. For more about how to join the United team, please visit www.united.com/careers and more information about the company is at www.united.com. United Airlines Holdings, Inc., the parent company of United Airlines, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".

    Website Information

    We routinely post important news and information regarding United on our corporate website, www.united.com, and our investor relations website, ir.united.com. We use our investor relations website as a primary channel for disclosing key information to our investors, including the timing of future investor conferences and earnings calls, press releases and other information about financial performance, reports filed or furnished with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, information on corporate governance and details related to our annual meeting of shareholders. We may use our investor relations website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. We may also use social media channels to communicate with our investors and the public about our company and other matters, and those communications could be deemed to be material information. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website or social media channels are not incorporated by reference into, and are not a part of, this document.

    Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

    This press release and the related attachments and Investor Update (as well as the oral statements made with respect to information contained in this release and the attachments) contain certain "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, relating to, among other things, goals, plans and projections regarding the company's financial position, results of operations, market position, airline capacity, fleet plan strategy, fares, announced routes (which may be subject to government approval), booking trends, product development, ESG-related strategy initiatives and business strategy. Such forward-looking statements are based on historical performance and current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the company's future financial results, goals, plans, commitments, strategies and objectives and involve inherent risks, assumptions and uncertainties, known or unknown, including internal or external factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, that are difficult to predict, may be beyond the company's control and could cause the company's future financial results, goals, plans, commitments, strategies and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the statements. Words such as "should," "could," "would," "will," "may," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "indicates," "remains," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "goals," "targets," "pledge," "confident," "optimistic," "dedicated," "positioned," "on track", "path" and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms. All statements, other than those that relate solely to historical facts, are forward-looking statements.

    Additionally, forward-looking statements include conditional statements and statements that identify uncertainties or trends, discuss the possible future effects of known trends or uncertainties, or that 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 or regulation.

    Our actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to numerous factors including, without limitation, the following: execution risks associated with our strategic operating plan; changes in our fleet and network strategy or other factors outside our control resulting in less economic aircraft orders, costs related to modification or termination of aircraft orders or entry into aircraft orders on less favorable terms, as well as any inability to accept or integrate new aircraft into our fleet as planned, including as a result of any mandatory groundings of aircraft; any failure to effectively manage, and receive anticipated benefits and returns from, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures and other portfolio actions, or related exposures to unknown liabilities or other issues or underperformance as compared to our expectations; adverse publicity, increased regulatory scrutiny, harm to our brand, reduced travel demand, potential tort liability and operational restrictions as a result of an accident, catastrophe or incident involving us, our regional carriers, our codeshare partners or another airline; the highly competitive nature of the global airline industry and susceptibility of the industry to price discounting and changes in capacity, including as a result of alliances, joint business arrangements or other consolidations; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers to source a majority of our aircraft, engines and certain parts, and the impact of any failure to obtain timely deliveries, additional equipment or support from any of these suppliers; disruptions to our regional network and United Express flights provided by third-party regional carriers; unfavorable economic and political conditions in the United States and globally; reliance on third-party service providers and the impact of any significant failure of these parties to perform as expected, or interruptions in our relationships with these providers or their provision of services; extended interruptions or disruptions in service at major airports where we operate and space, facility and infrastructure constraints at our hubs or other airports; geopolitical conflict, terrorist attacks or security events (including the suspension of our overflying in Russian airspace as a result of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict and interruptions of our flying as a result of the military conflict in the Middle East, as well as any escalation of the broader economic consequences of these conflicts beyond their current scope); any damage to our reputation or brand image; our reliance on technology and automated systems to operate our business and the impact of any significant failure or disruption of, or failure to effectively integrate and implement, these technologies or systems; increasing privacy, data security and cybersecurity obligations or a significant data breach; increased use of social media platforms by us, our employees and others; the impacts of union disputes, employee strikes or slowdowns, and other labor-related disruptions or regulatory compliance costs on our operations or financial performance; any failure to attract, train or retain skilled personnel, including our senior management team or other key employees; the monetary and operational costs of compliance with extensive government regulation of the airline industry; current or future litigation and regulatory actions, or failure to comply with the terms of any settlement, order or agreement relating to these actions; costs, liabilities and risks associated with environmental regulation and climate change, and any failure to achieve or demonstrate progress towards our climate goals; high and/or volatile fuel prices or significant disruptions in the supply of aircraft fuel; the impacts of our significant amount of financial leverage from fixed obligations and the impacts of insufficient liquidity on our financial condition and business; failure to comply with financial and other covenants governing our debt, including our MileagePlus financing agreements; limitations on our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes to offset future taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes; our failure to realize the full value of our intangible assets or our long-lived assets, causing us to record impairments; fluctuations in the price of our common stock; the impacts of seasonality, and other factors associated with the airline industry; increases in insurance costs or inadequate insurance coverage; risks relating to our repurchase program for shares of common stock and certain warrants exercisable for common stock; and other risks and uncertainties set forth in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2024 and under "Economic and Market Factors" and "Governmental Actions" in Part I, Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024, 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.

    Non-GAAP Financial Information:

    In discussing financial results and guidance, the company refers to financial measures that are not in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The non-GAAP financial measures are provided as supplemental information to the financial measures presented in this press release that are calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP and are presented because management believes that they supplement or enhance management's, analysts' and investors' overall understanding of the company's underlying financial performance and trends and facilitate comparisons among current, past and future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures such as CASM-ex (which excludes the impact of fuel expense, profit sharing, special charges and third-party business expenses), adjusted pre-tax margin (which is calculated as pre-tax margin excluding operating and nonoperating special charges, unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net and debt extinguishment and modification fees), adjusted pre-tax income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted net income, and net leverage typically have exclusions or adjustments that include one or more of the following characteristics, such as being highly variable, difficult to project, unusual in nature, significant to the results of a particular period or not indicative of past or future operating results. These items are excluded because the company believes they neither relate to the ordinary course of the company's business nor reflect the company's underlying business performance.

    Because the non-GAAP financial measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered superior to and are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related GAAP financial measures presented in the press release and may not be the same as or comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies due to possible differences in method and in the items being adjusted. We encourage investors to review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.

    Please refer to the tables accompanying this release for a description of the non-GAAP adjustments and reconciliations of the historical non-GAAP financial measures used to the most comparable GAAP financial measure and related disclosures.

    -tables attached-

     

     UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

    STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) 







    Three Months Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)





    Year Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)

    (In millions, except for percentage changes and per share data)



    2024



    2023







    2024



    2023



    Operating revenue:



























    Passenger revenue



    $  13,275



    $  12,421



    6.9





    $  51,829



    $  49,046



    5.7

    Cargo



    521



    402



    29.6





    1,743



    1,495



    16.6

    Other operating revenue



    899



    803



    12.0





    3,491



    3,176



    9.9

    Total operating revenue



    14,695



    13,626



    7.8





    57,063



    53,717



    6.2





























    Operating expense:



























    Salaries and related costs



    4,325



    3,841



    12.6





    16,678



    14,787



    12.8

    Aircraft fuel



    2,676



    3,315



    (19.3)





    11,756



    12,651



    (7.1)

    Landing fees and other rent



    901



    793



    13.6





    3,437



    3,076



    11.7

    Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs



    809



    664



    21.8





    3,063



    2,736



    12.0

    Depreciation and amortization



    759



    684



    11.0





    2,928



    2,671



    9.6

    Regional capacity purchase



    668



    594



    12.5





    2,516



    2,400



    4.8

    Distribution expenses



    551



    571



    (3.5)





    2,231



    1,977



    12.8

    Aircraft rent



    45



    46



    (2.2)





    193



    197



    (2.0)

    Special charges



    68



    47



    NM





    112



    949



    NM

    Other operating expenses



    2,390



    2,073



    15.3





    9,053



    8,062



    12.3

    Total operating expense



    13,192



    12,628



    4.5





    51,967



    49,506



    5.0





























    Operating income



    1,503



    998



    50.6





    5,096



    4,211



    21.0





























    Nonoperating income (expense):



























    Interest expense



    (369)



    (484)



    (23.8)





    (1,629)



    (1,956)



    (16.7)

    Interest income



    172



    207



    (16.9)





    726



    827



    (12.2)

    Interest capitalized



    53



    54



    (1.9)





    227



    182



    24.7

    Unrealized gains (losses) on investments, net



    (39)



    (27)



    NM





    (199)



    27



    NM

    Miscellaneous, net



    (13)



    23



    NM





    (53)



    96



    NM

    Total nonoperating expense, net



    (196)



    (227)



    (13.7)





    (928)



    (824)



    12.6





























    Income before income tax expense



    1,307



    771



    69.5





    4,168



    3,387



    23.1





























    Income tax expense



    322



    171



    88.3





    1,019



    769



    32.5

    Net income



    $       985



    $       600



    64.2





    $    3,149



    $    2,618



    20.3





























    Diluted earnings per share



    $      2.95



    $      1.81



    63.0





    $      9.45



    $      7.89



    19.8

    Diluted weighted average shares



    334.5



    331.3



    1.0





    333.2



    331.9



    0.4





























    NM-Greater than 100% change or otherwise not meaningful.



























     

    UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

    PASSENGER REVENUE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS (UNAUDITED)

     

    Information is as follows (in millions, except for percentage changes):

     



    4Q 2024

    Passenger

    Revenue



    Passenger

    Revenue

    vs.

    4Q 2023



    Passenger

    Revenue

    per

    Available

    Seat Mile

    ("PRASM")

    vs. 4Q 2023



    Yield vs. 4Q 2023



    Available

    Seat Miles

    ("ASMs")

    vs.

    4Q 2023



    4Q 2024  ASMs



    4Q 2024

    Revenue

    Passenger

    Miles

    ("RPMs")

    Domestic

    $         8,138



    5.7 %



    (1.9 %)



    (0.1 %)



    7.8 %



    43,497



    36,508





























    Europe

    2,092



    9.5 %



    7.1 %



    4.9 %



    2.3 %



    12,996



    10,600

    Middle East/India/Africa

    258



    (11.0 %)



    5.2 %



    7.3 %



    (15.4 %)



    1,760



    1,434

    Atlantic

    2,350



    6.8 %



    7.1 %



    5.5 %



    (0.2 %)



    14,756



    12,034

    Pacific

    1,477



    11.2 %



    4.1 %



    (2.3) %



    6.9 %



    11,540



    8,772

    Latin America

    1,310



    9.5 %



    0.4 %



    0.8 %



    9.1 %



    8,505



    7,149

    International

    5,137



    8.7 %



    4.3 %



    1.8 %



    4.2 %



    34,801



    27,955





























    Consolidated

    $       13,275



    6.9 %



    0.6 %



    0.6 %



    6.2 %



    78,298



    64,463





























     

    Select operating statistics are as follows:

     





    Three Months Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)



    Year Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)







    2024



    2023





    2024



    2023





    Passengers (thousands) (a)



    44,344



    41,779



    6.1



    173,603



    164,927



    5.3



    RPMs (millions) (b)



    64,463



    60,671



    6.3



    258,503



    244,435



    5.8



    ASMs (millions) (c)



    78,298



    73,727



    6.2



    311,185



    291,333



    6.8



    Passenger load factor: (d)



























    Consolidated



    82.3 %



    82.3 %



    —

    pts.

    83.1 %



    83.9 %



    (0.8)

    pts.

    Domestic



    83.9 %



    85.5 %



    (1.6)

    pts.

    85.1 %



    85.1 %



    —

    pts.

    International



    80.3 %



    78.4 %



    1.9

    pts.

    80.6 %



    82.4 %



    (1.8)

    pts.

    PRASM (cents)



    16.95



    16.85



    0.6



    16.66



    16.84



    (1.1)



    Total revenue per available seat mile ("TRASM") (cents)



    18.77



    18.48



    1.6



    18.34



    18.44



    (0.5)



    Average yield per RPM (cents) (e)



    20.59



    20.47



    0.6



    20.05



    20.07



    (0.1)



    Cargo revenue ton miles (millions) (f)



    981



    894



    9.7



    3,604



    3,159



    14.1



    Aircraft in fleet at end of period



    1,406



    1,358



    3.5



    1,406



    1,358



    3.5



    Average stage length (miles) (g)



    1,450



    1,475



    (1.7)



    1,490



    1,479



    0.7



    Employee headcount, as of December 31 (thousands)



    107.3



    103.3



    3.9



    107.3



    103.3



    3.9



    Cost per ASM ("CASM") (cents)



    16.85



    17.13



    (1.6)



    16.70



    16.99



    (1.7)



    CASM-ex (cents) (h)



    12.89



    12.28



    5.0



    12.58



    12.03



    4.6



    Average aircraft fuel price per gallon



    $   2.40



    $   3.13



    (23.3)



    $ 2.65



    $ 3.01



    (12.0)



    Fuel gallons consumed (millions)



    1,115



    1,059



    5.3



    4,444



    4,205



    5.7



    ________________________________________________

    (a)  The number of revenue passengers measured by each flight segment flown.

    (b)  The number of scheduled miles flown by revenue passengers.

    (c)  The number of seats available for passengers multiplied by the number of scheduled miles those seats are flown.

    (d)  RPMs divided by ASMs.

    (e)  The average passenger revenue received for each RPM flown.

    (f)   The number of cargo revenue tons transported multiplied by the number of miles flown.

    (g)  Average stage length equals the average distance a flight travels weighted for size of aircraft.

    (h)   CASM-ex is CASM less the impact of fuel expense, profit sharing, special charges and third-party business expenses. See NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION for a reconciliation of CASM-ex to CASM, the most comparable GAAP measure.

     

    UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

    1 NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    UAL evaluates its financial performance utilizing various accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA), adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA excluding aircraft rent (adjusted EBITDAR), adjusted operating expenses, adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted operating margin, adjusted pre-tax income (loss), adjusted pre-tax margin, adjusted net income (loss), adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share, CASM-ex, adjusted capital expenditures, adjusted total debt, adjusted net debt, net leverage, free cash flow, and free cash flow, net of financings, among others. The non-GAAP financial measures are provided as supplemental information to the financial measures presented in this press release that are calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP and are presented because management believes that they supplement or enhance management's, analysts' and investors' overall understanding of the company's underlying financial performance and trends and facilitate comparisons among current, past and future periods.

    Because the non-GAAP financial measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered superior to and are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related GAAP financial measures presented in the press release and may not be the same as or comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies due to possible differences in method and in the items being adjusted. We encourage investors to review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.

    The company does not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking measures where the company believes such a reconciliation would imply a degree of precision and certainty that could be confusing to investors and is unable to reasonably predict certain items contained in the GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts. This is due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing or amount of various items that have not yet occurred and are out of the company's control or cannot be reasonably predicted. For the same reasons, the company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information. Forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures provided without the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures may vary materially from the corresponding GAAP financial measures. See "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" above. The information below provides an explanation of certain adjustments reflected in the non-GAAP financial measures and shows a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures reported in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Within the financial tables presented, certain columns and rows may not add due to the use of rounded numbers. Percentages, ratios and earnings per share amounts presented are calculated from the underlying amounts.

    CASM: CASM is a common metric used in the airline industry to measure an airline's cost structure and efficiency. UAL reports CASM excluding special charges, third-party business expenses, fuel expense, and profit sharing. UAL believes that adjusting for special charges is useful to investors because those items are not indicative of UAL's ongoing performance. UAL also believes that excluding third-party business expenses, such as maintenance, flight academy, ground handling and catering services for third parties, provides more meaningful disclosure because these expenses are not directly related to UAL's core business. UAL also believes that excluding fuel expense from certain measures is useful to investors because it provides an additional measure of management's performance excluding the effects of a significant cost item over which management has limited influence. UAL excludes profit sharing because it believes that this exclusion allows investors to better understand and analyze UAL's operating cost performance and provides a more meaningful comparison of our core operating costs to the airline industry.

    Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDAR: UAL also reports EBITDA and EBITDAR excluding special charges, nonoperating unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net and nonoperating debt extinguishment and modification fees. UAL believes that adjusting for these items is useful to investors because they are not indicative of UAL's ongoing performance.

    Adjusted Capital Expenditures and Free Cash Flow: UAL believes that adjusting capital expenditures for assets acquired through the issuance of debt, finance leases and other financial liabilities is useful to investors in order to appropriately reflect the total amounts spent on capital expenditures. UAL also believes that adjusting net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for capital expenditures, net of flight equipment purchase deposit returns and adjusted capital expenditures is useful to allow investors to evaluate the company's ability to generate cash that is available for debt service or general corporate initiatives.

    Adjusted Total Debt and Adjusted Net Debt: Adjusted total debt is a non-GAAP financial measure that includes current and long-term debt, finance lease obligations and other financial liabilities, current and noncurrent operating lease obligations and noncurrent pension and postretirement obligations. Adjusted net debt is adjusted total debt minus cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. UAL provides adjusted total debt and adjusted net debt because we believe these measures provide useful supplemental information for assessing the company's debt and debt-like obligation profile. 

    Net Leverage: Net leverage is a non-GAAP financial measure that is equal to adjusted net debt divided by trailing twelve month adjusted EBITDAR. UAL provides net leverage because we believe it provides useful supplemental information for assessing the company's debt level.





    Three Months Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)



    Year Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)

    CASM-ex (in cents, except for percentage changes)



    2024



    2023





    2024



    2023



    CASM (GAAP)



    16.85



    17.13



    (1.6)



    16.70



    16.99



    (1.7)

    Fuel expense



    3.42



    4.49



    (23.8)



    3.77



    4.34



    (13.1)

    Profit sharing



    0.37



    0.22



    68.2



    0.23



    0.23



    —

    Third-party business expenses



    0.08



    0.07



    14.3



    0.08



    0.07



    14.3

    Special charges



    0.09



    0.07



    NM



    0.04



    0.32



    NM

    CASM-ex (Non-GAAP) 



    12.89



    12.28



    5.0



    12.58



    12.03



    4.6

     

    UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

     

    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued)

     





    Three Months Ended

    December 31,



    Year Ended

    December 31,



    Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDAR (in millions)



    2024



    2023



    2024



    2023



    Net income (GAAP)



    $    985



    $    600



    $ 3,149



    $ 2,618



    Adjusted for:



















    Depreciation and amortization



    759



    684



    2,928



    2,671



    Interest expense, net of capitalized interest and interest income



    144



    223



    676



    947



    Income tax expense



    322



    171



    1,019



    769



    Special charges



    68



    47



    112



    949



    Nonoperating unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net



    39



    27



    199



    (27)



    Nonoperating debt extinguishment and modification fees



    18



    —



    128



    11



    Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)



    $ 2,335



    $ 1,752



    $ 8,211



    $ 7,938



    Adjusted EBITDA margin (non-GAAP)



    15.9 %



    12.9 %



    14.4 %



    14.8 %























    Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)



    $ 2,335



    $ 1,752



    $ 8,211



    $ 7,938



    Aircraft rent



    45



    46



    193



    197



    Adjusted EBITDAR (non-GAAP)



    $ 2,380



    $ 1,798



    $ 8,404



    $ 8,135









    Three Months Ended

    December 31,



    Year Ended

    December 31,



    Adjusted Capital Expenditures (in millions)



    2024



    2023



    2024



    2023



    Capital expenditures, net of flight equipment purchase deposit returns (GAAP)



    $           1,675



    $           2,066



    $           5,615



    $           7,171



    Property and equipment acquired through the issuance of debt, finance leases, and other financial liabilities



    565



    100



    406



    777



    Adjusted capital expenditures (Non-GAAP)



    $           2,240



    $           2,166



    $           6,021



    $           7,948























    Free Cash Flow (in millions)



















    Net cash provided by operating activities (GAAP)



    $           2,224



    $            (910)



    $           9,445



    $           6,911



    Less capital expenditures, net of flight equipment purchase deposit returns



    1,675



    2,066



    5,615



    7,171



    Free cash flow, net of financings (Non-GAAP)



    $              549



    $         (2,976)



    $           3,830



    $            (260)























    Net cash provided by operating activities (GAAP)



    $           2,224



    $            (910)



    $           9,445



    $           6,911



    Less adjusted capital expenditures (Non-GAAP)



    2,240



    2,166



    6,021



    7,948



    Free cash flow (Non-GAAP)



    $              (16)



    $         (3,076)



    $           3,424



    $         (1,037)















    December 31,



     

    Increase/

    (Decrease)



    Adjusted total debt and Adjusted net debt (in millions)







    2024



    2023





    Debt, finance lease obligations and other financial liabilities - current and noncurrent (GAAP)







    $     28,656



    $     31,660



    $      (3,004)



    Operating lease obligations - current and noncurrent







    4,977



    5,079



    (102)



    Pension and postretirement liabilities - noncurrent







    1,233



    1,605



    (372)



    Adjusted total debt (Non-GAAP)







    $     34,866



    $     38,344



    (3,478)



    Less: Cash and cash equivalents







    $       8,769



    $       6,058



    2,711



             Short-term investments







    5,706



    8,330



    (2,624)



    Adjusted net debt (Non-GAAP)







    $     20,391



    $     23,956



    (3,565)



    Net leverage (Non-GAAP)







    2.4



    2.9



    (0.5)

    pts.

     

    UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Continued)

     



    Three Months Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)



    Year Ended

    December 31,



    %

    Increase/

    (Decrease)

    (in millions, except for percentage changes and per share data)

    2024



    2023





    2024



    2023



    Operating expenses (GAAP)

    $ 13,192



    $ 12,628



    4.5



    $ 51,967



    $ 49,506



    5.0

    Special charges

    68



    47



    NM



    112



    949



    NM

    Operating expenses, excluding special charges

    13,124



    12,581



    4.3



    51,855



    48,557



    6.8

    Adjusted to exclude:























    Fuel expense

    2,676



    3,315



    (19.3)



    11,756



    12,651



    (7.1)

    Profit sharing

    294



    160



    83.8



    713



    681



    4.7

    Third-party business expenses

    63



    53



    18.9



    246



    192



    28.1

    Adjusted operating expenses (Non-GAAP)

    $ 10,091



    $   9,053



    11.5



    $ 39,140



    $ 35,033



    11.7

























    Operating income (GAAP)

    $   1,503



    $      998



    50.6



    $   5,096



    $   4,211



    21.0

    Special charges

    68



    47



    NM



    112



    949



    NM

    Adjusted operating income (Non-GAAP)

    $   1,571



    $   1,045



    50.3



    $   5,208



    $   5,160



    0.9

























    Operating margin

    10.2 %



    7.3 %



    2.9 pts.



    8.9 %



    7.8 %



    1.1 pts.

    Adjusted operating margin (Non-GAAP)

    10.7 %



    7.7 %



    3.0 pts.



    9.1 %



    9.6 %



    (0.5) pts.

























    Pre-tax income (GAAP)

    $   1,307



    $      771



    69.5



    $   4,168



    $   3,387



    23.1

    Adjusted to exclude:























    Special charges

    68



    47



    NM



    112



    949



    NM

    Unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net

    39



    27



    NM



    199



    (27)



    NM

    Debt extinguishment and modification fees

    18



    —



    NM



    128



    11



    NM

    Adjusted pre-tax income (Non-GAAP)

    $   1,432



    $      845



    69.5



    $   4,607



    $   4,320



    6.6

























    Pre-tax margin (GAAP)

    8.9 %



    5.7 %



    3.2 pts.



    7.3 %



    6.3 %



    1.0 pt.

    Adjusted pre-tax margin (Non-GAAP)

    9.7 %



    6.2 %



    3.5 pts.



    8.1 %



    8.0 %



    0.1 pts.

























     Net income (GAAP)

    $      985



    $      600



    64.2



    $   3,149



    $   2,618



    20.3

    Adjusted to exclude:























    Special charges

    68



    47



    NM



    112



    949



    NM

    Unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net

    39



    27



    NM



    199



    (27)



    NM

    Debt extinguishment and modification fees

    18



    —



    NM



    128



    11



    NM

    Income tax benefit on adjustments, net

    (20)



    (10)



    NM



    (54)



    (214)



    NM

    Adjusted net income  (Non-GAAP)

    $   1,090



    $      664



    64.2



    $   3,534



    $   3,337



    5.9

























     Diluted earnings per share (GAAP)

    $     2.95



    $     1.81



    63.0



    $     9.45



    $     7.89



    19.8

    Adjusted to exclude:























    Special charges

    0.20



    0.14



    NM



    0.33



    2.86



    NM

    Unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net

    0.11



    0.08



    NM



    0.60



    (0.08)



    NM

    Debt extinguishment and modification fees

    0.06



    —



    NM



    0.39



    0.03



    NM

    Income tax benefit on adjustments, net 

    (0.06)



    (0.03)



    NM



    (0.16)



    (0.65)



    NM

    Adjusted diluted earnings per share (Non-GAAP)

    $     3.26



    $     2.00



    63.0



    $   10.61



    $   10.05



    5.6

     

    UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

     



     (in millions)

    December 31, 2024

    (UNAUDITED)



    December 31, 2023

    ASSETS







    Cash and cash equivalents

    $                         8,769



    $                     6,058

    Short-term investments

    5,706



    8,330

    Receivables, net

    2,163



    1,898

    Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, net

    1,572



    1,561

    Prepaid expenses and other

    673



    640

    Total current assets

    18,883



    18,487

    Operating property and equipment, net

    42,908



    39,815

    Operating lease right-of-use assets

    3,815



    3,914

    Goodwill

    4,527



    4,527

    Intangible assets, net

    2,683



    2,725

    Investments in affiliates and other, net

    1,267



    1,636

    Total noncurrent assets

    55,200



    52,617

         Total assets

    $                       74,083



    $                   71,104









    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY







    Accounts payable

    $                         4,193



    $                     3,835

    Accrued salaries and benefits

    3,289



    2,940

    Advance ticket sales

    7,561



    6,704

    Frequent flyer deferred revenue

    3,403



    3,095

    Current maturities of long-term debt, finance leases, and other financial liabilities

    3,453



    4,247

    Current maturities of operating leases

    467



    576

    Other

    948



    806

    Total current liabilities

    23,314



    22,203

    Long-term debt, finance leases, and other financial liabilities

    25,203



    27,413

    Long-term obligations under operating leases

    4,510



    4,503

    Frequent flyer deferred revenue

    4,038



    4,048

    Pension and postretirement benefit liability

    1,233



    1,605

    Deferred income taxes

    1,580



    594

    Other

    1,530



    1,414

    Total noncurrent liabilities

    38,094



    39,577

    Total stockholders' equity

    12,675



    9,324

    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

    $                       74,083



    $                   71,104

     

    UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

    CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

     

     (in millions)

    Year Ended December 31,



    2024



    2023

    Cash Flows from Operating Activities:







    Net cash provided by operating activities

    $             9,445



    $                6,911









    Cash Flows from Investing Activities:







    Capital expenditures, net of flight equipment purchase deposit returns

    (5,615)



    (7,171)

    Purchases of short-term and other investments

    (5,809)



    (9,470)

    Proceeds from sale of short-term and other investments

    8,661



    10,519

    Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

    109



    39

    Other, net

    3



    (23)

    Net cash used in investing activities

    (2,651)



    (6,106)









    Cash Flows from Financing Activities:







    Proceeds from issuance of debt and other financial liabilities, net of discounts and fees

    6,139



    2,388

    Payments of long-term debt, finance leases and other financial liabilities

    (10,138)



    (4,248)

    Repurchases of common stock

    (162)



    —

    Other, net

    (21)



    (32)

    Net cash used in financing activities

    (4,182)



    (1,892)

    Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

    2,612



    (1,087)

    Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year

    6,334



    7,421

    Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period

    $             8,946



    $                6,334









    Investing and Financing Activities Not Affecting Cash:







    Property and equipment acquired through the issuance of debt, finance leases and other

    $                406



    $                   777

    Right-of-use assets acquired through operating leases

    577



    552

    Lease modifications and lease conversions

    290



    546

    Investment interests received in exchange for goods and services

    18



    33

     

    UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.

    NOTES (UNAUDITED)

     

     Special charges and unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net include the following:





    Three Months Ended

    December 31,



    Year Ended

    December 31,

    (in millions)



    2024



    2023



    2024



    2023

    Operating:

















    (Gains) losses on sale of assets and other special charges



    $         68



    $          47



    $       112



    $       135

    Labor contract ratification bonuses



    —



    —



    —



    814

         Total operating special charges



    68



    47



    112



    949



















    Nonoperating:

















    Nonoperating unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net



    39



    27



    199



    (27)

    Nonoperating debt extinguishment and modification fees



    18



    —



    128



    11

         Total nonoperating special charges and unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net



    57



    27



    327



    (16)

    Total operating and nonoperating special charges and unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net



    125



    74



    439



    933

    Income tax benefit, net of valuation allowance



    (20)



    (10)



    (54)



    (214)

        Total operating and nonoperating special charges and unrealized (gains) losses on investments, net of income taxes



    $       105



    $          64



    $       385



    $       719

    Operating and nonoperating special charges and unrealized (gains) losses on investments included the following:

    During 2024, in addition to gains and losses on sales of assets, other operating special charges included $66 million of non-recurring employee benefit-related charges as well as $32 million of accelerated depreciation on assets with shortened useful lives.

    During 2023, the company recorded $814 million of expense associated with the agreements with its employees represented by Air Line Pilots Association, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and other labor unions.

    During 2024, the company recorded $128 million of charges related to the prepayment in full of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan facility of the MileagePlus financing agreements in July 2024, the refinancing of its 2021 term loans in February 2024 and a partial prepayment of the 2024 term loan.

    Effective tax rate:

    The company's effective tax rates were as follows:



    Three Months Ended 

    December 31,



    Year Ended

    December 31,



    2024



    2023



    2024



    2023

    Effective tax rate

    24.6 %



    22.2 %



    24.4 %



    22.7 %

    The provision for income taxes is based on the estimated annual effective tax rate, which represents a blend of federal, state and foreign taxes and includes the impact of certain nondeductible items.

     

    _________________________________

    1 For additional information about the non-GAAP measures used in this press release, see "Non-GAAP Financial Information" below.

    2 Includes cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and undrawn credit facilities.

     

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      5/23/25 4:27:00 PM ET
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    • United Airlines to Present at the Bernstein 41st Annual Strategic Decisions Conference

      CHICAGO, May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United will present at the Bernstein 41st Annual Strategic Decisions Conference Thursday, May 29, beginning at 1:30 p.m. EST. The live webcast will be available on the investor relations section of United's website at ir.united.com. The company will archive the audio webcast on the website within 24 hours of the presentation. About United At United, Good Leads The Way. With U.S. hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers, and is now the largest airline in the world as measured by available seat miles. For more

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    • Shift4 and UATP Agree to Deliver Enhanced Payment Solution to Global Travel Market

      WASHINGTON, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UATP, the global network that enables organizations to simplify payment processes and expand their payment capabilities, today announced a strategic relationship with Shift4, the leader in integrated payments and commerce technology. Under the agreement, Shift4 will integrate UATP's patented technology to enhance the company's payment infrastructure for the global travel market. "Our agreement with UATP will allow us to expand our capabilities in the travel industry while delivering a world-class solution to merchants," said VP, Global

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    • United Airlines Reports Best First-Quarter Financial Performance in Five Years Despite Challenging Macroeconomic Environment

      Q1 pre-tax margin up 4.9 points year-over-year, ahead of Wall Street consensus; up 3.6 points on an adjusted basis1 Q1 pre-tax margin expected to lead the industry as United continues to attract more brand-loyal customers, improve the customer experience and demonstrate the resiliency of the business Year-to-date2 repurchased $451 million of shares  United expects resilient earnings in Q2 and full-year 20253 despite uncertain macroeconomic environment and is removing 4 points of scheduled domestic capacity starting in the third quarter 2025 Generated operating cash flow of $3.7 billion in the first quarter and over $10 billion in the last 12 months; Over $2 billion of free cash flow4 in the

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    • United to Hold Webcast of First-Quarter 2025 Financial Results

      CHICAGO, April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United will hold a conference call to discuss first-quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, April 16 at 9:30 a.m. CT/10:30 a.m. ET. A live, listen-only webcast of the conference call will be available at ir.united.com. The company will issue its first-quarter results and outlook after market close on Tuesday, April 15. About United At United, Good Leads The Way. With U.S. hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers, and is now the largest airline in the world as measured by available seat miles. For more

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    • United Airlines Achieves Record Fourth Quarter Profit Well Ahead Of Expectations; Reiterates Path To Double-Digit Pre-Tax Margin

      Q4 pre-tax margin up 3.2 points year-over-year, 3.5 points on an adjusted basis1 Finished the year first in on-time departures at all seven United hubs Sees robust demand in the first quarter 2025 as industry transformation is well underway CHICAGO, Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines (UAL) today reported full-year and fourth-quarter 2024 financial results. The company had full-year pre-tax earnings of $4.2 billion, with a pre-tax margin of 7.3%; adjusted pre-tax earnings1 of $4.6 billion, with an adjusted pre-tax margin1 of 8.1%. The company also achieved full-year diluted earnings per share of $9.45; adjusted diluted earnings per share1 of $10.61, at the better end of the 2024 gu

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    • SEC Form 4 filed by Director Friend Matthew

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      4/2/25 6:10:56 PM ET
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    • SEC Form 4 filed by Director Shapiro Edward

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    • SEC Form 4 filed by Director Harford Barney

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    • SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by United Airlines Holdings Inc. (Amendment)

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    • SEC Form SC 13G filed by United Airlines Holdings Inc.

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    • SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by United Airlines Holdings Inc. (Amendment)

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    • SEC Form DEFA14A filed by United Airlines Holdings Inc.

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    • United Airlines Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update

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    • Kennedy James A C bought $218,926 worth of shares (6,000 units at $36.49), increasing direct ownership by 26% to 29,363 units (SEC Form 4)

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    • United Airlines upgraded by UBS with a new price target

      UBS upgraded United Airlines from Neutral to Buy and set a new price target of $105.00

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    • TD Cowen reiterated coverage on United Airlines with a new price target

      TD Cowen reiterated coverage of United Airlines with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $88.00 from $73.00 previously

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    • United Airlines downgraded by UBS with a new price target

      UBS downgraded United Airlines from Buy to Neutral and set a new price target of $59.00

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    • United and Association of Flight Attendants reach agreement

      CHICAGO, May 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA announced an agreement that will provide industry-leading wages and many other improvements for United's 28,000 flight attendants if ratified. Final contract language will be concluded in the coming days. The agreement is then subject to approval by the AFA's Master Executive Council, including all Local Presidents. If they approve, the tentative agreement will be put out for ratification by our flight attendants. If ratified, in addition to industry-leading pay wages, flight attendants would receive a signing bonus and many other scheduling and quality of life improvements. The new contract wo

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    • United Unveils the Elevated Aircraft Interior: Higher Standard of Premium International Travel Includes New Business Class Suites, Caviar Service and Largest Seatback Screens in the U.S. on new 787 Dreamliners

      New United Polaris Studio℠ suites are 25% larger than United Polaris® with privacy doors, extra ottoman for companions, 27-inch screens, luxury skincare amenities and exclusive caviar and wine pairing New Boeing 787-9s with the United Elevated interior get a nose-to-tail transformation with the highest number of total premium seats in United's fleet, new United Polaris Studio suites, new United Polaris suites, updated United Premium Plus® seats with privacy dividers and wireless charging, and largest economy seatback screens in the world Delivery of first United 787-9 with the Elevated interior expected before the end of 2025 and first international passenger flights planned in 2026 from San

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    • Air to Jet Fuel: United Announces Investment in Power-to-Liquid Fuels Company Twelve

      Twelve's technology is an industrial alternative to photosynthesis to transform carbon and water into inputs for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – company recently entered into one of the largest SAF contracts with large European airline group for 260 million gallons United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight FundSM continues to augment its investment portfolio with commercially advanced companies that use demonstrated energy pathways CHICAGO, May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United today announced an investment in Twelve, an innovative low carbon fuels company that uses a process similar to photosynthesis to transform CO2 and water into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using renewable energy.

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