EX-12.1 8 c49215exv12w1.htm EX-12.1 exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
UAL Corporation and Subsidiary Companies
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
and Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements
                                                   
    Successor       Predecessor  
                    Period from       Period from              
                    February 1 to       January 1 to              
                    December 31,       January 31,              
(In millions, except ratios)   2008     2007     2006       2006     2005     2004  
Earnings (losses):
                                                 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes & adjustments for minority interest and equity earnings/(losses) in affiliates
  $ (5,376 )   $ 697     $ 47       $ 22,846     $ (21,178 )   $ (1,724 )
 
                                                 
Add (deduct):
                                                 
Fixed charges, from below
    820       895       1,051         63       775       606  
Distributed earnings of affiliates
    2       3       4               3       2  
Amortization of capitalized interest
    1       1               1       14       16  
Minority interest
    (2 )     (2 )     (4 )                    
Interest capitalized
    (20 )     (19 )     (15 )             3       (1 )
 
                                     
Earnings (loss) as adjusted
  $ (4,575 )   $ 1,575     $ 1,083       $ 22,910     $ (20,383 )   $ (1,101 )
 
                                     
 
                                                 
Fixed charges:
                                                 
Interest expensed and capitalized and amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs (a)
  $ 523     $ 661     $ 728       $ 42     $ 484     $ 448  
Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor
    297       234       323         21       291       158  
 
                                     
Fixed charges, as above
    820       895       1,051         63       775       606  
 
                                                 
Preferred stock dividend requirements (pre-tax) (b)
    3       18       18         1       10       10  
 
                                     
Fixed charges including preferred stock dividends
  $ 823     $ 913     $ 1,069       $ 64     $ 785     $ 616  
 
                                     
 
                                                 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    (c )     1.76       1.03         363.65       (c )     (c )
 
                                     
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements
    (c )     1.73       1.01         357.97       (c )     (c )
 
                                     
 
(a)   Amortization of debt discounts includes amortization of fresh-start valuation discounts.
 
(b)   Successor Company dividends were adjusted using 2007 and 2006 effective tax rates of approximately 43% and 49%, respectively.
 
(c)   Earnings were inadequate to cover both fixed charges and fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements by $5.4 billion in 2008, $21.2 billion in 2005 and $1.7 billion in 2004.