COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Firm Commitments and Options to Purchase Aircraft

The table below summarizes the capital commitments of UAL and United (including those assigned from UAL) as of September 30, 2013, which primarily relate to the acquisition of aircraft and related spare engines, aircraft improvements and acquisition of information technology services and assets:

(In billions)
Last three months of 2013	$	0.8
2014		2.9
2015		2.7
2016		1.9
2017		1.5
After 2017		14.2
	$	24.0

Summary of Scheduled Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Aircraft Operating Leases and Capacity Purchase Agreements

The table below summarizes the Company’s future payments through the end of the terms of our capacity purchase commitments, excluding variable pass-through costs such as fuel and landing fees, among others. In addition, the table below summarizes the Company’s scheduled future minimum lease payments under aircraft operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms of more than one year and includes aircraft rent under capacity purchase agreements, including estimated commitments from the Embraer EMB175 aircraft which will be delivered starting in 2014.

(In millions)	Capacity Purchase Agreements		Aircraft Operating Leases
Last three months of 2013	$	474	$	306
2014		1,950		1,631
2015		1,773		1,399
2016		1,558		1,165
2017		1,476		1,066
After 2017		4,920		2,756
	$	12,151	$	8,323

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases

The table below summarizes the Company’s scheduled future minimum lease payments under facility operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms of more than one year as of September 30, 2013.

(In millions)	Facility and Other Operating Leases
Last three months of 2013	$	297
2014		1,038
2015		900
2016		829
2017		782
After 2017		6,814
	$	10,660

Aircraft

Firm Commitments and Options to Purchase Aircraft

As of September 30, 2013, United had firm commitments and options to purchase aircraft from The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), Embraer S.A. (“Embraer”) and Airbus S.A.S. (“Airbus”) presented in the table below:

Aircraft Type	Number of  Firm Commitments (a)
Airbus A350-1000		35
Boeing 737-900ER		69
Boeing 737 MAX 9		100
Boeing 787-8/-9/-10		58
Embraer EMB175		30

(a) United also has options and purchase rights for additional aircraft.