Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Schedule of Commitments to Purchase Aircrafts

The table below summarizes United’s commitments as of September 30, 2015, which primarily relate to the acquisition of aircraft and related spare engines, aircraft improvements and include other commitments primarily to acquire information technology services and assets. Any new firm aircraft orders, including through the exercise of purchase options and purchase rights, will increase the total future capital commitments of the Company.

	(in billions)
Last three months of 2015	$	0.6
2016		3.0
2017		2.3
2018		2.3
2019		3.1
After 2019		10.7
	$	22.0

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

The table below summarizes the Company’s anticipated future payments through the end of the terms of our CPAs, 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 or ownership costs under CPAs, including estimated commitments under the SkyWest CPA amendment for the operation of 18 new Embraer E175 aircraft.

(In millions)	Capacity Purchase Agreements		Aircraft Operating Leases
Last three months of 2015	$	460	$	291
2016		1,836		1,322
2017		1,725		1,292
2018		1,332		1,068
2019		1,103		868
After 2019		5,314		3,095
	$	11,770	$	7,936

Aircraft Type

Schedule of Commitments to Purchase Aircrafts

As of September 30, 2015, 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 737NG/737 MAX 9		117
Boeing 777-300ER		10
Boeing 787-8/-9/-10		33
Embraer E175		10
(a) United also has options and purchase rights for additional aircraft.