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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 20, 2023, United Airlines, Inc. (the “Company”) caused Wilmington Trust, National Association, as pass through trustee for a pass through trust newly-formed by the Company, to issue and sell Pass Through Certificates, Series 2023-1A (the “Certificates”), in the aggregate face amount of $1,320,110,000.
The offer and sale of the Certificates were registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-250153) (the “Registration Statement”).
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of adding the opinion of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP that the Certificates are binding obligations as an exhibit with respect to the Registration Statement. See Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The documents listed as exhibits below are filed as exhibits with reference to the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement and the final Prospectus Supplement, dated June 12, 2023, to the Prospectus, dated November 17, 2020, relate to the offering of the Certificates.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| UNITED AIRLINES, INC. | |||
| Date: June 20, 2023 | By: | /s/ Gerald Laderman | |
| Name: | Gerald Laderman | ||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||