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Exhibit 99.1

 

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United Reports August 2017

Operational Performance

CHICAGO, September 8, 2017 – United Airlines (UAL) today reported August 2017 operational results.

UAL’s August 2017 consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 2.3 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) increased 2.4 percent versus August 2016. UAL’s August 2017 consolidated load factor decreased 0.2 points compared to August 2016.

Scott Kirby, president of United Airlines, said, “Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by Harvey and those impacted or currently in the path of Hurricane Irma. We are doing all we can to assist during this extraordinary time, and we stand with all of those affected as they prepare and recover from these two unprecedented storms. Last month, faced with the devastating impacts of Harvey, as well as other operational issues, our employees rose to the test to make the most of a very challenging month. Thanks to the resilience and spirit of our dedicated employees, our operation in Houston has returned back to 100 percent today, ahead of schedule.”

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,500 flights a day to 338 airports across five continents. In 2016, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 143 million customers. United is proud to have the world’s most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 748 mainline aircraft and the airline’s United Express carriers operate 475 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to more than 190 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United’s parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “UAL”.

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Preliminary Operational Results

 

     August      Year-to-Date  
     2017      2016      Change      2017      2016      Change  

REVENUE PASSENGER MILES (000)

                  

Domestic

      11,474,838        11,038,126        4.0%        82,810,385        78,820,388        5.1%  

Mainline

      9,667,919        8,981,523        7.6%        68,304,971        63,216,700        8.0%  

Regional

      1,806,919        2,056,603        (12.1%)        14,505,414        15,603,688        (7.0%)  

International

      8,920,114        8,904,870        0.2%        63,065,426        62,431,009        1.0%  

Atlantic

      4,033,026        3,934,187        2.5%        24,381,385        24,403,472        (0.1%)  

Pacific

      3,137,243        3,170,592        (1.1%)        23,035,961        22,745,076        1.3%  

Latin

      1,749,845        1,800,091        (2.8%)        15,648,080        15,282,461        2.4%  

Mainline

      1,685,704        1,719,563        (2.0%)        15,060,517        14,660,448        2.7%  

Regional

      64,141        80,528        (20.3%)        587,563        622,013        (5.5%)  

Consolidated

      20,394,952        19,942,996        2.3%        145,875,811        141,251,397        3.3%  

AVAILABLE SEAT MILES (000)

                  

Domestic

      13,443,106        12,830,282        4.8%        96,757,336        92,227,485        4.9%  

Mainline

      11,217,255        10,381,833        8.0%        79,119,993        73,633,033        7.5%  

Regional

      2,225,851        2,448,449        (9.1%)        17,637,343        18,594,452        (5.1%)  

International

      10,459,670        10,508,143        (0.5%)        79,185,424        77,780,487        1.8%  

Atlantic

      4,801,308        4,826,353        (0.5%)        31,928,945        32,262,883        (1.0%)  

Pacific

      3,628,052        3,599,738        0.8%        28,569,999        27,274,550        4.7%  

Latin

      2,030,310        2,082,052        (2.5%)        18,686,480        18,243,054        2.4%  

Mainline

      1,954,655        1,977,284        (1.1%)        17,884,020        17,377,741        2.9%  

Regional

      75,655        104,768        (27.8%)        802,460        865,313        (7.3%)  

Consolidated

      23,902,776        23,338,425        2.4%        175,942,760        170,007,972        3.5%  

PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR

                  

Domestic

      85.4%        86.0%        (0.6) pts        85.6%        85.5%        0.1 pts  

Mainline

      86.2%        86.5%        (0.3) pts        86.3%        85.9%        0.4 pts  

Regional

      81.2%        84.0%        (2.8) pts        82.2%        83.9%        (1.7) pts  

International

      85.3%        84.7%        0.6 pts        79.6%        80.3%        (0.7) pts  

Atlantic

      84.0%        81.5%        2.5 pts        76.4%        75.6%        0.8 pts  

Pacific

      86.5%        88.1%        (1.6) pts        80.6%        83.4%        (2.8) pts  

Latin

      86.2%        86.5%        (0.3) pts        83.7%        83.8%        (0.1) pts  

Mainline

      86.2%        87.0%        (0.8) pts        84.2%        84.4%        (0.2) pts  

Regional

      84.8%        76.9%        7.9 pts        73.2%        71.9%        1.3 pts  

Consolidated

      85.3%        85.5%        (0.2) pts        82.9%        83.1%        (0.2) pts  

ONBOARD PASSENGERS (000)

                  

Mainline

      10,071        9,407        7.1%        72,630        66,997        8.4%  

Regional

      3,386        3,771        (10.2%)        26,371        28,176        (6.4%)  

Consolidated

      13,457        13,178        2.1%        99,001        95,173        4.0%  

CARGO REVENUE TON MILES (000)

                  

Total

      270,465        230,523        17.3%        2,124,940        1,769,859        20.1%  

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

                  

Mainline Departure Performance1

      63.0%        58.8%        4.2 pts           

Mainline Completion Factor

      95.9%        99.3%        (3.4) pts           

1Based on mainline scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time

Note: See Part II, Item 6 Selected Financial Data of the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the definition of these statistics

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