Chicago, June 14, 2005 – As the first U.S. airline to launch nonstop service between China and the United States, United (OTCBB: UALAQ.OB) today commemorates its 3,888,888th passenger to fly from China to the United States.

"Since launching the first China - U.S. route in 1986, United has been committed to building a bridge between China and the United States, promoting bilateral trade and tourism, and providing the best and most convenient services for customers traveling between the two countries,” said Sidney Kwok - United general manager of China.   “As United employees, we are very proud that United provides convenient, safe and comfortable service to so many customers, and we are excited to join in this celebration and meet the 3,888,888th passenger to fly on United from China into the United States.”

To celebrate this historic event, United held a special ceremony at the boarding gate in the Beijing Capital International Airport this morning.  Jiang Zonghui is the 3,888,888^th passenger who boarded United Flight 888 from China to the United States.  Zonghui received an award certificate and a Mileage Plus Premier membership card containing 388,888 bonus miles.  The awarded miles can be used to redeem roundtrip United First Class, United Business Class or United Economy class tickets for travel on any United, Ted, United Express or Star Alliance partner. 

United is the largest trans-Pacific international airline, offering more flights between the 50 United States and the Asia-Pacific region than any other airline.  United also provides the most frequencies of non-stop flights between China and the United States with four daily flights, including Beijing - San Francisco, Beijing - Chicago, Shanghai - San Francisco and Shanghai - Chicago. With its Asia Pacific-based Star Alliance partners All Nippon Airways, Singapore Airlines, Asiana, Thai Airways and Air New Zealand, United provides customers with access to virtually all points in the region.  Nagoya is the third Asian city to which United has introduced nonstop service from San Francisco in the past year; the airline launched nonstop service to Beijing in June and one-stop service to Ho Chi Minh City in December. United currently flies more than 2,000 customers between China and the U.S. every day.  This summer United added nonstop daily service from San Francisco to Nagoya, Japan.       

About United

United Airlines (OTCBB: UALAQ.OB) is the world's second largest airline and operates more than 3,400 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C.  With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is the largest international carrier based in the United States.¹  United is also a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to nearly 800 destinations in 139 countries worldwide.  United’s 60,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.

1. Measured by revenue passenger miles as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation for 12 months ending September 2004, the most recent comparison data available.

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