CHICAGO, April 7, 2008 – UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA), the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, today announced that Samuel Moultrie has been named vice president of Common Services in the Information Services Division. In this newly created role, Moultrie will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to all of United’s technology infrastructure efforts and will establish new processes and standards that will contribute to the company’s competitiveness.

“This new role will shape United’s overall technology infrastructure strategies, including how IT services are best delivered across the airline and to our customers,” said Keith Halbert, senior vice president and CIO for United. “Sam’s 34-year proven track record of developing and managing common service infrastructures for several service-oriented corporations will deliver new benefits to United and all of our stakeholders.”

Moultrie joins United from Electronic Data Systems (EDS), where he was vice president and Chief Technology Officer within the CIO function, responsible for all IT Common Services, Engineering and Architecture efforts that supported the company’s employee applications and systems. Prior to EDS, Moultrie served in strategic technology leadership positions at Southwest Airlines, The Home Depot and First Data Resources through The Feld Group, Inc., a privately held information technology management consultancy later acquired by EDS. Moultrie has also held several other technology management positions in the transportation industry including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and CSX Corporation.

Moultrie will assume his role in late April and will report to Halbert.

About United

United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) operates more than 3,300* 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 one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 897 destinations in 160 countries worldwide. United's 55,000 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.

*Based on the flight schedule between Feb. 12, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008.