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    Exhibit 99.1
 

Contact:  Worldwide Communications
Joe Hopkins (847) 700-5770, 5538
Night: (847) 700-4088
UNITED AIRLINES REPORTS SEPTEMBER TRAFFIC
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2001-United Airlines (NYSE:UAL) today reported that the company flew 31.5 percent fewer revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in September versus the comparable month in 2000. Driven by the terrible events of September 11, seat capacity was down 21.7 percent. The airline's passenger load factor of 61.1 percent was down 8.8 points from a year ago.

Traffic was severely affected by terrorist attacks on September 11

          Following the federally-mandated cessation of operations on September 11, September 12 and September 13, United resumed limited operations on September 14 and gradually built its services to approximately 80 percent of the schedule offered prior to September 11.

          Systemwide load factor for the period September 1-10 was 72.3 percent. For the period September 11-30, systemwide load factor was 53 percent.

          United offers nearly 1,900 flights each day on a network that spans the globe.  United's website is www.united.com.
 
 


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2001
2000
  
 
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
PERCENT
 
(000)
(000)
CHANGE
       
 
SCHEDULED SERVICE ONLY:
  REVENUE PLANE MILES
              60,014
77,156
-22.2
  NUMBER OF DEPARTURES
48,880
66,390
-26.4
  REVENUE PASSENGERS
4,236
6,473
-34.6
 
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES:
  NORTH AMERICA
3,904,713
5,868,959
-33.5
  PACIFIC
1,477,887
2,214,865
-33.3
  ATLANTIC
1,365,705
1,749,158
-21.9
  LATIN AMERICA
290,996
443,990
-34.5
  SYSTEM
7,039,301
10,276,972
-31.5
 
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES:
  NORTH AMERICA
6,746,910
9,063,197
-25.6
  PACIFIC 
2,351,784
2,885,665
-18.5
  ATLANTIC
1,891,933
2,101,845
-10.0
  LATIN AMERICA
532,953
659,930
-19.2
  SYSTEM
11,523,580
14,710,637
-21.7
 
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
  NORTH AMERICA
57.9
64.8
-6.9pts
  PACIFIC
62.8
76.8
-14.0pts
  ATLANTIC
72.2
83.2
-11.0pts
  LATIN AMERICA
54.6
67.3
-12.7pts
  SYSTEM
61.1
69.9
-8.8pts
 
CARGO TON MILES:
  FREIGHT
125,859
218,091
-42.3
  MAIL
18,161
47,742
-62.0
  SYSTEM
144,020
265,833
-45.8
 
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER:
  REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
7,042,063
10,282,745
-31.5
  AVAILABLE SEAT MILES
11,527,994
14,720,510
-21.7
       
  REVENUE PSGR. KM.
11,332,792
16,548,022
-31.5
  AVAILABLE SEAT KM.
18,552,001
23,689,717
-21.7
       
  TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES
848,226
1,294,107
-34.5
  TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES
1,845,091
2,321,749
-20.5
       
  TOTAL REV. TON KM.
1,230,220
1,877,437
-34.5
  TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.
2,693,833
3,389,754
-20.5
       
       
 
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YEAR TO DATE
YEAR TO DATE
PERCENT CHANGE
 
2001
2000
  
 
SCHEDULED SERVICES ONLY (000):
REVENUE PLANE MILES
693,054
693,894
-0.1
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES
588,874
609,681
-3.4
REVENUE PASSENGERS
59,980
63,969
-6.2
 
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES:
NORTH AMERICA
55,779,374
59,531,000
-6.3
PACIFIC
18,647,344
18,353,044
1.6
ATLANTIC
14,523,707
13,749,793
5.6
LATIN AMERICA
3,965,566
4,255,273
-6.8
SYSTEM
92,915,991
95,889,110
-3.1
 
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES:
NORTH AMERICA
79,049,279
83,009,136
-4.8
PACIFIC
25,902,204
25,034,158
3.5
ATLANTIC
19,138,321
17,522,962
9.2
LATIN AMERICA
5,683,951
6,016,697
-5.5
SYSTEM
129,773,755
131,582,953
-1.4
 
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR (PERCENT):
NORTH AMERICA
70.6
71.7
-1.1pts
PACIFIC
72.0
73.3
-1.3pts
ATLANTIC
75.9
78.5
-2.6pts
LATIN AMERICA
69.8
70.7
-0.9pts
SYSTEM
71.6
72.9
-1.3pts
 
CARGO TON MILES
FREIGHT
1,489,417
1,903,004
-21.7
MAIL
377,863
442,747
-14.7
SYSTEM
1,867,280
2,345,751
-20.4
 
TOTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING CHARTER
REVENUE PASSENGER MILES
92,935,391
95,927,442
-3.1
AVAILABLE SEAT MILES
129,807,540
131,645,450
-1.4
       
REVENUE PSGR. KM.
149,560,925
154,376,032
-3.1
AVAILABLE SEAT KM.
208,899,274
211,857,023
-1.4
       
TOTAL REVENUE TON MILES
11,160,813
11,938,506
-6.5
TOTAL AVAIL. TON MILES
20,339,079
20,661,373
-1.6
       
TOTAL REV. TON KM.
16,186,712
17,318,638
-6.5
TOTAL AVAIL. TON KM.
29,695,055
30,165,605
-1.6

 

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