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Go Flat Over the Pacific on United Airlines

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

August 18, 2008

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United Airlines Brings Premium Travel Experience, Lie-Flat Business Class
seats to Asia

CHICAGO, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Travel to Asia is getting
more enjoyable and relaxing with United’s international, lie-flat first and
business class seats, taking off today for the first flight to the region
with a newly configured Boeing 747. The aircraft will also feature iPod
connectivity, enabling customers in the front cabins to enjoy their own
videos on a 15.4-inch personal television screen.

United flight #869 from San Francisco is scheduled to depart today at
1:12 p.m. PDT for a 13 hour and 48 minute flight to Hong Kong, arriving at
6 p.m. local time Friday. The aircraft will continue on as United flight
#895 with a scheduled departure at 8 p.m. on August 15 and arrival in
Singapore at 11:35 p.m. The plane will primarily fly between San Francisco,
Hong Kong, and Singapore.

“Trans-Pacific travel just got even better for United customers, who
will now have more ways to relax on long flights,” says Graham Atkinson,
United Airlines — executive vice president and Chief Customer Officer.
“Today’s flight marks another milestone in United’s continuing commitment
to invest in products and services that provide our customers with a more
enjoyable travel experience.”

Customers in United First and United Business on the newly reconfigured
aircraft may enjoy more than 150 hours of movies and television shows
on-demand; relax with fully lie-flat seats; and dine on appetizers and
entrees designed by world-renowned chef Charlie Trotter on outbound U.S.
flights. United’s entire fleet of international, widebody aircraft are
being reconfigured over the next two years and will include iPod
connectivity in first and business class.

United was the first major U.S. carrier to introduce lie-flat business
class seats in November 2007. More information about these seats — and the
International Premium Travel Experience — is available at
suitedreams.united.com.

About United

United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates more than 3,200* flights a day
on United and United Express 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 965 destinations in 162 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 United’s flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2008, and

Dec. 31, 2008.

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