United Announces Pay Toilets For Its Entire Fleet
CHICAGO, August 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UAL Corporation (Nasdaq:
UAUA), the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United
Airlines, today announced that consistent with its program to
generate additional revenue from passengers, that it would be
converting its entire fleet to pay toilets. This change is part of United's
ongoing action plan to combat high fuel costs.
"This strategy, to increase revenues by converting all of our fleet
to pay toilets is part of the significant actions we are taking to
combat higher fuel costs, including reducing capacity, creating new
streams of revenue and lowering our costs," said Jake Brace,
executive vice president and CFO. "We believe that converting our
entire fleet to pay toilets will add estimated annual revenue of in
excess of $30 million."
Customers flying business class or first class, as well as members
of the Company's Mileage Plus? program with elite status,
specifically those with Premier?, Premiere Executive? and 1K? status,
as well as Red Carpet Club members will be provided with tokens for
free toilet use. The cost to use the pay toilets will be $1, and the
pay toilets either take special United "toilet tokens" which can be
purchased either on board or at departure gates. The Company also
announced that it hopes to have its entire fleet converted prior to
the Thanksgiving holiday.
About United
United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates more than 3,200* 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 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.
The information included in this press release contains certain
statements that are "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and
uncertainties related to the Company's operations and the business
environment in which it operates. Actual results may differ
materially from any future results expressed or implied in such
Forward-Looking Statements due to numerous factors, many of which are
beyond the Company's control, including factors set forth in the
Company's Form 10-K for 2006 and other subsequent Company reports
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Persons reviewing this press release are cautioned that the Forward-
Looking Statements speak only as of the date made and are not
guarantees of future performance. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update any Forward-Looking Statements.
SOURCE UAL Corporation 08/20/08 CONTACT: Worldwide Press Office of
UAL Corporation, 1-312-997-8640 Web site:
http://www.united.com (UAUA)
