UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM10-Q
(Mark One)
xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 20182019
OR
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
     
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Commission
File Number
 
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter,
Principal Executive Office Address and Telephone Number
 
State of
Incorporation
 
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
 Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report
 001-06033 United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc. Delaware 36-2675207 United Continental Holdings, Inc.
   233 South Wacker Drive,ChicagoIllinois60606     
   (872)825-4000     
         
 001-10323 United Airlines, Inc. Delaware 74-2099724 N/A
   233 South Wacker Drive,ChicagoIllinois60606     
   (872)825-4000     
     
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act
RegistrantTitle of Each ClassTrading SymbolName on Each Exchange on Which Registered
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.Common Stock,$0.01 par valueUALThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
United Airlines, Inc.NoneNoneNone
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc. 
Yesx
Noo United Airlines, Inc.YesNo
Yes  x    No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this Chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). 
United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc. 
Yesx
Noo United Airlines, Inc.
YesxNoo
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc.
Large accelerated filerx
Accelerated filero
Non-accelerated filero
Smaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo
United Airlines, Inc.
Large accelerated filero
Accelerated filero
Non-accelerated filerx
Smaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc. o
United Airlines, Inc. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc.  
Yes    o
Nox
United Airlines, Inc.  
Yeso
Nox
The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock as of July 13, 201812, 2019 is shown below:
United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc.  272,603,972 256,921,469
shares of common stock ($0.01 par value)
United Airlines, Inc.  1,000
shares of common stock ($0.01 par value) (100% owned by United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc.)
OMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
This combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is separately filed by United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc. United Airlines, Inc. meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this form with the reduced disclosure format allowed under that General Instruction.





United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc.
United Airlines, Inc.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 20182019
 
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.


UNITED CONTINENTALAIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2018 2017 (a) 2018 2017 (a)2019 2018 (a) 2019 2018 (a)
Operating revenue:              
Passenger revenue$9,880
 $9,151
 $18,030
 $16,804
$10,486
 $9,880
 $19,211
 $18,030
Cargo314
 273
 607
 511
295
 314
 581
 607
Other operating revenue583
 584
 1,172
 1,119
621
 583
 1,199
 1,172
Total operating revenue10,777
 10,008
 19,809
 18,434
11,402
 10,777
 20,991
 19,809
              
Operating expense:              
Salaries and related costs2,878
 2,842
 5,604
 5,478
3,057
 2,878
 5,930
 5,604
Aircraft fuel2,390
 1,669
 4,355
 3,229
2,385
 2,390
 4,408
 4,355
Regional capacity purchase681
 549
 1,300
 1,085
715
 693
 1,403
 1,323
Landing fees and other rent603
 541
 1,161
 1,085
660
 625
 1,248
 1,204
Depreciation and amortization557
 536
 1,098
 1,054
560
 538
 1,107
 1,062
Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs438
 472
 878
 926
421
 438
 829
 878
Distribution expenses393
 385
 735
 704
442
 393
 802
 735
Aircraft rent119
 152
 246
 331
73
 119
 154
 246
Special charges (Note 10)129
 44
 169
 95
Special charges71
 129
 89
 169
Other operating expenses1,428
 1,381
 2,826
 2,690
1,546
 1,429
 3,054
 2,826
Total operating expenses9,616
 8,571
 18,372
 16,677
9,930
 9,632
 19,024
 18,402
Operating income1,161
 1,437
 1,437
 1,757
1,472
 1,145
 1,967
 1,407
              
Nonoperating income (expense):              
Interest expense(177) (167) (353) (329)(191) (163) (379) (325)
Interest capitalized14
 21
 33
 44
21
 12
 43
 30
Interest income25
 13
 42
 24
38
 25
 67
 42
Miscellaneous, net(166) (27) (118) (69)14
 (164) 23
 (117)
Total nonoperating expense, net(304) (160) (396) (330)(118) (290) (246) (370)
Income before income taxes857
 1,277
 1,041
 1,427
1,354
 855
 1,721
 1,037
Income tax expense173
 456
 210
 507
302
 172
 377
 209
Net income$684
 $821
 $831
 $920
$1,052
 $683
 $1,344
 $828
Earnings per share, basic$2.49
 $2.67
 $2.97
 $2.96
$4.03
 $2.48
 $5.09
 $2.96
Earnings per share, diluted$2.48
 $2.67
 $2.96
 $2.96
$4.02
 $2.48
 $5.07
 $2.95


(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers2016-02, Leases (Topic 606) andAccounting Standards Update No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.


The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.




  


UNITED CONTINENTALAIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
(In millions)


 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 (a) 2018 2017 (a)
Net income$684
 $821
 $831
 $920
        
Other comprehensive income (loss), net change related to:       
Employee benefit plans, net of taxes12
 4
 42
 (4)
Investments and other, net of taxes
 (12) 3
 (11)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net12
 (8) 45
 (15)
        
Total comprehensive income, net$696
 $813
 $876
 $905
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2019 2018 (a) 2019 2018 (a)
Net income$1,052
 $683
 $1,344
 $828
        
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:       
Employee benefit plans(17) 12
 (10) 42
Investments and other3
 
 6
 (4)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(14) 12
 (4) 38
        
Total comprehensive income, net$1,038
 $695
 $1,340
 $866


(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers2016-02, Leases (Topic 606) andAccounting Standards Update No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.

The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.







UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except shares)
 June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017 (a)
ASSETS   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$2,884
 $1,482
Short-term investments2,187
 2,316
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts (2018 — $7; 2017 — $7)1,840
 1,340
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, less obsolescence allowance (2018 — $380; 2017 — $354)942
 924
Prepaid expenses and other1,028
 1,071
Total current assets8,881
 7,133
    
Operating property and equipment:   
Owned—   
Flight equipment30,143
 28,692
Other property and equipment7,481
 6,946
Total owned property and equipment37,624
 35,638
Less — Accumulated depreciation and amortization(11,974) (11,159)
Total owned property and equipment, net25,650
 24,479
    
Purchase deposits for flight equipment894
 1,344
    
Capital leases—   
Flight equipment1,224
 1,151
Other property and equipment11
 11
Total capital leases1,235
 1,162
Less — Accumulated amortization(833) (777)
Total capital leases, net402
 385
Total operating property and equipment, net26,946
 26,208
    
Other assets:   
Goodwill4,523
 4,523
Intangibles, less accumulated amortization (2018 — $1,346; 2017 — $1,313)3,399
 3,539
Restricted cash94
 91
Investments in affiliates and other, net848
 852
Total other assets8,864
 9,005
Total assets$44,691
 $42,346
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UNITED CONTINENTALAIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except shares)
 June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018 (a)
ASSETS   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$3,221
 $1,694
Short-term investments2,223
 2,256
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts (2019 — $9; 2018 — $8)1,762
 1,426
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, less obsolescence allowance (2019 — $387; 2018 — $412)996
 985
Prepaid expenses and other708
 733
Total current assets8,910
 7,094
Operating property and equipment:   
Flight equipment33,890
 32,599
Other property and equipment7,371
 6,889
Purchase deposits for flight equipment1,351
 1,177
Total operating property and equipment, at cost42,612
 40,665
Less — Accumulated depreciation and amortization(13,694) (13,266)
Total operating property and equipment, net28,918
 27,399
    
Operating lease right-of-use assets4,908
 5,262
    
Other assets:   
Goodwill4,523
 4,523
Intangibles, less accumulated amortization (2019 — $1,410; 2018 — $1,380)3,129
 3,159
Restricted cash105
 105
Notes receivable, net518
 516
Investments in affiliates and other, net1,139
 966
Total other assets9,414
 9,269
Total assets$52,150
 $49,024
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UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except shares)
June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017 (a)June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018 (a)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY      
Current liabilities:      
Advance ticket sales$5,826
 $3,940
$6,126
 $4,381
Accounts payable2,703
 2,196
3,033
 2,363
Frequent flyer deferred revenue2,206
 2,192
2,435
 2,286
Accrued salaries and benefits1,782
 2,166
1,871
 2,184
Current maturities of long-term debt887
 1,565
1,255
 1,230
Current maturities of capital leases117
 128
Current maturities of finance leases117
 123
Current maturities of operating leases637
 719
Other571
 576
604
 553
Total current liabilities14,092
 12,763
16,078
 13,839
      
Long-term debt12,460
 11,703
12,938
 12,215
Long-term obligations under capital leases1,039
 996
Long-term obligations under finance leases202
 224
Long-term obligations under operating leases5,034
 5,276
      
Other liabilities and deferred credits:      
Frequent flyer deferred revenue2,783
 2,591
2,763
 2,719
Postretirement benefit liability1,585
 1,602
1,277
 1,295
Pension liability1,815
 1,921
1,366
 1,576
Deferred income taxes419
 204
1,192
 828
Lease fair value adjustment, net155
 198
Other1,704
 1,634
980
 1,010
Total other liabilities and deferred credits8,461
 8,150
7,578
 7,428
Commitments and contingencies
 

 

Stockholders' equity:      
Preferred stock
 

 
Common stock at par, $0.01 par value; authorized 1,000,000,000 shares; outstanding 273,017,840 and 286,973,195 shares at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively3
 3
Common stock at par, $0.01 par value; authorized 1,000,000,000 shares; outstanding 257,729,166 and 269,914,769 shares at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively3
 3
Additional capital invested6,091
 6,098
6,096
 6,120
Retained earnings5,367
 4,549
8,050
 6,715
Stock held in treasury, at cost(1,720) (769)(3,022) (1,993)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1,102) (1,147)(807) (803)
Total stockholders' equity8,639
 8,734
10,320
 10,042
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$44,691
 $42,346
$52,150
 $49,024


(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers2016-02, Leases (Topic 606)842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.


The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.








  


UNITED CONTINENTALAIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions)
Six Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2018 20172019 2018 (a)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net cash provided by operating activities$4,175
 $2,108
$4,625
 $4,152
      
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:      
Capital expenditures(1,734) (1,780)(2,467) (1,671)
Purchases of short-term and other investments(1,326) (1,587)(1,443) (1,326)
Proceeds from sale of short-term and other investments1,455
 1,561
1,484
 1,455
Investment in affiliates(139) 
(27) (139)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment20
 5
Loans made to others
 (10)
Other, net7
 123
17
 38
Net cash used in investing activities(1,717) (1,678)(2,436) (1,653)
      
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:      
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt and airport construction financing1,308
 1,139
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt996
 1,241
Payments of long-term debt(473) (1,294)
Repurchases of common stock(969) (712)(1,062) (969)
Payments of long-term debt(1,294) (525)
Principal payments under capital leases(62) (59)
Principal payments under finance leases(63) (35)
Capitalized financing costs(30) (25)
Other, net(41) (75)(30) (17)
Net cash used in financing activities(1,058) (232)(662) (1,099)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash1,400
 198
1,527
 1,400
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period1,591
 2,303
1,799
 1,591
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period (a)$2,991
 $2,501
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period (b)$3,326
 $2,991
      
Investing and Financing Activities Not Affecting Cash:      
Property and equipment acquired through the issuance of debt and capital leases$139
 $907
Airport construction financing12
 32
Property and equipment acquired through the issuance of debt$220
 $125
Operating lease conversions to finance lease36
 
Right-of-use assets acquired through operating leases99
 103
Property and equipment acquired through finance leases8
 


(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.

(b) The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to amounts reported within the consolidated balance sheet:
Cash and cash equivalents$3,221
 $2,884
Restricted cash (included in Prepaid expenses and other)
 13
Restricted cash105
 94
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$3,326
 $2,991

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$2,884
 $2,371
Restricted cash included in Prepaid expenses and other13
 15
Other assets:   
Restricted cash94
 115
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$2,991
 $2,501


The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
  



UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In millions)
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 (a) 2018 2017 (a)
Operating revenue:       
Passenger revenue$9,880
 $9,151
 $18,030
 $16,804
Cargo314
 273
 607
 511
Other operating revenue583
 584
 1,172
 1,119
Total operating revenue10,777
 10,008
 19,809
 18,434
        
Operating expense:       
Salaries and related costs2,878
 2,842
 5,604
 5,478
Aircraft fuel2,390
 1,669
 4,355
 3,229
Regional capacity purchase681
 549
 1,300
 1,085
Landing fees and other rent603
 541
 1,161
 1,085
Depreciation and amortization557
 536
 1,098
 1,054
Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs438
 472
 878
 926
Distribution expenses393
 385
 735
 704
Aircraft rent119
 152
 246
 331
Special charges (Note 10)129
 44
 169
 95
Other operating expenses1,428
 1,380
 2,825
 2,689
Total operating expense9,616
 8,570
 18,371
 16,676
Operating income1,161
 1,438
 1,438
 1,758
        
Nonoperating income (expense):       
Interest expense(177) (167) (353) (329)
Interest capitalized14
 21
 33
 44
Interest income25
 13
 42
 24
Miscellaneous, net(167) (28) (119) (69)
Total nonoperating expense, net(305) (161) (397) (330)
Income before income taxes856
 1,277
 1,041
 1,428
Income tax expense172
 457
 210
 508
Net income$684
 $820
 $831
 $920
 
Common
Stock
 
Additional
Capital Invested
 Treasury Stock Retained Earnings 
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 Total
 Shares Amount     
Balance at March 31, 2019264.3
 $3
 $6,080
 $(2,487) $6,999
 $(793) $9,802
Net income
 
 
 
 1,052
 
 1,052
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 (14) (14)
Stock settled share-based compensation
 
 17
 
 
 
 17
Repurchases of common stock(6.6) 
 
 (536) 
 
 (536)
Net treasury stock issued for share-based awards
 
 (1) 1
 (1) 
 (1)
Balance at June 30, 2019257.7
 $3
 $6,096
 $(3,022) $8,050
 $(807) $10,320
              
Balance at December 31, 2018 (a)269.9
 $3
 $6,120
 $(1,993) $6,715
 $(803) $10,042
Net income
 
 
 
 1,344
 
 1,344
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 
 (4) (4)
Stock settled share-based compensation
 
 31
 
 
 
 31
Repurchases of common stock(12.7) 
 
 (1,063) 
 
 (1,063)
Net treasury stock issued for share-based awards0.5
 
 (55) 34
 (9) 
 (30)
Balance at June 30, 2019257.7
 $3
 $6,096
 $(3,022) $8,050

$(807) $10,320
              
Balance at March 31, 2018 (a)279.4
 $3
 $6,077
 $(1,314) $4,736
 $(1,114) $8,388
Net income (a)
 
 
 
 683
 
 683
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 12
 12
Stock settled share-based compensation
 
 14
 
 
 
 14
Repurchases of common stock(6.4) 
 
 (407) 
 
 (407)
Net treasury stock issued for share-based awards
 
 
 1
 
 
 1
Balance at June 30, 2018 (a)273.0
 $3
 $6,091
 $(1,720) $5,419
 $(1,102) $8,691
              
Balance at December 31, 2017 (a)287.0
 $3
 $6,098
 $(769) $4,603
 $(1,147) $8,788
Net income (a)
 
 
 
 828
 
 828
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 38
 38
Stock settled share-based compensation
 
 29
 
 
 
 29
Repurchases of common stock(14.2) 
 
 (976) 
 
 (976)
Net treasury stock issued for share-based awards0.2
 
 (36) 25
 (5) 
 (16)
Adoption of accounting standard related to equity investments
 
 
 
 (7) 7
 
Balance at June 30, 2018 (a)273.0
 $3
 $6,091
 $(1,720) $5,419
 $(1,102) $8,691


(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers2016-02, Leases (Topic 606) andAccounting Standards Update No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.


The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.



  



UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions)

 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 (a) 2018 2017 (a)
Net income$684
 $820
 $831
 $920
        
Other comprehensive income (loss), net change related to:       
Employee benefit plans, net of taxes12
 4
 42
 (4)
Investments and other, net of taxes
 (12) 3
 (11)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net12
 (8) 45
 (15)
        
Total comprehensive income, net$696
 $812
 $876
 $905
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2019 2018 (a) 2019 2018 (a)
Operating revenue:       
Passenger revenue$10,486
 $9,880
 $19,211
 $18,030
Cargo295
 314
 581
 607
Other operating revenue621
 583
 1,199
 1,172
Total operating revenue11,402
 10,777
 20,991
 19,809
        
Operating expense:       
Salaries and related costs3,057
 2,878
 5,930
 5,604
Aircraft fuel2,385
 2,390
 4,408
 4,355
Regional capacity purchase715
 693
 1,403
 1,323
Landing fees and other rent660
 625
 1,248
 1,204
Depreciation and amortization560
 538
 1,107
 1,062
Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs421
 438
 829
 878
Distribution expenses442
 393
 802
 735
Aircraft rent73
 119
 154
 246
Special charges71
 129
 89
 169
Other operating expenses1,546
 1,428
 3,053
 2,825
Total operating expense9,930
 9,631
 19,023
 18,401
Operating income1,472
 1,146
 1,968
 1,408
        
Nonoperating income (expense):       
Interest expense(191) (163) (379) (325)
Interest capitalized21
 12
 43
 30
Interest income38
 25
 67
 42
Miscellaneous, net14
 (164) 23
 (117)
Total nonoperating expense, net(118) (290) (246) (370)
Income before income taxes1,354
 856
 1,722
 1,038
Income tax expense302
 173
 377
 210
Net income$1,052
 $683
 $1,345
 $828


(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers2016-02, Leases (Topic 606) andAccounting Standards Update No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.

The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.








  



UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETSCOMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except shares)millions)

 June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017 (a)
ASSETS   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$2,878
 $1,476
Short-term investments2,187
 2,316
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts (2018 — $7; 2017 — $7)1,840
 1,340
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, less obsolescence allowance (2018 — $380; 2017 — $354)942
 924
Prepaid expenses and other1,028
 1,071
Total current assets8,875
 7,127
Operating property and equipment:   
Owned—   
Flight equipment30,143
 28,692
Other property and equipment7,481
 6,946
Total owned property and equipment37,624
 35,638
Less — Accumulated depreciation and amortization(11,974) (11,159)
Total owned property and equipment, net25,650
 24,479
    
Purchase deposits for flight equipment894
 1,344
    
Capital leases—   
Flight equipment1,224
 1,151
Other property and equipment11
 11
Total capital leases1,235
 1,162
Less — Accumulated amortization(833) (777)
Total capital leases, net402
 385
Total operating property and equipment, net26,946
 26,208
Other assets:   
Goodwill4,523
 4,523
Intangibles, less accumulated amortization (2018 — $1,346; 2017 — $1,313)3,399
 3,539
Restricted cash94
 91
Investments in affiliates and other, net848
 852
Total other assets8,864
 9,005
Total assets$44,685
 $42,340
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2019 2018 (a) 2019 2018 (a)
Net income$1,052
 $683
 $1,345
 $828
        
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:       
Employee benefit plans(17) 12
 (10) 42
Investments and other3
 
 6
 (4)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(14) 12
 (4) 38
        
Total comprehensive income, net$1,038
 $695
 $1,341
 $866


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UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except shares)
 June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017 (a)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY   
Current liabilities:   
Advance ticket sales$5,826
 $3,940
Accounts payable2,703
 2,196
Frequent flyer deferred revenue2,206
 2,192
Accrued salaries and benefits1,782
 2,166
Current maturities of long-term debt887
 1,565
Current maturities of capital leases117
 128
Other575
 581
Total current liabilities14,096
 12,768
    
Long-term debt12,460
 11,703
Long-term obligations under capital leases1,039
 996
    
Other liabilities and deferred credits:   
Frequent flyer deferred revenue2,783
 2,591
Postretirement benefit liability1,585
 1,602
Pension liability1,815
 1,921
Deferred income taxes446
 231
Lease fair value adjustment, net155
 198
Other1,704
 1,634
Total other liabilities and deferred credits8,488
 8,177
Commitments and contingencies
 
Stockholder's equity:   
Common stock at par, $0.01 par value; authorized 1,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,000 shares at both June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017
 
Additional capital invested841
 1,787
Retained earnings8,971
 8,146
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1,102) (1,147)
Receivable from related parties(108) (90)
Total stockholder's equity8,602
 8,696
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity$44,685
 $42,340

(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers2016-02, Leases (Topic 606)842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.

The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.






  


UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except shares)
 June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018 (a)
ASSETS   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$3,215
 $1,688
Short-term investments2,223
 2,256
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts (2019 — $9; 2018 — $8)1,762
 1,426
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, less obsolescence allowance (2019 — $387; 2018 — $412)996
 985
Prepaid expenses and other708
 733
Total current assets8,904
 7,088
Operating property and equipment:   
Flight equipment33,890
 32,599
Other property and equipment7,371
 6,889
Purchase deposits for flight equipment1,351
 1,177
Total operating property and equipment, at cost42,612
 40,665
Less — Accumulated depreciation and amortization(13,694) (13,266)
Total operating property and equipment, net28,918
 27,399
    
Operating lease right-of-use assets4,908
 5,262
    
Other assets:   
Goodwill4,523
 4,523
Intangibles, less accumulated amortization (2019 — $1,410; 2018 — $1,380)3,129
 3,159
Restricted cash105
 105
Notes receivable, net518
 516
Investments in affiliates and other, net1,139
 966
Total other assets9,414
 9,269
Total assets$52,144
 $49,018

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UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions, except shares)
 June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018 (a)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY   
Current liabilities:   
Advance ticket sales$6,126
 $4,381
Accounts payable3,033
 2,363
Frequent flyer deferred revenue2,435
 2,286
Accrued salaries and benefits1,871
 2,184
Current maturities of long-term debt1,255
 1,230
Current maturities of finance leases117
 123
Current maturities of operating leases637
 719
Other608
 558
Total current liabilities16,082
 13,844
    
Long-term debt12,938
 12,215
Long-term obligations under finance leases202
 224
Long-term obligations under operating leases5,034
 5,276
    
Other liabilities and deferred credits:   
Frequent flyer deferred revenue2,763
 2,719
Postretirement benefit liability1,277
 1,295
Pension liability1,366
 1,576
Deferred income taxes1,220
 855
Other980
 1,010
Total other liabilities and deferred credits7,606
 7,455
Commitments and contingencies

 

Stockholder's equity:   
Common stock at par, $0.01 par value; authorized 1,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,000 shares at both June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018
 
Additional capital invested
 598
Retained earnings11,230
 10,319
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(807) (803)
Receivable from related parties(141) (110)
Total stockholder's equity10,282
 10,004
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity$52,144
 $49,018

(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.
The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.






UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
(In millions)
Six Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2018 20172019 2018 (a)
      
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net cash provided by operating activities$4,158
 $2,095
$4,596
 $4,135
      
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:      
Capital expenditures(1,734) (1,780)(2,467) (1,671)
Purchases of short-term investments and other investments(1,326) (1,587)(1,443) (1,326)
Proceeds from sale of short-term and other investments1,455
 1,561
1,484
 1,455
Investment in affiliates(139) 
(27) (139)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment20
 5
Loans made to others
 (10)
Other, net7
 123
17
 38
Net cash used in investing activities(1,717) (1,678)(2,436) (1,653)
      
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:      
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt and airport construction financing1,308
 1,139
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt996
 1,241
Payments of long-term debt(473) (1,294)
Dividend to UAL(969) (712)(1,062) (969)
Payments of long-term debt(1,294) (525)
Principal payments under capital leases(62) (59)
Principal payments under finance leases(63) (35)
Capitalized financing costs(30) (25)
Other, net(24) (62)(1) 
Net cash used in financing activities(1,041) (219)(633) (1,082)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash1,400
 198
1,527
 1,400
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period1,585
 2,297
1,793
 1,585
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period (a)$2,985
 $2,495
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period (b)$3,320
 $2,985
      
Investing and Financing Activities Not Affecting Cash:      
Property and equipment acquired through the issuance of debt and capital leases$139
 $907
Airport construction financing12
 32
Property and equipment acquired through the issuance of debt$220
 $125
Operating lease conversions to finance lease36
 
Right-of-use assets acquired through operating leases99
 103
Property and equipment acquired through finance leases8
 


(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.

(b) The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to amounts reported within the consolidated balance sheet:

Cash and cash equivalents$3,215
 $2,878
Restricted cash (included in Prepaid expenses and other)
 13
Restricted cash105
 94
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$3,320
 $2,985

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$2,878
 $2,365
Restricted cash included in Prepaid expenses and other13
 15
Other assets:   
Restricted cash94
 115
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$2,985
 $2,495


The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
  


UNITED CONTINENTALAIRLINES, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
(In millions)

 
Additional
Capital Invested
 Retained Earnings 
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 Receivable from Related Parties, Net Total
     
Balance at March 30, 2019$84
 $10,612
 $(793) $(140) $9,763
Net income
 1,052
 
 
 1,052
Other comprehensive loss
 
 (14) 
 (14)
Dividend to UAL(102) (434) 
 
 (536)
Share-based compensation17
 
 
 
 17
Other1
 
 
 (1) 
Balance at June 30, 2019$
 $11,230
 $(807) $(141) $10,282
          
Balance at December 31, 2018 (a)$598
 $10,319
 $(803) $(110) $10,004
Net income
 1,345
 
 
 1,345
Other comprehensive loss
 
 (4) 
 (4)
Dividend to UAL(629) (434) 
 
 (1,063)
Stock settled share-based compensation31
 
 
 
 31
Other
 
 
 (31) (31)
Balance at June 30, 2019$
 $11,230
 $(807) $(141) $10,282
          
Balance at March 31, 2018 (a)$1,233
 $8,339
 $(1,114) $(108) $8,350
Net income
 683
 
 
 683
Other comprehensive income
 
 12
 
 12
Dividend to UAL(407) 
 
 
 (407)
Share-based compensation14
 
 
 
 14
Other1
 
 
 
 1
Balance at June 30, 2018 (a)$841
 $9,022
 $(1,102) $(108) $8,653
          
Balance at December 31, 2017 (a)$1,787
 $8,201
 $(1,147) $(90) $8,751
Net income (a)
 828
 
 
 828
Other comprehensive income
 
 38
 
 38
Dividend to UAL(976) 
 
 
 (976)
Stock settled share-based compensation29
 
 
 
 29
Other1
 (7) 7
 (18) (17)
Balance at June 30, 2018 (a)$841
 $9,022
 $(1,102) $(108) $8,653

(a) Amounts adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). See Note 1 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.


The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.

UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC. AND UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
COMBINED NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "UAL" or the "Company") is a holding company and its principal, wholly-owned subsidiary is United Airlines, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "United"). Effective June 27, 2019, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation to change its name to "United Airlines Holdings, Inc." This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report of UAL and United, including their respective consolidated financial statements. As UAL consolidates United for financial statement purposes, disclosures that relate to activities of United also apply to UAL, unless otherwise noted. United's operating revenues and operating expenses comprise nearly 100% of UAL's revenues and operating expenses. In addition, United comprises approximately the entire balance of UAL's assets, liabilities and operating cash flows. When appropriate, UAL and United are named specifically for their individual contractual obligations and related disclosures and any significant differences between the operations and results of UAL and United are separately disclosed and explained. We sometimes use the words "we," "our," "us," and the "Company" in this report for disclosures that relate to all of UAL and United.
The UAL and United unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements shown here have been prepared as required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Some information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements that comply with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted as permitted by the SEC. The financial statements include all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments and other adjustments, which are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial position and results of operations. The UAL and United financial statements should be read together with the information included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.2018. The Company's quarterly financial data is subject to seasonal fluctuations and historically its second and third quarter financial results, which reflect higher travel demand, are better than its first and fourth quarter financial results.
NOTE 1 - RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
The Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (the842, Leases (the "New RevenueLease Standard"), effective January 1, 2018 using2019. The Company used the full-retrospective method. Topic 606modified retrospective approach for all leases existing at or commencing after January 1, 2017 and elected the package of transition practical expedients for expired or existing contracts, which does not require reassessment of: (1) whether any of our contracts are or contain leases, (2) lease classification and (3) initial direct costs. The New Lease Standard prescribes that an entity should recognize revenuea right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases at the commencement date of each lease and recognize expenses on their income statements similar to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. For the Company, the most significant impactprior FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 840, Leases ("Topic 840").
The adoption of the standard is the reclassification of certain ancillary fees from other operating revenue into passenger revenue on the statement of consolidated operations. These ancillary fees are directly related to passenger travel, such as ticket change fees and baggage fees, and are no longer considered distinct performance obligations separate from the passenger travel component. In addition, the ticket change fees, which were previously recognized when received, are now recognized when transportation is provided. Adoption of the standard had no impact on the Company's consolidated cash flows statements.

The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (the "New Retirement Standard"), effective January 1, 2018 using the full-retrospective method. The New RetirementLease Standard requires employers to present the service cost component of the net periodic benefit cost in the same income statement line item as other employee compensation costs arising from services rendered during the period. The other components of net benefit cost, including interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of prior service cost/credit and actuarial gain/loss, and settlement and curtailment effects, are to be presented outside of any subtotal of operating income. The Company elected to apply the practical expedient and use the amounts disclosed in Note 5 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017 as the estimation basis for applying the retrospective presentation requirements of the standard.


The new standards had the same impact on the financial statements of United as theyit had on the financial statements of UAL. The table below presents the impact of the adoption of the New Revenue Standard and the New RetirementLease Standard on select accounts and captions of theUAL's statement of consolidated operations for the three months ended June 30, 2017 (in millions, except per share amounts):
 Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 As Reported New Lease Standard Adjustments As Adjusted As Reported New Lease Standard Adjustments As Adjusted
Regional capacity purchase$681
 $12
 $693
 $1,300
 $23
 $1,323
Landing fees and other rent603
 22
 625
 1,161
 43
 1,204
Depreciation and amortization557
 (19) 538
 1,098
 (36) 1,062
Interest expense(177) 14
 (163) (353) 28
 (325)
Interest capitalized14
 (2) 12
 33
 (3) 30
Net income684
 (1) 683
 831
 (3) 828
Earnings per share, basic2.49
 (0.01) 2.48
 2.97
 (0.01) 2.96
Earnings per share, diluted2.48
 
 2.48
 2.96
 (0.01) 2.95

  Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
  As Previously Reported 
New Revenue
Standard
Adjustments
 
New Retirement
Standard
Adjustments
 As Adjusted
Passenger revenue $8,622
 $529
 $
 $9,151
Cargo 254
 19
 
 273
Other operating revenue 1,124
 (540) 
 584
Total operating revenue 10,000
 8
 
 10,008
         
Salaries and related costs 2,868
 
 (26) 2,842
Distribution expenses 362
 23
 
 385
Other operating expenses 1,408
 (27) 
 1,381
Total operating expenses 8,601
 (4) (26) 8,571
         
Operating income 1,399
 12
 26
 1,437
         
Interest expense (158) (9) 
 (167)
Miscellaneous, net (1) 
 (26) (27)
Total nonoperating expense, net (125) (9) (26) (160)
         
Income before income taxes 1,274
 3
 
 1,277
Income tax expense 456
 
 
 456
Net income 818
 3
 
 821
         
Earnings per share, basic 2.67
 
 
 2.67
Earnings per share, diluted 2.66
 0.01
 
 2.67
The expense for leases under the New Lease Standard will continue to be classified in their historical income statement captions (primarily in Aircraft rent, Landing fees and other rent and Regional capacity purchase in our statements of consolidated operations). The adoption of the New Lease Standard resulted in the recharacterization of certain leases from capital leases under Topic 840 to operating leases under the New Lease Standard. This change resulted in less depreciation and amortization and interest expense associated with capital leases offset by higher lease expense associated with operating leases.
  


The recharacterization is associated with leases of certain airport facilities that were derecognized as part of the build-to-suit transition guidance under the New Lease Standard. The reduction in capitalized interest is also associated with the same airport facilities leases.
The table below presents the impact of the adoption of the New Lease Standard on UAL's balance sheet accounts and captions (in millions):
 December 31, 2018
 As Reported New Lease Standard Adjustments As Adjusted
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts$1,346
 $80
 $1,426
Prepaid expenses and other913
 (180) 733
Flight equipment, owned and finance leases (a)32,636
 (37) 32,599
Other property and equipment, owned and finance leases (a)7,930
 (1,041) 6,889
Accumulated depreciation and amortization, owned and finance leases (a)(13,414) 148
 (13,266)
Operating lease right-of-use assets
 5,262
 5,262
Current maturities of finance leases (a)149
 (26) 123
Current maturities of operating leases
 719
 719
Other current liabilities619
 (66) 553
Long-term obligations under finance leases (a)1,134
 (910) 224
Long-term obligations under operating leases
 5,276
 5,276
Deferred income taxes814
 14
 828
Other long-term liabilities1,832
 (822) 1,010
Retained earnings6,668
 47
 6,715
(a) Finance leases, under the New Lease Standard, are the equivalent of capital leases under Topic 840.

The table below presents the impact of the adoption of the New Revenue Standard and the New RetirementLease Standard on select accounts and captionsline items of theUAL's statement of consolidated operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017cash flows (in millions, except per share amounts)millions):

 Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
 As Reported New Lease Standard Adjustments As Adjusted
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:     
Net cash provided by operating activities$4,175
 $(23) $4,152
   

  
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:  
  
Capital expenditures(1,734) 63
 (1,671)
      
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:     
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt1,308
 (67) 1,241
Principal payments under finance leases(62) 27
 (35)
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
  As Previously Reported 
New Revenue
Standard
Adjustments
 
New Retirement
Standard
Adjustments
 As Adjusted
Passenger revenue $15,796
 $1,008
 $
 $16,804
Cargo 474
 37
 
 511
Other operating revenue 2,150
 (1,031) 
 1,119
Total operating revenue 18,420
 14
 
 18,434
         
Salaries and related costs 5,529
 
 (51) 5,478
Distribution expenses 669
 35
 
 704
Other operating expenses 2,740
 (50) 
 2,690
Total operating expenses 16,743
 (15) (51) 16,677
         
Operating income 1,677
 29
 51
 1,757
         
Interest expense (308) (21) 
 (329)
Miscellaneous, net (18) 
 (51) (69)
Total nonoperating expense, net (258) (21) (51) (330)
         
Income before income taxes 1,419
 8
 
 1,427
Income tax expense 505
 2
 
 507
Net income 914
 6
 
 920
         
Earnings per share, basic 2.95
 0.01
 
 2.96
Earnings per share, diluted 2.94
 0.02
 
 2.96

The table below presents the impact of the adoption of the New RevenueLease Standard primarily resulted in the recording of assets and liabilities of our operating leases on UAL'sour consolidated balance sheet accountssheets. Certain amounts recorded for prepaid and captionsaccrued rent associated with historical operating leases were reclassified to the newly captioned Operating lease right-of-use assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Also, certain leases designated under Topic 840 as of December 31, 2017 (in millions):owned assets and capital leases are not considered to be assets under the New Lease Standard and have been removed from the consolidated balance sheets, along with the related capital lease liability, due to the leases having variable lease payments.
  At December 31, 2017
  As Previously Reported 
New Revenue Standard
Adjustments
 As Adjusted
Prepaid expenses and other $1,051
 $20
 $1,071
Total current assets 7,113
 20
 7,133
Total assets 42,326
 20
 42,346
Advance ticket sales 3,876
 64
 3,940
Frequent flyer deferred revenue 2,176
 16
 2,192
Other 569
 7
 576
Total current liabilities 12,676
 87
 12,763
       
Frequent flyer deferred revenue - long-term 2,565
 26
 2,591
Deferred income taxes 225
 (21) 204
Total other liabilities and deferred credits 8,145
 5
 8,150
       
Retained earnings 4,621
 (72) 4,549
Total stockholders' equity 8,806
 (72) 8,734
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 42,326
 20
 42,346
In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses ("ASU 2016-13"). The main objective is to provide financial statement users with more decision-useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a reporting entity at each reporting date.
  


The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10) effective January 1, 2018. This standard makes several changes, includingamendments in this update replace the eliminationincurred loss methodology with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to calculate credit loss estimates. For trade receivables, loans and held-to-maturity debt securities, entities will be required to estimate lifetime expected credit losses. For available-for-sale debt securities, entities will be required to recognize an allowance for credit losses rather than a reduction to the carrying value of the available-for-sale classification of equity investments, and requires equity investments with readily determinable fair values to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in earnings.asset. The Company reclassified to retained earnings $7 million of unrealized loss on the Company's investment in Azul, S.A. ("Azul") which was previously classified as an available-for-sale security. See Notes 4 and 7 to the financial statements included in this Part I, Item 1amendments are effective for additional information.
Accounting for Leases. In February 2016, the FASB amended the FASB Accounting Standards Codification and created a new Topic 842, Leases. The guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date and recognize expenses on their income statements similar to the current Topic 840, Leases. The new lease standard is effectivepublic business entities for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018,2019 and early adoption is permitted. Lessees and lessors are required to adoptpermitted as of the new lease standard using a modified retrospective approach for all leases existing at or commencingfiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the dateimpact the adoption of initial application with an option to use certain practical expedients. We have not finalized our assessment but believe this standardASU 2016-13 will have a significant impact on ourits consolidated balance sheets. The standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations or cash flows.The primary effect of adopting the new standard will be to record assets and obligations for our operating leases.financial statements.
NOTE 2 - REVENUE
Revenue by Geography.The Companyfollowing table presents Passenger revenue, Cargo revenue and Other operating revenue on its income statement. Passenger revenue is recognized when transportation is provided and Cargo revenue is recognized when shipments are delivered. Other operating revenue is recognized as the related performance obligations are satisfied.by geographic region (in millions):
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Domestic (U.S. and Canada)$7,087
 $6,689
 $12,962
 $12,165
Atlantic2,066
 1,965
 3,524
 3,354
Pacific1,306
 1,285
 2,587
 2,516
Latin America943
 838
 1,918
 1,774
Total$11,402
 $10,777
 $20,991
 $19,809


The Company sells passenger ticket and related ancillary services for mainline and regional flights primarily via credit cards with payments collected by the Company in advance of the performance of related services. The Company initially records ticket sales in its Advance ticket sales liability, deferring revenue recognition until the travel occurs. For travel that has more than one flight segment, the Company deems each segment as a separate performance obligation and recognizes revenue for each segment as travel occurs. Tickets sold by other airlines where the Company provides the transportation are recognized as passenger revenue at the estimated value to be billed to the other airline when travel is provided. Differences between amounts billed and the actual amounts may be rejected and rebilled or written off if the amount recorded was different from the original estimate. When necessary, the Company records a reserve against its billings and payables with other airlines based on historical experience.

The Company sells certain tickets with connecting flights with one or more segments operated by its other airline partners. For segments operated by its other airline partners, the Company has determined that it is acting as an agent on behalf of the other airlines as they are responsible for their portion of the contract (i.e. transportation of the passenger). The Company, as the agent, recognizes revenue within Other operating revenue at the time of the travel for the net amount representing commission to be retained by the Company for any segments flown by other airlines.

Refundable tickets expire after one year from the date of issuance. Non-refundable tickets generally expire on the date of the intended travel, unless the date is extended by notification from the customer on or before the intended travel date.
The Company records breakage revenue on the travel date for its estimate of tickets that will expire unused. To determine breakage, the Company uses its historical experience with refundable and nonrefundable expired tickets and other facts, such as recent aging trends, program changes and modifications that could affect the ultimate expiration patterns of tickets. Fees charged in association with changes or extensions to non-refundable tickets are considered part of the Company's passenger travel obligation. As such, those fees are deferred at the time of collection and recognized at the time the travel is provided. 

United initially capitalizes the costs of selling airline travel tickets and then recognizes those costs as Distribution expense at the time of travel. Passenger ticket costs include credit card fees, travel agency and other commissions paid, as well as global distribution systems booking fees.

Ticket Taxes. Certain governmental taxes are imposed on the Company's ticket sales through a fee included in ticket prices. The Company collects these fees and remits them to the appropriate government agency. These fees are recorded on a net basis and, as a result, are excluded from revenue.

Accounts Receivable. Accounts receivable primarily consist of amounts due from credit card companies, non-airline partners, and cargo transportation customers. We provide an allowance for uncollectible accounts equal to the estimated losses expected to be incurred based on historical write-offs and other specific analyses. Bad debt expense and write-offs were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.


Advance Ticket Sales. Advance ticket sales represent the Company's liability to provide air transportation in the future. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized approximately $2.7 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively, and in the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recognized approximately $2.6 billion and $2.2 billion respectively, of passenger revenue for tickets that were included in Advance ticket sales at the beginning of those periods. All tickets sold at any given point of time have travel dates extending up to twelve12 months. The Company defers amounts related to future travel in its Advance ticket sales liability account. As a result, the balance of the Company's Advance ticket sales liability represents activity that will be recognized in the next twelve12 months.

Frequent Flyer Accounting. United's MileagePlus program builds customer loyalty by offering awards, benefits In the three and services to program participants. Members in this program earn miles for travel on United, United Express, Star Alliance members and certain other airlines that participate in the program. Members can also earn miles by purchasing the goods and services of our network of non-airline partners. We have contracts to sell miles to these partners with the terms extending from one to eight years. These partners include domestic and international credit card issuers, retail merchants, hotels, car rental companies and our participating airline partners. Miles can be redeemed for free (other than taxes and government imposed fees), discounted or upgraded air travel and non-travel awards. Miles expire after 18six months of member account inactivity.

Miles Earned in Conjunction with Travel. When frequent flyers earn miles for flights,ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognizes a portion of the ticket sales as revenue when the travel occursrecognized approximately $3.9 billion and defers a portion of the ticket sale representing the value of the related miles as a separate performance obligation. The Company determines the estimated selling price of travel$3.2 billion, respectively, and miles as if each element is sold on a separate basis. The total consideration from each ticket sale is then allocated to each of these elements, individually, on a pro rata basis. At the time of travel, the Company records the portion allocated to the miles to Frequent flyer deferred revenue on the Company's consolidated balance sheet and subsequently recognizes it into revenue when miles are redeemed for air travel and non-air travel awards.

The Company's estimated selling price of miles is based on an equivalent ticket value less breakage, which incorporates the expected redemption of miles, as the best estimate of selling price for these miles. The equivalent ticket value is based on the prior 12 months' weighted average equivalent ticket value of similar fares as those used to settle award redemptions while taking into consideration such factors as redemption pattern, cabin class, loyalty status and geographic region. The estimated selling price of miles is adjusted by breakage that considers a number of factors, including redemption patterns of various customer groups. The Company reviews its breakage estimates annually based upon the latest available information regarding redemption and expiration patterns. The Company's estimate of the expected expiration of miles requires significant management judgment. Current and future changes to expiration assumptions or to the expiration policy, or to program rules and program redemption opportunities, may result in material changes to the deferred revenue balance as well as recognized revenues from the program. For the portion of the outstanding miles that we estimate will not be redeemed, we recognize the associated value proportionally as the remaining miles are redeemed.
Co-Brand Agreement. United has a significant contract to sell MileagePlus miles to its co-branded credit card partner Chase Bank USA, N.A. ("Chase"). Chase awards miles to MileagePlus members based on their credit card activity. United identified the following significant separately identifiable performance obligations in the co-brand agreement:
MileagePlus miles awarded - United has a performance obligation to provide MileagePlus cardholders with miles to be used for air travel and non-travel award redemptions. The Company records Passenger revenue related to the travel awards when the transportation is provided and records Other revenue related to the non-travel awards when the goods or services are delivered. The Company records the cost associated with non-travel awards in Other operating revenue.
Marketing - United's performance obligation is to provide Chase access to its customer list and the use of its brand. United determined access to its customer list and use of the United brand constitute a single performance obligation by virtue of being highly interdependent and interrelated. Marketing revenue is recorded to Other operating revenue over the term of the co-brand agreement based on customers' use of the MileagePlus credit card.
Advertising - United has a performance obligation to provide advertising in support of the MileagePlus card in various customer contact points such as United's website, email promotions, direct mail campaigns, airport advertising and in-flight advertising. Advertising revenue is recorded to Other operating revenue as advertising is provided over the term of the co-brand agreement in accordance with customers' use of the MileagePlus credit card.
Other travel-related benefits - United's performance obligations are comprised of various items such as waived bag fees, seat upgrades, and lounge passes. Lounge passes are recorded to Other operating revenue as customers use the lounge passes. Bag fees and seat upgrades are recorded to Passenger revenue at the time of the associated travel.

The fair value of the separately identifiable performance obligations is determined using management's estimated selling price of each component. The objective of using the estimated selling price based methodology is to determine the price at which we

would transact a sale if the product or service were sold on a stand-alone basis. Accordingly, we determine our best estimate of selling price by considering multiple inputs and methods including, but not limited to, discounted cash flows, brand value, volume discounts, published selling prices, number of miles awarded and number of miles redeemed. The Company estimated the selling prices and volumes over the term of the co-brand agreement in order to determine the allocation of proceeds to each of the components to be delivered. We also evaluate volumes on an annual basis, which may result in a change in the allocation of the estimated consideration from the co-brand agreement on a prospective basis.
Frequent flyer deferred revenue. Miles in MileagePlus members' accounts are combined into one homogeneous pool and are thus not separately identifiable, for award redemption purposes, between miles earned in the current period and those in their beginning balance. Of the miles expected to be redeemed, the Company expects the majority of these miles to be redeemed within two years. The table below presents a roll forward of Frequent flyer deferred revenue (in millions):
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
Total Frequent flyer deferred revenue - beginning balance$4,937
 $4,940
 $4,783
 $4,889
Total miles awarded607
 531
 1,210
 1,019
Travel miles redeemed (Passenger revenue)(519) (535) (928) (933)
Non-travel miles redeemed (Other operating revenue)(36) (45) (76) (84)
Total Frequent flyer deferred revenue - ending balance$4,989
 $4,891
 $4,989
 $4,891

In the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized in Other operating revenue, $480 millionapproximately $3.5 billion and $974 million,$2.9 billion, respectively, related to the marketing, advertising, non-travel miles redeemed (net of related costs) and other travel-related benefits of the mileage revenue associated with our various partner agreements including, but not limited to, our Chase co-brand agreement. The portion related to the MileagePlus miles awarded of the total amounts received is deferred and presented in the table above as an increase to the frequent flyer liability. The Company recognized $459 million and $873 million, respectively, in the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, related to those revenues.

Passenger Revenue by Geography. The Company further disaggregates passenger revenue by geographic regions and by mainline versus regional. The following table presents passenger revenue by geographic region and by mainline versus regional for tickets that were included in Advance ticket sales at the three and six months ended June 30 (in millions):beginning of those periods.

 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
Mainline$4,395
 $4,043
 $7,881
 $7,315
Regional1,786
 1,615
 3,269
 2,994
Domestic6,181
 5,658
 11,150
 10,309
        
Atlantic1,824
 1,615
 3,076
 2,732
Pacific1,103
 1,064
 2,172
 2,117
Latin America772
 814
 1,632
 1,646
International3,699
 3,493
 6,880
 6,495
        
Consolidated$9,880
 $9,151
 $18,030
 $16,804
        
Mainline8,045
 7,492
 14,661
 13,719
Regional1,835
 1,659
 3,369
 3,085
Consolidated$9,880
 $9,151
 $18,030
 $16,804

Ancillary Fees.The Company charges fees, separately from ticket sales, for certain ancillary services that are directly related to passengers' travel, such as ticket change fees, baggage fees, inflight amenities fees, and other ticket-related fees. These ancillary fees are part of the travel performance obligation and, as such, are recognized as passenger revenue when the travel occurs. The Company recorded $555$636 million and $1,052 million$1.2 billion of ancillary fees within passenger revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively. The Company recorded $555 million and $1.1 billion of ancillary fees within passenger revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.
Frequent Flyer Accounting. The table below presents a roll forward of Frequent flyer deferred revenue (in millions):
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Total Frequent flyer deferred revenue - beginning balance$5,138
 $4,937
 $5,005
 $4,783
Miles awarded682
 607
 1,289
 1,210
Travel miles redeemed (Passenger revenue)(589) (519) (1,027) (928)
Non-travel miles redeemed (Other operating revenue)(33) (36) (69) (76)
Total Frequent flyer deferred revenue - ending balance$5,198
 $4,989
 $5,198
 $4,989

In the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized, in Other operating revenue, $499 million and $972 million, respectively, related to the marketing, advertising, non-travel miles redeemed (net of related costs) and other travel-related benefits of the mileage revenue associated with our various partner agreements including, but not limited to, our Chase co-brand agreement. The Company recognized $480 million and $974 million, respectively, in the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, related to those revenues. The portion related to the MileagePlus miles awarded of the total amounts received from our various partner agreements is deferred and presented in the table above as an increase to the frequent flyer liability.
  


ended June 30, 2018, respectively, and recorded $524 million and $1,002 million of such fees in the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.

NOTE 3 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
The computations of UAL's basic and diluted earnings per share are set forth below (in millions, except per share amounts):
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Earnings available to common stockholders$1,052
 $683
 $1,344
 $828
        
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding260.8
 274.7
 263.9
 279.3
Effect of employee stock awards0.8
 0.9
 1.0
 0.9
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding261.6
 275.6
 264.9
 280.2
        
Earnings per share, basic$4.03
 $2.48
 $5.09
 $2.96
Earnings per share, diluted$4.02
 $2.48
 $5.07
 $2.95
 Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Six Months Ended
June 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
Earnings available to common stockholders$684
 $821
 $831
 $920
        
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding274.7
 306.9
 279.3
 310.3
Effect of employee stock awards0.9
 0.8
 0.9
 0.8
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding275.6
 307.7
 280.2
 311.1
        
Earnings per share, basic$2.49
 $2.67
 $2.97
 $2.96
Earnings per share, diluted$2.48
 $2.67
 $2.96
 $2.96
The number of potentially dilutive securities excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share amounts was not material.
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, UAL repurchased approximately 5.96.4 million and 14.312.7 million shares, respectively, of UAL common stock in open market transactions for $0.4$0.5 billion and $1.0$1.1 billion, respectively. As of June 30, 2018,2019, the Company had approximately $2.0$0.7 billion remaining to purchase shares under its December 2017 repurchase authorization. On July 15, 2019, UAL’s Board of Directors authorized a new $3.0 billion share repurchase program.program to acquire UAL’s common stock. UAL may repurchase shares through the open market, privately negotiated transactions, block trades or accelerated share repurchase transactions from time to time in accordance with applicable securities laws. UAL will repurchase shares of UAL common stock subject to prevailing market conditions, and may discontinue such repurchases at any time. See Part II, Item 2, Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds of this report for additional information.

NOTE 4 - ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
The tables below present the components of the Company's accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax ("AOCI") (in millions):
 UAL Pension and Other Postretirement Liabilities
Investments and Other
Deferred Taxes
Total
 
 Balance at March 31, 2019 $(654) $1
 $(140) $(793)
 Changes in value (29) 2
 7
 (20)
 Amounts reclassified to earnings 8
 
 (2) 6
 Balance at June 30, 2019 $(675)
$3

$(135)
$(807)
 Balance at December 31, 2018 $(663)
$(4)
$(136)
$(803)
 Changes in value (24) 7
 4
 (13)
 Amounts reclassified to earnings 12
(a)
 (3) 9
 Balance at June 30, 2019 $(675)
$3

$(135)
$(807)
          
 Balance at March 31, 2018 $(1,063) $(3) $(48) $(1,114)
 Changes in value 1
 1
 
 2
 Amounts reclassified to earnings 14
 
 (4) 10
 Balance at June 30, 2018 $(1,048) $(2) $(52) $(1,102)
 Balance at December 31, 2017 $(1,102) $(6) $(39) $(1,147)
 Changes in value 24
 (3) (6) 15
 Amounts reclassified to earnings 30
(a)
 (7) 23
 Amounts reclassified to retained earnings 
 7
 
 7
 Balance at June 30, 2018 $(1,048) $(2) $(52) $(1,102)
 UAL Pension and Other Postretirement Liabilities
Investments and Other
Income Taxes
Total
 
 Balance at March 31, 2018 $(1,063)
$(3)
$(48)
$(1,114)
 Changes in value 1
 1
 
 2
 Amounts reclassified to earnings 14
 
 (4) 10
 Net change 15

1

(4)
12
 Balance at June 30, 2018 $(1,048)
$(2)
$(52)
$(1,102)
 Balance at December 31, 2017 $(1,102)
$(6)
$(39)
$(1,147)
 Changes in value 24
 (3) (6) 15
 Amounts reclassified to earnings 30
 
 (7) 23
 Amounts reclassified to retained earnings 
 7
 
 7
 Net change 54

4

(13)
45
 Balance at June 30, 2018 $(1,048)
$(2)
$(52)
$(1,102)
          
 Balance at March 31, 2017 $(867) $1
 $30
 $(836)
 Changes in value (7) (17) 8
 (16)
 Amounts reclassified to earnings 14
 
 (6) 8
 Net change 7
 (17) 2
 (8)
 Balance at June 30, 2017 $(860) $(16) $32
 $(844)
 Balance at December 31, 2016 $(854) $(1) $26
 $(829)
  Changes in value (33) (17) 18
 (32)
   Amounts reclassified to earnings 27
 2
 (12) 17
 Net change (6) (15) 6
 (15)
 Balance at June 30, 2017 $(860) $(16) $32
 $(844)


Details for AOCI Components Reclassified to Income Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 
Affected Line Item
in the Statements of
 Consolidated Operations
  2018 2017 2018 2017  
Pension and other postretirement liabilities          
Amortization of unrecognized losses and prior service cost (a)
 $14
 $14
 $30
 $27
 Miscellaneous, net
Investments and Other          
Reclassifications of losses into earnings related to fuel derivative contracts 
 
 
 2
 Aircraft fuel

(a) This AOCI component is included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement costs (see(See Note 6 to the financial statements included in this Part I, Item 1 for additional information).



NOTE 5 - INCOME TAXES
The Company's effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 20182019 was 20.2%22.3% and 21.9%, and therespectively. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 was 35.7%20.1% and 35.5%20.2%, respectively. The effective tax rate represents a blend of federal, state and foreign taxes and includedincludes the impact of certain nondeductible items. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 also reflects the reduced federal corporate income tax rate as a result of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") in December 2017items and the impact of a change in the Company's mix of domestic and foreign earnings. We continue to analyze the different aspects of the Tax Act which could potentially affect the provisional estimates that were recorded at December 31, 2017.
NOTE 6 - EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans. The Company's net periodic benefit cost includes the following components for the three months ended June 30 (in millions):
 Pension Benefits Other Postretirement Benefits Affected Line Item
in the Statements of
Consolidated Operations
 Pension Benefits Other Postretirement Benefits Affected Line Item
in the Statements of
Consolidated Operations
 2018 2017 2018 2017  2019 2018 2019 2018 
Service cost $57
 $49
 $3
 $4
 Salaries and related costs $46
 $57
 $3
 $3
 Salaries and related costs
Interest cost 54
 55
 15
 17
 Miscellaneous, net 57
 54
 14
 15
 Miscellaneous, net
Expected return on plan assets (73) (61) 
 (1) Miscellaneous, net (73) (73) (1) 
 Miscellaneous, net
Amortization of unrecognized (gain) loss and prior service cost (credit) 32
 32
 (18) (18) Miscellaneous, net
Amortization of unrecognized (gain) loss 29
 32
 (15) (8) Miscellaneous, net
Amortization of prior service credit 
 
 (9) (10) Miscellaneous, net
Settlement loss 
 1
 
 
 Miscellaneous, net 3
 
 
 
 Miscellaneous, net
Total $70
 $76
 $
 $2
  $62
 $70
 $(8) $
 
The Company's net periodic benefit cost includes the following components for the six months ended June 30 (in millions):
 Pension Benefits Other Postretirement Benefits Affected Line Item
in the Statements of
Consolidated Operations
 Pension Benefits Other Postretirement Benefits Affected Line Item
in the Statements of
Consolidated Operations
 2018 2017 2018 2017  2019 2018 2019 2018 
Service cost $114
 $98
 $6
 $6
 Salaries and related costs $92
 $114
 $5
 $6
 Salaries and related costs
Interest cost 108
 110
 30
 34
 Miscellaneous, net 114
 108
 29
 30
 Miscellaneous, net
Expected return on plan assets (146) (121) 
 (1) Miscellaneous, net (145) (146) (1) 
 Miscellaneous, net
Amortization of unrecognized (gain) loss and prior service cost (credit) 65
 63
 (35) (36) Miscellaneous, net
Amortization of unrecognized (gain) loss 58
 65
 (30) (16) Miscellaneous, net
Amortization of prior service credit 
 
 (19) (19) Miscellaneous, net
Settlement loss 
 2
 
 
 Miscellaneous, net 3
 
 
 
 Miscellaneous, net
Total $141
 $152
 $1
 $3
  $122
 $141
 $(16) $1
 
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, the Company contributed $47$150 million and $160$300 million, respectively, to its U.S. domestic tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans, respectively.plans.
Share-Based Compensation. In the six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, UAL granted share-based compensation awards pursuant to the United Continental Holdings, Inc. 2017 Incentive Compensation Plan. These share-based compensation awards include 1.81.1 million RSUsrestricted stock units ("RSUs"), consisting of 1.10.8 million time-vested RSUs and 0.70.3 million performance-based RSUs. The time-vested RSUs vest pro-rata, on February 28th of each year, over a three-year period of three years from the date of grant. TheseThe amount of performance-based RSUs vest based on the Company's relative improvement in pre-tax margin, as compared to a group of industry peers, for the three years ending December 31, 2021. RSUs are generally equity awards settled in stock for domestic employees and liability awards settled in cash for international employees. The cash payments are based on the 20-day average closing price of UAL common stock immediately prior to the vesting date. The performance-based RSUs vest based on the Company's relative improvement in pre-tax margin, as compared to a group of industry peers, for the three years ending December 31, 2020. If this performance condition is achieved, cash payments will be made after the end of the performance period based on the 20-day average closing price of UAL common stock immediately prior to the vesting date. The Company accounts for the performance-based RSUs as liability awards.
  


The table below presents information related to share-based compensation (in millions):
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Share-based compensation expense$21
 $27
 $37
 $44
        
 June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018    
Unrecognized share-based compensation$110
 $68
    
  Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
  2018 2017 2018 2017
Share-based compensation expense$27
 $33
 $44
 $56
         
  June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017    
Unrecognized share-based compensation$86
 $53
    

NOTE 7 - BRW TERM LOAN
In November 2018, United, as lender, entered into a Term Loan Agreement (the "BRW Loan Agreement") with, among others, BRW Aviation Holding LLC and BRW Aviation LLC (“BRW”), as guarantor and borrower, respectively, affiliates of Synergy Aerospace Corporation (“Synergy”), the majority shareholder of Avianca Holdings S.A. (“AVH”), as guarantor and borrower, respectively. Pursuant to the BRW Loan Agreement, United provided a $456 million term loan to BRW (the "BRW Term Loan"), secured by a pledge of BRW's equity, as well as BRW's 516 million shares of common stock of AVH (having an implied value equivalent to 64.5 million American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), the class of AVH securities that trades on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE")), the parent company of Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. BRW is currently in default under the BRW Loan Agreement.
On May 13, 2019, S&P Global Ratings downgraded its AVH issuer level credit ratings from B to CCC+, together with accompanying downgrades for AVH’s frequent flyer subsidiary LifeMiles Ltd. ("LifeMiles") and for certain outstanding debt of both AVH and LifeMiles. Following these downgrades, and in order to protect the value of its collateral, on May 24, 2019, United began to exercise remedies available to it under the terms of the BRW Loan Agreement and related documents. In connection with the delivery by United of a notice of default to BRW, Kingsland Holdings Limited ("Kingsland"), AVH’s largest minority shareholder, was granted, in accordance with the agreements related to the BRW Loan Agreement, independent authority to manage BRW, which remains the majority shareholder of AVH. As a result of these developments, United evaluated the $489 million carrying value of the BRW Term Loan as of June 30, 2019 using the fair value of the collateral and determined that the value of the collateral is sufficient to recover the carrying value of the loan and, accordingly, concluded that the BRW Term Loan is not impaired.
The fair market value of AVH equity was estimated using an income approach and a market approach with equal weight applied to each approach. Under the income approach, the value was estimated by discounting expected future cash flows at a weighted average cost of capital to a single present value amount. Under the market approach, the value was estimated by reference to multiples of enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and rent ("EBITDAR") for a group of publicly-traded market comparable companies, along with AVH's own EBITDAR levels.

NOTE 78 - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The table below presents disclosures about the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis in UAL's financial statements (in millions):
 June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018
 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Cash and cash equivalents$3,221
 $3,221
 $
 $
 $1,694
 $1,694
 $
 $
Short-term investments:               
Corporate debt1,053
 
 1,053
 
 1,023
 
 1,023
 
Asset-backed securities697
 
 697
 
 746
 
 746
 
U.S. government and agency notes116
 
 116
 
 108
 
 108
 
Certificates of deposit placed through an account registry service ("CDARS")59
 
 59
 
 75
 
 75
 
Other fixed-income securities107
 
 107
 
 116
 
 116
 
Other investments measured at net asset value ("NAV")191
 
 
 
 188
 
 
 
Restricted cash105
 105
 
 
 105
 105
 
 
Long-term investments:
              
Equity securities301
 301
 
 
 249
 249
 
 
Enhanced equipment trust certificates ("EETC")16
 
 
 16
 18
 
 
 18
AVH Derivative Assets (defined below)10
 
 
 10
 11
 
 
 11

 June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Cash and cash equivalents$2,884
 $2,884
 $
 $
 $1,482
 $1,482
 $
 $
Short-term investments:               
Corporate debt958
 
 958
 
 958
 
 958
 
Asset-backed securities722
 
 722
 
 753
 
 753
 
U.S. government and agency notes102
 
 102
 
 113
 
 113
 
Certificates of deposit placed through an account registry service ("CDARS")49
 
 49
 
 120
 
 120
 
Other fixed-income securities170
 
 170
 
 188
 
 188
 
Other investments measured at net asset value ("NAV")186
 
 
 
 184
 
 
 
Restricted cash107
 107
 
 
 109
 109
 
 
Long-term investments:
              
Equity securities147
 147
 
 
 99
 99
 
 
Enhanced equipment trust certificates ("EETC")19
 
 
 19
 22
 
 
 22
Available-for-sale investment maturities - The short-term investments shown in the table above are classified as available-for-sale, with the exception of investments measured at NAV. As of June 30, 2018,2019, asset-backed securities have remaining maturities of less than one year to approximately 1615 years, corporate debt securities have remaining maturities of less than one year to approximately three years and CDARS have maturities of less than one year. U.S. government and agency notes have maturities of approximately three years or less and other fixed-income securities have maturities of less than one year to approximately 13 years.two years or less. The EETC securities mature in July 2019.
Restricted cash - Restricted cash primarily includes collateral for letters of credit and collateral associated with obligations for facility leases and workers' compensation.other insurance-related obligations.
Equity securities - Equity securities represent United's investment in Azul. In April 2018, throughAzul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ("Azul"), consisting of a wholly-owned subsidiary, the Company invested $138 million in Azul thus increasing its preferred equity stake toof approximately 8% (approximately 2% of the total capital stock of Azul). The Company recognizes changes to the fair market value of its equity investment in Azul in Miscellaneous, net in its statements of consolidated operations.
AVH Derivative Assets - As part of the BRW Loan Agreement and related agreements with Kingsland, United obtained AVH share call options, AVH share appreciation rights, and an AVH share-based upside sharing agreement (collectively, the "AVH Derivative Assets"). The AVH Derivative Assets are recorded at fair value as Other assets on the Company's balance sheet and are included in the table above. Changes in the fair value of the AVH Derivative Assets are recorded as part of Nonoperating income (expense): Miscellaneous, net on the Company's statements of consolidated operations.
Investments presented in the table above have the same fair value as their carrying value. The table below presents the carrying values and estimated fair values of financial instruments not presented in the tables above (in millions):
 June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018
 Carrying Amount Fair Value Carrying Amount Fair Value
   Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3   Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Long-term debt$14,193
 $14,691
 $
 $10,915
 $3,776
 $13,445
 $13,450
 $
 $9,525
 $3,925
 Fair Value of Debt by Fair Value Hierarchy Level
 June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
 Carrying Amount Fair Value Carrying Amount Fair Value
   Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3   Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Long-term debt$13,347
 $13,443
 $
 $9,879
 $3,564
 $13,268
 $13,787
 $
 $10,115
 $3,672

  


Fair value of the financial instruments included in the tables above was determined as follows:
DescriptionFair Value Methodology
Cash and cash equivalentsThe carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these assets.
Short-term investments,
Equity securities, EETC and
Restricted cash
Fair value is based on (a) the trading prices of the investment or similar instruments, (b) an income approach, which uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts into a single present amount based on current market expectations about those future amounts when observable trading prices are not available, or (c) broker quotes obtained by third-party valuation services.
Other investments measured at NAVIn accordance with the relevant accounting standards, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in the table above are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the statement of financial position. The investments measured using NAV are shares of mutual funds that invest in fixed-income instruments including bonds, debt securities, and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. The Company can redeem its shares at any time at NAV subject to a three-day settlement period.
Long-term debtFair values were based on either market prices or the discounted amount of future cash flows using our current incremental rate of borrowing for similar liabilities.liabilities or assets.
AVH Derivative AssetsFair values are calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. Unobservable inputs include expected volatility, expected dividend yield and control and acquisition premiums.

NOTE 9 - LEASES
United leases aircraft, airport passenger terminal space, aircraft hangars and related maintenance facilities, cargo terminals, other airport facilities, other commercial real estate, office and computer equipment and vehicles, among other items. Certain of these leases include provisions for variable lease payments which are based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relative leased square footage, available seat miles, enplaned passengers, passenger facility charges, terminal equipment usage fees, departures, and airports’ annual operating budgets. Due to the variable nature of the rates, these leases are not recorded on our balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and lease liability.

For leases with terms greater than 12 months, we record the related asset and lease liability at the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less with purchase options or extension options that are not reasonably certain to be exercised are not recorded on the balance sheet; we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. We combine lease and non-lease components, such as common area maintenance costs, in calculating the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for all asset groups except for our capacity purchase agreements ("CPAs"), which contain embedded leases for regional aircraft. In addition to the lease component cost for regional aircraft, our CPAs also include non-lease components primarily related to the regional carriers’ operating costs incurred in providing regional aircraft services. We allocate consideration separately for the lease components and non-lease components of each CPA based on their relative standalone values.

Lease Cost. The Company's lease cost for the three and six months ended June 30 included the following components (in millions):
  Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
  2019 2018 2019 2018
Operating lease cost $259
 $312
 $531
 $638
Variable and short-term lease cost 661
 669
 1,267
 1,280
Amortization of finance lease assets 18
 17
 36
 40
Interest on finance lease liabilities 32
 4
 59
 9
Sublease income (9) (11) (17) (21)
Total lease cost $961
 $991
 $1,876
 $1,946


Lease terms and commitments. United's leases include aircraft leases for aircraft that are directly leased by United and aircraft that are operated by regional carriers on United's behalf under CPAs (but excluding aircraft owned by United) and non-aircraft leases. Aircraft operating leases relate to leases of 121 mainline and 339 regional aircraft while finance leases relate to leases of 26 mainline and 47 regional aircraft. United's aircraft leases have remaining lease terms of 1 month to 10 years with expiration dates ranging from 2019 through 2029. Under the terms of most aircraft leases, United has the right to purchase the aircraft at the end of the lease term, in some cases at fair market value, and in others, at a percentage of cost.
Non-aircraft leases have remaining lease terms of 1 month to 34 years, with expiration dates ranging from 2019 through 2053.
The table below summarizes the Company's scheduled future minimum lease payments under operating and finance leases, recorded on the balance sheet, as of June 30, 2019 (in millions):
  Operating Leases Finance Leases
Last six months of 2019 $428
 $157
2020 989
 58
2021 766
 54
2022 634
 44
2023 621
 33
After 2023 4,331
 70
Minimum lease payments 7,769
 416
Imputed interest 2,098
 97
Present value of minimum lease payments 5,671
 319
Less: current maturities of lease obligations (637) (117)
Long-term lease obligations $5,034
 $202

As of June 30, 2019, we have additional leases of approximately $570 million for regional jets under a CPA and a maintenance facility that have not yet commenced. These leases will commence between 2019 and 2020 with lease terms of up to 34 years.

To the extent a lease agreement includes an extension option that is reasonably certain to be exercised, we have recognized those amounts as part of our right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

Our lease agreements do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate nor is it available to us from our lessors. Instead, we estimate United's incremental borrowing rate based on information available at lease commencement in order to discount lease payments to present value. The table below presents additional information related to our leases as of June 30:
  2019 2018
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases 10 years
 10 years
Weighted-average remaining lease term - finance leases 5 years
 5 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases 5.3% 5.1%
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases 53.2%(a)6.7%
(a) During the third quarter of 2018, United entered into an agreement with the lessor of 54 Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft to purchase those aircraft in 2019. The provisions of these lease agreements resulted in a change in accounting classification of these leases from operating leases to finance leases up until the purchase date. The discount rates used for these leases were adjusted so that the present value of lease payments did not exceed the fair value of the asset being recognized.

The table below presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases during the six months ended June 30 (in millions):
 2019 2018
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:   
Operating cash flows for operating leases$507
 $552
Operating cash flows for finance leases47
 9
Financing cash flows for finance leases63
 35


NOTE 810 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Commitments. As of June 30, 20182019, United had firm commitments and options to purchase aircraft from The Boeing Company ("Boeing") and, Airbus S.A.S. ("Airbus") and Embraer S.A. ("Embraer") presented in the table below:
    Scheduled Aircraft Deliveries
Aircraft Type Number of Firm
Commitments (a)
 Last Six Months of 2019 2020 After 2020
Airbus A350 45
 
 
 45
Boeing 737 MAX 171
 16
 28
 127
Boeing 777-300ER 4
 2
 2
 
Boeing 787 18
 2
 15
 1
Embraer E175 38
 18
 20
 
(a) United also has options and purchase rights for additional aircraft.        

Aircraft TypeNumber of Firm
Commitments (a)
Airbus A35045
Boeing 737 MAX155
Boeing 777-300ER1
Boeing 78718
(a) United also has options, purchase and other rights for additional aircraft.
The aircraft listed in the table above are scheduled for delivery through 2027. To the extent the Company and the aircraft manufacturers with whom the Company has existing orders for new aircraft agree to modify the contracts governing those orders, the amount and timing of the Company's future capital commitments could change. For the remainder of 2018, the Company expects to take delivery of three Boeing 787 aircraft, four Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, one Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and three used Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. In July 2018, United entered into an agreement to purchase 25 new Embraer E175 aircraft with expected delivery dates scheduled in 2019. United also has an agreementagreements to purchase 20 used Airbus A319 aircraft with expected delivery dates through 2022 and 19 used Boeing 737-700 aircraft with expected delivery dates in 2019 through 2021.
On March 13, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order prohibiting the operation of Boeing 737 MAX series airplanes by U.S. certificated operators (the "FAA Order"). As a result, the Company grounded all 14 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft in its fleet. Prior to the grounding, the Company operated approximately 50 flights a day on these aircraft, and expected, given the anticipated delivery schedule, to operate approximately 110 flights a day by the end of the year. The FAA Order also resulted in Boeing suspending delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX series aircraft. The extent of the delay to the scheduled deliveries of the 737 MAX aircraft included in 2020the table above is expected to be impacted by the length of time the FAA Order remains in place, Boeing's production rate and 2021.the pace at which Boeing can deliver aircraft following the lifting of the FAA Order, among other factors.
During the second quarter of 2019, the Company placed an order for 20 additional Embraer E175 aircraft which will be operated by a regional carrier.
During the third quarter of 2018, United entered into an agreement with the lessor of 54 Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft to purchase those aircraft in 2019. As of June 30, 2019, United had purchased 17 of those aircraft.
The table below summarizes United's commitments as of June 30, 2018,2019, which primarily relate to the acquisition ofinclude aircraft and related spare engines, aircraft improvements and includeall non-aircraft capital commitments:
  (in billions)
Last six months of 2019 $2.2
2020 (a) 5.9
2021 4.0
2022 3.3
2023 2.0
After 2023 6.9
  $24.3

(a) Commitments for 2020 are expected to be higher than other capital purchase commitments. Anyyears displayed in the table above due to the large number of wide-body aircraft deliveries (17 new firmaircraft) scheduled in that year. Amounts are not adjusted for any potential changes in the delivery schedule of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Regional CPAs. In June 2019, United entered into a ten-year CPA with GoJet Airlines for regional service under the United Express brand to operate 54 CRJ-550 aircraft orders, includingcommencing in the second half of 2019.
The table below summarizes the Company's expected future payments through the exercise of purchase options and purchase rights, will increase the total future capital commitmentsend of the Company.terms of our CPAs, excluding aircraft ownership costs and variable pass-through costs such as fuel and landing fees, among others.
  


  (in billions)
Last six months of 2019 $1.1
2020 2.1
2021 2.1
2022 1.7
2023 1.1
After 2023 4.4
  $12.5

  (in billions)
Last six months of 2018 $1.7
2019 3.3
2020 3.0
2021 2.8
2022 1.8
After 2022 9.8
  $22.4
Facility and Other Operating Leases. In March 2018, United entered into a new Airline Use and Lease Agreement at Chicago O'Hare International Airport ("Chicago O'Hare") with the City of Chicago with a lease term of approximately 15 years, effective May 12, 2018 through December 31, 2033. In the second quarter of 2018, United entered into several new ground and facility leases at Chicago O'Hare, effective May 12, 2018, for hangars, a ground equipment maintenance building, and employee parking with lease terms ranging from 15 years to 30 years.
The table below summarizes the Company's scheduled future minimum lease payments under facility operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms of more than one year as of June 30, 2018 (in millions):
  Facility and Other Operating Leases
Last six months of 2018 $689
2019 1,244
2020 1,338
2021 1,104
2022 966
After 2022 7,934
  $13,275
Guarantees. As of June 30, 2018,2019, United is the guarantor of approximately $2.0$1.9 billion in aggregate principal amount of tax-exempt special facilities revenue bonds and interest thereon. These bonds, issued by various airport municipalities, are payable solely from rentals paid under long-term agreements with the respective governing bodies. The leasing arrangements associated with approximately $1.4 billion of these obligations are accounted for as operating leases recognized on the Company's balance sheet with the associated expense recorded on a straight-line basis resulting in ratable accrual of the lease obligation over the expected lease term. The leasing arrangementsobligations associated with approximately $454 millionthese tax-exempt special facilities revenue bonds are included in our lease commitments disclosed in Note 9 of these obligations are accounted for as capital leases.this report. All of these bonds are due between 2019 and 2038.
AsIn connection with funding the BRW Loan Agreement, the Company entered into an agreement with Kingsland, pursuant to which, in return for Kingsland's pledge of June 30,its 144.8 million shares of AVH common stock (having an implied value equivalent to 18.1 million ADRs) and its consent to Synergy's pledge of its AVH common stock to United under the BRW Loan Agreement and related agreements, United (1) granted to Kingsland the right to put its shares of AVH common stock to United at market price on the fifth anniversary of the BRW Loan Agreement, and (2) guaranteed Synergy's obligation to pay Kingsland (which amount, if paid by United, will increase United's secured loan to Synergy by such amount) if the market price of AVH common stock on the fifth anniversary is less than $12 per ADR on the NYSE, for an aggregate maximum possible combined put payment and guarantee amount on the fifth anniversary of $217 million. In 2018, United is the guarantorCompany recorded a liability of $151$31 million of aircraft mortgage debt issued by one of United's regional carriers. The aircraft mortgage debt is subject to similar increased cost provisions as described above for the Company's debt,fair value of its guarantee to loan additional funds to Synergy if required. Any such additional loans to Synergy would be collateralized by BRW's shares of AVH stock and the Company would potentially be responsible for those costs under the guarantees.other collateral.
Increased Cost Provisions. In the Company'sUnited's financing transactions that include loans in which United is the Companyborrower, United typically agrees to reimburse lenders for any reduced returns with respect to the loans due to any change in capital requirements and, in the case of loans inwith respect to which the interest rate is based on the London Interbank Offered Rate, for certain other increased costs that the lenders incur in carrying these loans as a result of any change in law, subject, in most cases, to obligations of the lenders to take certain limited steps to mitigate the requirement for, or the amount of, such increased costs. At June 30, 20182019, the Company had $3.3$3.4 billion of floating rate debt and $44$9 million of fixed rate debt with remaining terms of up to 11 years that are subject to these increased cost provisions. In several financing transactions involving loans or leases from non-U.S. entities, with remaining terms of up to 11 years and an aggregate balance of $3.2 billion, the Company bears the risk of any change in tax laws that would subject loan or lease payments thereunder to non-U.S. entities to withholding taxes, subject to customary exclusions.
Labor Negotiations.As of June 30, 2018,2019, United is the guarantor of $139 million of aircraft mortgage debt issued by one of United's regional carriers. The aircraft mortgage debt is subject to similar increased cost provisions as described above for the Company's debt, and the Company would potentially be responsible for those costs under the guarantees.
Labor Negotiations. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had approximately 91,40095,000 employees, of whom approximately 80%84% were represented by various U.S. labor organizations. On February 1, 2019, the collective bargaining agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association ("ALPA"), the labor union representing United’s pilots, became amendable. The Company and ALPA are in negotiations for an amended agreement. The Company and UNITE HERE, is attempting to organizethe labor union representing United's Catering Operations employees, who are currently unrepresented, and filed an application to do so with the National Mediation Board on January 24, 2018.started negotiations for a first collective bargaining agreement in March 2019.

NOTE 911 - DEBT
As of June 30, 2018, a substantial portion of the Company's assets, principally aircraft, certain route authorities and airport slots, was pledged under various loan and other agreements. As of June 30, 20182019, UAL and United were in compliance with their respective debt covenants. In May 2018, the Company's Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (as amended, the "2017 Credit Agreement") was amended to reduce the interest rate on the term loan by 0.25%. As of June 30, 2018,2019, United had its entire capacity of $2.0 billion available under the revolving credit facility of the 2017Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement.
EETCs. In February and May 2018,2019, United created threetwo new EETC pass-through trusts, each of which issued pass-through certificates.certificates (such certificates, the "2019-1 Pass Through Certificates"). The proceeds offrom the issuance of the pass-through certificates are used to purchase equipment notes issued by United and secured by its aircraft.aircraft financed with the proceeds of such notes. The

Company records the debt obligation upon issuance of the equipment notes rather than upon the initial issuance of the pass-through certificates. The pass-through certificates represent fractional undivided interests in the respective pass-through trusts and are not obligations of United. The payment obligations under the equipment notes are those of United. Proceeds received from the sale of pass-through certificates are initially held by a depositary in escrow for the benefit of the certificate holders until United issues equipment notes to the trust, which purchases such notes with a portion of the escrowed funds. These escrowed funds are not guaranteed by United and are not reported as debt on our consolidated balance sheet because the proceeds held by the depositary are not United's assets. Certain details of the pass-through trusts with proceeds received from issuance of debt in 20182019 are as follows (in millions, except stated interest rate):
EETC Issuance Date Class Face Amount Final expected distribution date Stated interest rate Total proceeds received from issuance of debt during 2019 and recorded as debt as of June 30, 2019 Remaining proceeds from issuance of certificates to be received in future periods
February 2019 AA $717
 August 2031 4.15% $612
 $105
February 2019 A 296
 August 2031 4.55% 253
 43
    $1,013
     $865
 $148

EETC Date Class Principal Final expected distribution date Stated interest rate 
Total proceeds received
from issuance of debt
during 2018 and
recorded as debt as of
June 30, 2018
 
February 2018 AA $677
 March 2030 3.50% $677
 
February 2018 A 258
 March 2030 3.70% 258
 
May 2018 B 226
 March 2026 4.60% 226
 
    $1,161
     $1,161
 
Certain of the proceeds from the issuance of the 2019-1 Pass Through Certificates were expected to be used to purchase equipment notes issued by United and secured by three Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which aircraft were scheduled for delivery by Boeing in March, April and May of 2019. However, as a result of the FAA Order, United has not yet taken delivery of these three aircraft. If United is not in a position to take delivery of such 737 MAX aircraft on or prior to November 30, 2019, any funds remaining with the depositary in escrow at such time, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon but without premium, will be distributed to the holders of the 2019-1 Pass Through Certificates.
4.875% Senior Note due 2025. In May 2019, UAL issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due January 15, 2025 (the "4.875% Senior Notes due 2025"), which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed and recorded by United on its balance sheet. The indenture for the 4.875% Senior Notes due 2025 requires that, if certain changes of control of UAL occur, UAL offer to repurchase the 4.875% Senior Notes due 2025 for cash at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest.
The table below presents the Company's contractual principal payments (not including debt discount or debt issuance costs) at June 30, 20182019 under then-outstanding long-term debt agreements (in millions):
Last six months of 2019 $757
2020 1,350
2021 1,344
2022 1,697
2023 747
After 2023 8,484
  $14,379
Last six months of 2018 $394
2019 1,244
2020 1,242
2021 1,230
2022 1,565
After 2022 7,838
  $13,513

NOTE 10 - SPECIAL CHARGES
For the three and six months ended June 30, special charges consisted of the following (in millions):
 Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Six Months Ended
June 30,
Operating:2018 2017 2018 2017
Impairment of assets$111
 $
 $134
 $
Severance and benefit costs11
 41
 25
 78
(Gains) losses on sale of assets and other special charges7
 3
 10
 17
Special charges129
 44
 169
 95
Income tax benefit related to special charges(29) (16) (38) (34)
Total special charges, net of tax$100

$28
 $131
 $61
  


NOTE 12 - SPECIAL CHARGES AND MARK-TO-MARKET ("MTM") ADJUSTMENTS
For the three and six months ended June 30, special charges and MTM adjustments consisted of the following (in millions):
 Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Six Months Ended
June 30,
Operating:2019 2018 2019 2018
Impairment of assets$61
 $111
 $69
 $134
Severance and benefit costs6
 11
 12
 25
(Gains) losses on sale of assets and other special charges4
 7
 8
 10
Total operating special charges71
 129
 89
 169
Nonoperating MTM (gains) losses on financial instruments(34) 135
 (51) 90
Total special charges and MTM (gains) losses on financial instruments37
 264
 38
 259
Income tax benefit(8) (59) (8) (58)
Total special charges and MTM (gains) losses on financial instruments, net of income tax$29

$205
 $30
 $201

2019
During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded a $47 million impairment for aircraft engines removed from operations, a $6 million charge for the early termination of several regional aircraft finance leases and $8 million in other miscellaneous impairments. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, in addition to the charges described above, the Company recorded an $8 million fair value adjustment for aircraft purchased off lease.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded management severance of $6 million and $10 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded $2 million of severance and benefit costs related to a voluntary early-out program for its technicians and related employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the "IBT"). In the first quarter of 2017, approximately 1,000 technicians and related employees elected to voluntarily separate from the Company and received a severance payment, with a maximum value of $100,000 per participant, based on years of service, with retirement dates through early 2019.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded gains of $38 million and $52 million, respectively, for the change in market value of its investment in Azul. Also, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded losses of $4 million and $1 million, respectively, for the change in fair value of the AVH Derivative Assets. For equity investments and derivative assets subject to MTM accounting, the Company records gains and losses as part of Nonoperating income (expense): Miscellaneous, net in its statements of consolidated operations.

2018
In May 2018, the Brazil–United States open skies agreement was ratified, which provides air carriers with unrestricted access between the United States and Brazil. The Company determined that the approval of the open skies agreement impaired the entire value of its Brazil route authorities because the agreement removes all limitations or reciprocity requirements for flights between the United States and Brazil. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $105 million special charge ($82 million net of taxes) to write off the entire value of the intangible asset associated with its Brazil routes. This asset is not part of any collateral pledged against any of the Company's borrowings. The Company continues to maintain its slot assets related to Brazil since airport access is still restricted by slot allocations that are limited by airport facility constraints. For
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company also recorded $6 million ($5 million net of taxes) and $29 million, ($22 million net of taxes), respectively, of fair value adjustments related tofor aircraft purchased off lease and other impairments related to certain fleet types and international slots no longer in use.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded severance and benefit costs related to a voluntary early-out program for its technicians and related employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of $6 million ($4 million net of taxes) and $14 million, ($11 million net of taxes), respectively. In the first quarter of 2017, approximately 1,000 technicians and related employees elected to voluntarily separate from the Company and will receive a severance payment, with a maximum value of $100,000 per participant, based on years of service, with retirement dates through 2018. Also during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded other management severance of $5 million ($4 million net of taxes) and $11 million ($8 million net of taxes), respectively.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recorded $36 million ($23 million net of taxes) and $57 million ($37 million net of taxes), respectively, of severance and benefit costs related to the voluntary early-out program for its techniciansdescribed above and related employees, andmanagement severance of $5 million ($3and $11 million, net of taxes) and $21 million ($13 million net of taxes), respectively, of management severance.respectively.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded $7losses of $135 million ($5and $90 million, netrespectively, for the change in market value of taxes) and $10 million ($8 million net of taxes), respectively, of other special charges related primarily to contract termination of regional aircraft operationsits investment in Guam.Azul.
Accrual Activity
The severance-related accrual as of June 30, 2018 is primarily related to severance and other compensation expense associated with voluntary employee early retirement programs and is expected to be mostly paid in the second half of 2018. The accrual balance for future lease payments on permanently grounded aircraft as of June 30, 2018 is expected to be mostly paid through 2025. Activity related to these accruals is as follows (in millions):
 Severance and Benefits Permanently Grounded Aircraft
Balance at December 31, 2017$37
 $22
Accrual25
 
Payments(34) (2)
Balance at June 30, 2018$28
 $20
 Severance and Benefits Permanently Grounded Aircraft
Balance at December 31, 2016$14
 $41
Accrual78
 
Payments(65) (12)
Balance at June 30, 2017$27
 $29
  




ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Overview
United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "UAL" or the "Company") is a holding company and its principal, wholly-owned subsidiary is United Airlines, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "United"). Effective June 27, 2019, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation to change its name to "United Airlines Holdings, Inc." This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report of UAL and United including their respective consolidated financial statements. As UAL consolidates United for financial statement purposes, disclosures that relate to activities of United also apply to UAL, unless otherwise noted. United's operating revenues and operating expenses comprise nearly 100% of UAL's revenues and operating expenses. In addition, United comprises approximately the entire balance of UAL's assets, liabilities and operating cash flows. When appropriate, UAL and United are named specifically for their individual contractual obligations and related disclosures and any significant differences between the operations and results of UAL and United are separately disclosed and explained. We sometimes use the words "we," "our," "us," and the "Company" in this report for disclosures that relate to all of UAL and United.
The Company transports people and cargo through its mainline operations, which utilize jet aircraft with at least 118126 seats, and regional operations, which utilize smaller aircraft that are operated under contract by United Express carriers. The Company serves virtually every major market around the world, either directly or through participation in Star Alliance®, the world's largest airline alliance. UAL, through United and its regional carriers, operates approximately 4,6004,900 flights a day to 357356 airports across five continents.
Second Quarter Highlights
Second quarter 20182019 net income was $684 million,$1.1 billion, or $2.48$4.02 diluted earnings per share, as compared to net income of $821$683 million, or diluted earnings per share of $2.67,$2.48, in the second quarter of 2017.2018.
Passenger revenue increased 8.0%6.1% to $9.9$10.5 billion during the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to the second quarter of 2017.2018.
Second quarter 2018 aircraft fuel costTraffic increased $721 million, 43.2% year-over-year.
In the three months ended June 30, 2018, UAL repurchased approximately 5.9 million shares of its common stock in open market transactions for $407 million. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had approximately $2.0 billion remaining to purchase shares under its share repurchase program.
Consolidated traffic increased 6.4%5.1% and consolidated capacity increased 4.8%3.6% during the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to the second quarter of 2017.2018. The Company's passenger load factor for the second quarter of 20182019 was 84.8%86.0%.
Completed the best second-quarter on-time departure performance in United's history.
Outlook
InSet forth below is a discussion of matters that we believe could impact our financial and operating performance and cause our results of operations in future periods to differ materially from our historical operating results and/or from our anticipated results of operations described in the forward-looking statements in this report. See Part I, Item 1A., Risk Factors, of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 the Company expects its consolidated available seat miles to grow between 4.5%(the "2018 Annual Report") and 5.0% year-over-year. MostPart II, Item 1A., Risk Factors of this report for a detailed discussion of the risk factors affecting UAL and United, and the factors described under "Forward-Looking Information" below for additional discussion of these and other factors that could affect us.

Growth Strategy. Our priorities for 2019 are delivering top-tier operational reliability and customer service while continuing to execute on our growth will be concentrated inplan by strengthening our domestic network especiallythrough strategic and efficient growth and investing in our mid-continent hubs. We believe greater scalepeople and connectivity at our hubs reinforces our relevance and value proposition to our customers. Rebanking at our hubs is expected to drive significant additional connection opportunities. We will also expand flights in non-peak times of the year to more efficiently use our aircraft and facilities with the objective of driving an increase in profitability.product.
Fuel.The price of jet fuel remains volatile. Based on projected fuel consumption in 2018,2019, a one dollarone-dollar change in the price of a barrel of crude oil would change the Company's annual fuel expense by approximately $98$103 million. 
  


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion provides an analysis of our results of operations and reasons for material changes therein for the three months ended June 30, 20182019 as compared to the corresponding period in 2017.2018.
Second Quarter2018 2019 Compared to Second Quarter2017 2018
The Company recorded net income of $684 million$1.1 billion in the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to net income of $821$683 million in the second quarter of 2017.2018. The Company considers a key measure of its performance to be operating income, which was $1.2$1.5 billion for the second quarter of 2018,2019, as compared to $1.4$1.1 billion for the second quarter of 2017, a $276 million decrease year-over-year.2018. Significant components of the Company's operating results for the three months ended June 30 are as follows (in millions, except percentage changes):
 2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change 2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Operating revenue $10,777
 $10,008
 $769
 7.7
 $11,402
 $10,777
 $625
 5.8
Operating expense 9,616
 8,571
 1,045
 12.2
 9,930
 9,632
 298
 3.1
Operating income 1,161
 1,437
 (276) (19.2) 1,472
 1,145
 327
 28.6
Nonoperating expense (304) (160) 144
 90.0
Nonoperating income (expense) (118) (290) (172) (59.3)
Income tax expense 173
 456
 (283) (62.1) 302
 172
 130
 75.6
Net income $684
 $821
 $(137) (16.7) $1,052
 $683
 $369
 54.0
Certain consolidated statistical information for the Company's operations for the three months ended June 30 is as follows:
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Passengers (thousands) (a)41,058
 38,247
 2,811
 7.342,592
 41,058
 1,534
 3.7
Revenue passenger miles ("RPMs") (millions) (b)59,945
 56,356
 3,589
 6.4
Available seat miles ("ASMs") (millions) (c)70,702
 67,467
 3,235
 4.8
Revenue passenger miles ("RPMs" or "traffic") (millions) (b)63,001
 59,945
 3,056
 5.1
Available seat miles ("ASMs" or "capacity") (millions) (c)73,240
 70,702
 2,538
 3.6
Passenger load factor (d)84.8% 83.5% 1.3 pts.
 N/A86.0% 84.8% 1.2 pts.
 N/A
Passenger revenue per available seat mile ("PRASM") (cents)13.97
 13.56
 0.41
 3.014.32
 13.97
 0.35
 2.5
Average yield per revenue passenger mile ("Yield") (cents) (e)16.48
 16.24
 0.24
 1.516.64
 16.48
 0.16
 1.0
Cargo ton miles ("CTM") (millions) (f)831
 855
 (24) (2.8)
Cost per available seat mile ("CASM") (cents)13.60
 12.70
 0.90
 7.113.56
 13.62
 (0.06) (0.4)
Average price per gallon of fuel, including fuel taxes$2.26
 $1.63
 $0.63
 38.7$2.16
 $2.26
 $(0.10) (4.4)
Fuel gallons consumed (millions)1,058
 1,023
 35
 3.41,102
 1,058
 44
 4.2
Average full-time equivalent employees86,700
 86,000
 700
 0.890,779
 86,743
 4,036
 4.7
(a) The number of revenue passengers measured by each flight segment flown.(a) The number of revenue passengers measured by each flight segment flown.       
(b) The number of scheduled miles flown by revenue passengers.(c) The number of seats available for passengers multiplied by the number of scheduled miles those seats are flown.(d) Revenue passenger miles divided by available seat miles.(e) The average passenger revenue received for each revenue passenger mile flown.
(f) The number of cargo revenue tons transported multiplied by the number of miles flown.       
  


Operating Revenue. The table below shows year-over-year comparisons by type of operating revenue for the three months ended June 30 (in millions, except for percentage changes):
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Passenger revenue$9,880
 $9,151
 $729
 8.0
$10,486
 $9,880
 $606
 6.1
Cargo314
 273
 41
 15.0
295
 314
 (19) (6.1)
Other operating revenue583
 584
 (1) (0.2)621
 583
 38
 6.5
Total operating revenue$10,777
 $10,008
 $769
 7.7
$11,402
 $10,777
 $625
 5.8
The table below presents selected second quarter passenger revenue and operating data, broken out by geographic region, expressed as year-over-year changes:
Domestic Atlantic Pacific Latin ConsolidatedIncrease (decrease) from 2018:
Increase (decrease) from 2017:         
Domestic Atlantic Pacific Latin Total
Passenger revenue (in millions)$523
 $209
 $39
 $(42) $729
$366
 $103
 $32
 $105
 $606
Passenger revenue9.2% 12.9% 3.7 % (5.2)% 8.0%5.9% 5.6 % 2.9 % 13.6% 6.1%
Average fare per passenger% 1.3% 12.7 % 0.4 % 0.6%2.7% (1.5)% (2.1)% 6.3% 2.3%
Yield1.3% 0.9% 4.3 % (4.2)% 1.5%1.5% (1.5)% (1.1)% 6.5% 1.0%
PRASM1.7% 7.9% 3.4 % (2.9)% 3.0%1.9% 0.6 % 2.8 % 9.1% 2.5%
Passengers9.2% 11.5% (8.0)% (5.5)% 7.3%3.1% 7.3 % 5.1 % 6.9% 3.7%
RPMs (traffic)7.8% 11.9% (0.6)% (1.0)% 6.4%4.4% 7.2 % 4.0 % 6.6% 5.1%
ASMs (capacity)7.4% 4.7% 0.2 % (2.3)% 4.8%4.0% 5.0 % 0.1 % 4.1% 3.6%
Passenger load factor (points)0.3
 5.2
 (0.7)
 1.1
 1.3
0.4
 1.8
 3.1
 2.0
 1.2
Passenger revenue increased $606 million, or 6.1%, in the second quarter of 2018 increased $729 million, or 8.0%,2019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to a 6.4%5.1% increase in traffic and a 1.3 point increase in load factor.traffic. Second quarter 2018 PRASM and yield increased 3.0% and 1.5%, respectively,2.5% compared to the second quarter of 2017,2018 primarily as a result of improved close inincreased close-in demand in the domestic markets and overall demand improvements in the Atlantic and Latin markets.
CargoOther operating revenue increased $41$38 million, or 15.0%6.5%, in the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to higher yieldsincreased revenue related to MileagePlus miles sales and higher international freight volume.one-time passes to the United Club. See Note 2 to the financial statements included in Item I, Part 1 of this report for additional information related to revenue.
Operating Expenses. The table below includes data related to the Company's operating expenses for the three months ended June 30 (in millions, except for percentage changes):
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Salaries and related costs$2,878
 $2,842
 $36
 1.3
$3,057
 $2,878
 $179
 6.2
Aircraft fuel2,390
 1,669
 721
 43.2
2,385
 2,390
 (5) (0.2)
Regional capacity purchase681
 549
 132
 24.0
715
 693
 22
 3.2
Landing fees and other rent603
 541
 62
 11.5
660
 625
 35
 5.6
Depreciation and amortization557
 536
 21
 3.9
560
 538
 22
 4.1
Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs438
 472
 (34) (7.2)421
 438
 (17) (3.9)
Distribution expenses393
 385
 8
 2.1
442
 393
 49
 12.5
Aircraft rent119
 152
 (33) (21.7)73
 119
 (46) (38.7)
Special charges129
 44
 85
 NM
71
 129
 (58) NM
Other operating expenses1,428
 1,381
 47
 3.4
1,546
 1,429
 117
 8.2
Total operating expenses$9,616
 $8,571
 $1,045
 12.2
$9,930
 $9,632
 $298
 3.1
Salaries and related costs increased $36$179 million, or 1.3%6.2%, in the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to contractually higher pay rates, andhigher benefit expenses driven by collective bargaining agreements,(primarily healthcare-related) and a 0.8%4.7% increase in average full-time equivalent employees.
Aircraft fuel expense increased $721 million, or 43.2%, in the second quarter of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to a 38.7% increase in the average price per gallon of aircraft fuel and a 4.8% increase in capacity.
  


Regional capacity purchase increased $132Aircraft fuel expense decreased by $5 million, or 24.0%0.2%, in the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period. The table below presents the significant changes in aircraft fuel cost per gallon in the three month period ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the year-ago period:
 (In millions)   Average price per gallon
 2019 2018 %
Change
 2019 2018 %
Change
Fuel expense$2,385
 $2,390
 (0.2)% $2.16
 $2.26
 (4.4)%
Total fuel consumption (gallons)1,102
 1,058
 4.2 %      
Landing fees and other rent increased $35 million, or 5.6%, in the second quarter of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to increased regional flying related to the Company's initiative to improve connectivity at its domestic hubs, as well as rate increases under variousrates and capacity purchase agreements with regional carriers.growth.
Landing fees and other rentDistribution expenses increased $62$49 million, or 11.5%12.5%, in the second quarter of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period due to increased rates and capacity growth.
Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs decreased $34 million, or 7.2%, in the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to lower rateshigher credit card and volume mixtravel agency booking fees as a result of maintenance events.the overall increase in passenger revenue.
Aircraft rent decreased $33$46 million, or 21.7%38.7%, in the second quarter of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period, primarily due to the purchase of leased aircraft and lease term expirations.the conversion of certain operating leases to finance leases.
Other operating expenses increased $47 million, or 3.4%, in the second quarter of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period due to increases in purchased services related to our airport operations, technology initiatives, and trucking and handling of cargo shipments.
Details of the Company's special charges include the following for the three months ended June 30 (in millions):
2018 20172019 2018
Impairment of assets$111
 $
$61
 $111
Severance and benefit costs11
 41
6
 11
(Gains) losses on sale of assets and other special charges7
 3
4
 7
Special charges$129
 $44
$71
 $129
See Note 1012 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.
Other operating expenses increased $117 million, or 8.2%, in the second quarter of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period, primarily due to an increase in purchased services related to our airport operations resulting from capacity growth and weather-related events, technology initiatives, facility projects and crew-related expenses.
Nonoperating Income (Expense). The following table illustrates the year-over-year dollar and percentage changes in the Company's nonoperating income (expense) for the three months ended June 30 (in millions, except for percentage changes):
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Interest expense$(177) $(167) $10
 6.0
$(191) $(163) $28
 17.2
Interest capitalized14
 21
 (7) (33.3)21
 12
 9
 75.0
Interest income25
 13
 12
 92.3
38
 25
 13
 52.0
Miscellaneous, net(166) (27) 139
 NM
14
 (164) (178) (108.5)
Total$(304) $(160) $144
 90.0
$(118) $(290) $(172) (59.3)
Miscellaneous, net includes,Interest expense increased $28 million, or 17.2%, in the second quarter of 2018, a $135 million loss2019 as compared to the year-ago period, primarily due to the conversion of certain operating leases to finance leases and debt issued for the changeacquisition of new aircraft.
Miscellaneous, net decreased $178 million, or 108.5%, in market valuethe second quarter of 2019 as compared to the Company's equity investmentyear-ago period, primarily due to fluctuations in Azul, S.A. ("Azul").the mark-to-market of certain financial instruments.
Income Taxes.See Note 5 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for information related to income taxes.
First Six Months 20182019 Compared to First Six Months 20172018
The Company recorded net income of $831 million$1.3 billion in the first six months of 20182019 as compared to net income of $920 million$0.8 billion in the first six months of 2017.2018. The Company considers a key measure of its performance to be operating income, which was $2.0 billion for the first six months of 2019, as compared to $1.4 billion for the first six months of 2018, as compared to $1.8 billion for the first six months of 2017, a $320$560 million decreaseincrease year-over-year. Significant components of the Company's operating results for the six months ended June 30 are as follows (in
  


follows (in millions, except percentage changes):
 2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Increase (Decrease) 2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Operating revenue $19,809
 $18,434
 $1,375
 7.5
 $20,991
 $19,809
 $1,182
 6.0
Operating expense 18,372
 16,677
 1,695
 10.2
 19,024
 18,402
 622
 3.4
Operating income 1,437
 1,757
 (320) (18.2) 1,967
 1,407
 560
 39.8
Nonoperating expense (396) (330) 66
 20.0
Nonoperating income (expense) (246) (370) (124) (33.5)
Income tax expense 210
 507
 (297) (58.6) 377
 209
 168
 80.4
Net income $831
 $920
 $(89) (9.7) $1,344
 $828
 $516
 62.3
Certain consolidated statistical information for the Company's operations for the six months ended June 30 is as follows:
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) 
% Increase
(Decrease)
2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Passengers (thousands) (a)75,553
 71,352
 4,201
 5.979,046
 75,553
 3,493
 4.6
RPMs (millions) (b)109,794
 103,967
 5,827
 5.6116,098
 109,794
 6,304
 5.7
ASMs (millions) (c)132,679
 127,275
 5,404
 4.2138,885
 132,679
 6,206
 4.7
Passenger load factor (d)82.8% 81.7% 1.1 pts.
 N/A83.6% 82.8% 0.8 pts.
 N/A
PRASM (cents)13.59
 13.20
 0.39
 3.013.83
 13.59
 0.24
 1.8
Yield (cents) (e)16.42
 16.16
 0.26
 1.616.55
 16.42
 0.13
 0.8
CTM (millions)1,636
 1,672
 (36) (2.2)
CASM (cents)13.85
 13.10
 0.75
 5.713.70
 13.87
 (0.17) (1.2)
Average price per gallon of fuel, including fuel taxes$2.19
 $1.67
 $0.52
 31.1$2.11
 $2.19
 $(0.08) (3.7)
Fuel gallons consumed (millions)1,990
 1,933
 57
 2.92,087
 1,990
 97
 4.9
Average full-time equivalent employees86,200
 85,600
 600
 0.789,761
 86,157
 3,604
 4.2
(a) The number of revenue passengers measured by each flight segment flown.
(b) The number of scheduled miles flown by revenue passengers.
(c) The number of seats available for passengers multiplied by the number of scheduled miles those seats are flown.
(d) Revenue passenger miles divided by available seat miles.
(e) The average passenger revenue received for each revenue passenger mile flown.
Operating Revenue
The table below shows year-over-year comparisons by type of operating revenue for the six months ended June 30 (in millions, except for percentage changes):
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Passenger revenue$18,030
 $16,804
 $1,226
 7.3$19,211
 $18,030
 $1,181
 6.6
Cargo607
 511
 96
 18.8581
 607
 (26) (4.3)
Other operating revenue1,172
 1,119
 53
 4.71,199
 1,172
 27
 2.3
Total operating revenue$19,809
 $18,434
 $1,375
 7.5$20,991
 $19,809
 $1,182
 6.0
The table below presents selected passenger revenue and operating data, broken out by geographic region, expressed as year-over-year changes for the six months ended June 30, 20182019 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2017:2018:
 Domestic Atlantic Pacific Latin Consolidated
Increase (decrease) from 2018:         
Passenger revenue (in millions)$764
 $182
 $84
 $151
 $1,181
Passenger revenue6.9% 5.9 % 3.9 % 9.3% 6.6%
Average fare per passenger2.4% (2.6)% (0.8)% 4.3% 1.8%
Yield1.1% (2.8)% 0.5 % 4.3% 0.8%
PRASM1.2% (0.8)% 3.7 % 5.7% 1.8%
Passengers4.3% 8.7 % 4.7 % 4.7% 4.6%
RPMs (traffic)5.7% 9.0 % 3.3 % 4.8% 5.7%
ASMs (capacity)5.5% 6.8 % 0.2 % 3.4% 4.7%
Passenger load factor (points)0.1
 1.6
 2.4
 1.1
 0.8
  


 Domestic Atlantic Pacific Latin Consolidated
Increase (decrease) from 2017:         
Passenger revenue (in millions)$841
 $344
 $55
 $(14) $1,226
Passenger revenue8.2% 12.6% 2.6 % (0.9)% 7.3%
Average fare per passenger0.8% 1.3% 8.8 % 2.9 % 1.3%
Yield1.7% 1.0% 1.3 % (0.6)% 1.6%
PRASM1.7% 8.2% 0.9 % 1.1 % 3.0%
Passengers7.3% 11.1% (5.7)% (3.7)% 5.9%
RPMs (traffic)6.3% 11.5% 1.3 % (0.3)% 5.6%
ASMs (capacity)6.4% 4.0% 1.6 % (1.9)% 4.2%
Passenger load factor (points)(0.1)
 5.2
 (0.2)
 1.5
 1.1
Consolidated passengerPassenger revenue in the first six months of 20182019 increased $1.2 billion, or 7.3%6.6%, as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to a 5.6%5.7% increase in traffic. Consolidated PRASM and consolidated yield for the first six months of 20182019 increased 3.0% and 1.6%1.8%, respectively, as compared to the first six months of 20172018, as a result of improved close inincreased close-in demand in the domestic markets and overall demand improvements in the Atlantic markets.
Cargo revenue increased $96 million, or 18.8%, in the first six months of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to higher volumes and yield on international freight.Latin markets.
Operating Expenses
The table below includes data related to the Company's operating expenses for the six months ended June 30 (in millions, except for percentage changes):
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Salaries and related costs$5,604
 $5,478
 $126
 2.3
$5,930
 $5,604
 $326
 5.8
Aircraft fuel4,355
 3,229
 1,126
 34.9
4,408
 4,355
 53
 1.2
Regional capacity purchase1,300
 1,085
 215
 19.8
1,403
 1,323
 80
 6.0
Landing fees and other rent1,161
 1,085
 76
 7.0
1,248
 1,204
 44
 3.7
Depreciation and amortization1,098
 1,054
 44
 4.2
1,107
 1,062
 45
 4.2
Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs878
 926
 (48) (5.2)829
 878
 (49) (5.6)
Distribution expenses735
 704
 31
 4.4
802
 735
 67
 9.1
Aircraft rent246
 331
 (85) (25.7)154
 246
 (92) (37.4)
Special charges169
 95
 74
 NM
89
 169
 (80) NM
Other operating expenses2,826
 2,690
 136
 5.1
3,054
 2,826
 228
 8.1
Total operating expenses$18,372
 $16,677
 $1,695
 10.2
$19,024
 $18,402
 $622
 3.4
Salaries and related costs increased $126$326 million, or 2.3%5.8%, in the first six months of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to contractually higher pay rates, higher benefit expenses (primarily healthcare-related), and a 4.2% increase in average full-time equivalent employees.
Aircraft fuel expense increased $53 million, or 1.2%, in the first six months of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period. The table below presents the significant changes in aircraft fuel cost per gallon in the six month period ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the year-ago period:
 (In millions)   Average price per gallon
 2019 2018 %
Change
 2019 2018 %
Change
Fuel expense$4,408
 $4,355
 1.2% $2.11
 $2.19
 (3.7)%
Total fuel consumption (gallons)2,087
 1,990
 4.9%      
Regional capacity purchase increased $80 million, or 6.0%, in the first six months of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to a 5.2% increase in the 50-seat aircraft capacity and rate increases under various capacity purchase agreements with regional carriers.
Aircraft maintenance materials and outside repairs decreased $49 million, or 5.6%, in the first six months of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to timing of maintenance events and rate changes under certain engine maintenance contracts.
Distribution expenses increased $67 million, or 9.1%, in the first six months of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period, primarily due to higher pay ratescredit card and benefit expenses driven by collective bargaining agreements, andtravel agency booking fees as a 0.7%result of the overall increase in average full-time equivalent employees, partially offset by a decrease in employee incentive programs expense.passenger revenue.
Aircraft fuel increased $1.1 billion,rent decreased $92 million, or 34.9%37.4%, in the first six months of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to a 31.1% increase in the average price per gallon of aircraft fuel and a 4.2% increase in capacity.
Regional capacity purchase increased $215 million, or 19.8%, in the first six months of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to increased regional flying related to the Company's initiative to improve connectivity at its domestic hubs, as well as rate increases under various capacity purchase agreements with regional carriers.
Landing fees and other rent increased $76 million, or 7.0%, in the first six months of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period, primarily due to increased rates and capacity growth.
Aircraft rent decreased $85 million, or 25.7%, in the first six months of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period, primarily due to the purchase of leased aircraft and lease term expirations.the conversion of certain operating leases to finance leases.
  


Other operating expenses increased $136 million, or 5.1%, in the first six months of 2018 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to increases in purchased services related to our airport operations, technology initiatives, trucking and handling of cargo shipments, and increased volumes of onboard food and beverages.
Details of the Company's special charges include the following for the six months ended June 30 (in millions):
2018 20172019 2018
Impairment of assets$134
 $
$69
 $134
Severance and benefit costs25
 78
12
 25
(Gains) losses on sale of assets and other special charges10
 17
8
 10
Special charges$169
 $95
$89
 $169
See Note 1012 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.
Other operating expenses increased $228 million, or 8.1%, in the first six months of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period primarily due to an increase in purchased services related to our airport operations resulting from capacity growth and weather-related events, technology initiatives, facility projects and crew-related expenses.
Nonoperating Income (Expense). The following table illustrates the year-over-year dollar and percentage changes in the Company's nonoperating income (expense) for the six months ended June 30 (in millions, except for percentage changes):
2018 2017 Increase (Decrease) % Change2019 2018 Increase (Decrease) % Change
Interest expense$(353) $(329) $24
 7.3
$(379) $(325) $54
 16.6
Interest capitalized33
 44
 (11) (25.0)43
 30
 13
 43.3
Interest income42
 24
 18
 75.0
67
 42
 25
 59.5
Miscellaneous, net(118) (69) 49
 71.0
23
 (117) (140) (119.7)
Total$(396) $(330) $66
 20.0
$(246) $(370) $(124) (33.5)
Miscellaneous, net includes,Interest expense increased $54 million, or 16.6%, in the first six months of 2018, a $90 million loss for the change in market value of the Company's equity investment in Azul, and $22 million of non-service cost component of the pension and postretirement net periodic benefit cost2019 as compared to $51the year-ago period, primarily due to the conversion of certain operating leases to finance leases and debt issued for the acquisition of new aircraft.
Miscellaneous, net decreased $140 million, or 119.7%, in the first six months of 2019 as compared to the year-ago period.period, primarily due to fluctuations in the mark-to-market of certain financial instruments.
Income Taxes. See Note 5 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for information related to income taxes.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Current Liquidity
As of June 30, 20182019, the Company had $5.1$5.4 billion in unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, as compared to $3.8$4.0 billion at December 31, 2017. The2018. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had its entire commitment capacity of $2.0 billion under the revolving credit facility of the the Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (as amended, the "2017 Credit Agreement") available for borrowings. In May 2018, the 2017 Credit Agreement was amended to reduce the interest rate on the term loan by 0.25%. At June 30, 20182019, the Company also had $107$105 million of restricted cash and cash equivalents, which is primarily collateral for letters of credit and collateral associated with obligations for facility leases and workers' compensation.other insurance-related obligations.
We have a significant amount of fixed obligations, including debt aircraft leases and financings, leases of aircraft, airport property and other facilities, and pension funding obligations. At As of June 30, 20182019, the Company had approximately $14.5 billion of debt and capitalfinance lease obligations, including $1.0$1.4 billion that will become due in the next 12 months. In addition, we have substantial noncancelable commitments for capital expenditures, including the acquisition of certain new aircraft and related spare engines. As of June 30, 2018,2019, our current liabilities exceeded our current assets by approximately $5.2$7.2 billion. However, approximately $8.0$8.6 billion of our current liabilities are related to our advance ticket sales and frequent flyer deferred revenue, both of which largely represent revenue to be recognized for travel in the near future and not actual cash outlays. The deficit in working capital does not have an adverse impact to our cash flows, liquidity or operations.
As of June 30, 2018,2019, United had firm commitments and options to purchase aircraft from The Boeing Company ("Boeing") and, Airbus S.A.S. ("Airbus") and Embraer S.A. ("Embraer") presented in the table below:
  


Aircraft TypeNumber of Firm
Commitments (a)
Airbus A35045
Boeing 737 MAX155
Boeing 777-300ER1
Boeing 78718
(a) United also has options, purchase and other rights for additional aircraft.
    Scheduled Aircraft Deliveries
Aircraft Type Number of Firm
Commitments (a)
 Last Six Months of 2019 2020 After 2020
Airbus A350 45
 
 
 45
Boeing 737 MAX 171
 16
 28
 127
Boeing 777-300ER 4
 2
 2
 
Boeing 787 18
 2
 15
 1
Embraer E175 38
 18
 20
 
(a) United also has options and purchase rights for additional aircraft.        
The aircraft listed in the table above are scheduled for delivery through 2027. To the extent the Company and the aircraft manufacturers with whom the Company has existing orders for new aircraft agree to modify the contracts governing those orders, the amount and timing of the Company's future capital commitments could change. For the remainder of 2018, the Company expects to take delivery of three Boeing 787 aircraft, four Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, one Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and three used Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. In July 2018, United entered into an agreement to purchase 25 new Embraer E175 aircraft with expected delivery dates scheduled in 2019. United also has an agreementagreements to purchase 20 used Airbus A319 aircraft with expected delivery dates scheduledthrough 2022 and 19 used Boeing 737-700 aircraft with expected delivery dates in 2020 and2019 through 2021.
On March 13, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order prohibiting the operation of Boeing 737 MAX series airplanes by U.S. certificated operators (the "FAA Order"). As a result, the Company grounded all 14 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft in its fleet. Prior to the grounding, the Company operated approximately 50 flights a day on these aircraft, and expected, given the anticipated delivery schedule, to operate approximately 110 flights a day by the end of the year. The FAA Order also resulted in Boeing suspending delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX series aircraft. The extent of the delay to the scheduled deliveries of the 737 MAX aircraft included in the table above is expected to be impacted by the length of time the FAA Order remains in place, Boeing's production rate and the pace at which Boeing can deliver aircraft following the lifting of the FAA Order, among other factors.
As of June 30, 2018,2019, United had $148 million in financing available through a previously issued enhanced equipment trust certificates (“EETC”) transaction that it intends to use for the financing of certain aircraft delivered in the second half of 2019. Certain of these EETC proceeds were expected to be used to purchase equipment notes issued by United and secured by three Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which aircraft were scheduled for delivery by Boeing in March, April and May of 2019. However, as a result of the FAA Order, United has not yet taken delivery of these three aircraft. If United is not in a position to take delivery of such 737 MAX aircraft on or prior to November 30, 2019, any funds remaining with the depositary in escrow at such time, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon but without premium, will be distributed to the holders of the 2019-1 Pass Through Certificates. See Note 11 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information on aircraft financing.
As of June 30, 2019, UAL and United have total capital commitments primarily related to the acquisition of aircraft and related spare engines, aircraft improvements and include otherall non-aircraft capital purchase commitments for approximately $22.4$24.3 billion, of which approximately $1.7$2.2 billion, $5.9 billion, $4.0 billion, $3.3 billion, $3.0 billion, $2.8 billion, $1.8$2.0 billion and $9.8$6.9 billion are due in the last six months of 20182019 and for the full year for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and thereafter, respectively. AnyCommitments for 2020 are expected to be higher than other years due to the large number of wide-body aircraft deliveries (17 new firm aircraft orders, including throughaircraft) scheduled in that year. Amounts are not adjusted for any potential changes in the exercise of purchase options and purchase rights, will increase the total future capital commitmentsdelivery schedule of the Company.Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Financing may be necessary to satisfy the Company's capital commitments for its firm order aircraft and other related capital expenditures. The Company has secured backstop financing commitments available from certain of its aircraft manufacturers for a limited number of its future aircraft deliveries, subject to certain customary conditions. See Note 911 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information on aircraft financing.
As of June 30, 2018,2019, a substantial portion of the Company's assets, principally aircraft, certain route authorities and airport slots, was pledged under various loan and other agreements. We must sustain our profitability and/or access the capital markets to meet our significant long-term debt and capitalfinance lease obligations and future commitments for capital expenditures, including the acquisition of aircraft and related spare engines.
Credit Ratings. As of the filing date of this report, UAL and United had the following corporate credit ratings:

 S&P Moody's Fitch
UALBB Ba2 BB
UnitedBB * BB
 * The credit agency does not issue corporate credit ratings for subsidiary entities.
These credit ratings are below investment grade levels.levels; however, the Company has been able to secure financing with investment grade credit ratings for certain enhanced equipment trust certificates ("EETCs") and term loans. Downgrades from thesecurrent rating levels, among other things, could restrict the availability and/or increase the cost of future financing for the Company.
Sources and Uses of Cash
Operating Activities.Cash flowflows provided by operations was $4.2were $4.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 20182019 compared to $2.1$4.2 billion in the same period in 2017. Operating2018. The increase is primarily attributable to an increase in operating income which was $2.0 billion for the first six months of 2018 was $1.4 billion, compared to $1.8 billion in 2017. Changes in working capital items increased $2.3 billion year-over-year, which accounted for the increase in cash flow from operations, including a $0.5 billion increase in advance ticket sales associated with our overall traffic growth, a $0.5 billion increase in mileage sales to our co-branded credit card partner due to full utilization of the pre-purchased miles in 2017, a $0.4 billion increase related to timing of accounts payable, a $0.3 billion decrease in employee incentive payments in the first six months of 20182019 as compared to the year-ago period, a $0.2$1.4 billion increase in prepayments in the first six months of 2017 and $0.4 billion increasesame period in other accrued liabilities.2018.
Investing Activities.Capital expenditures were approximately $1.7$2.5 billion and $1.8$1.7 billion in the six months ended June 30, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively. Capital expenditures for the six months ended June 30, 20182019 were primarily attributable to additions of new aircraft, aircraft improvements, and increases in facility and information technology assets.

Financing Activities.During the six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, the Company made debt and capitalfinance lease payments of $1.4 billion.$536 million.
In the six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, United received and recorded $1.2 billion$865 million of proceeds as debt from the EETC pass-through trusts established in February and May 2018.2019. See Note 911 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.
In the six months ended June 30, 2019, United received and recorded $350 million of proceeds from the 4.875% Senior Notes due January 15, 2025.
Share Repurchase Programs. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2018,2019, UAL repurchased approximately 5.96.4 million and 14.312.7 million shares, respectively, of UAL common stock in open market transactions for $0.4$0.5 billion and $1.0$1.1 billion, respectively. As of June 30, 2018,2019, the Company had approximately $2.0$0.7 billion remaining to purchase shares under its December 2017 share repurchase program.
On July 15, 2019, UAL's Board of Directors authorized a new $3.0 billion share repurchase program to acquire UAL's common stock. UAL may repurchase shares through the open market, privately negotiated transactions, block trades or accelerated share repurchase transactions from time to time in accordance with applicable securities laws. UAL will repurchase shares of UAL common stock subject to prevailing market conditions, and may discontinue such repurchases at any time. See Part II, Item 2, Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds of this report for additional information.
Commitments, Contingencies and Liquidity Matters. As described in the Company's2018 Annual Report, on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the "2017 Annual Report"), the Company's liquidity may be adversely impacted by a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, pension funding obligations, reserve requirements associated with credit card processing agreements, guarantees, commitments and contingencies.
See the 20172018 Annual Report and Notes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
See "Critical Accounting Policies" in Part II, Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the 20172018 Annual Report. Also see Note 2 to the financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this report for a discussion of the Company's updated accounting policies on Revenue Recognition and Frequent Flyer Accounting.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain statements throughout Part I, Item 2, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and elsewhere in this report are forward-looking and thus reflect the Company's current expectations and beliefs with respect to certain current and future events and anticipated financial and operating performance. Such forward-looking statements are and will be subject to many risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's operations and business environment that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Words such as "expects," "will," "plans," "anticipates," "indicates," "believes," "estimates," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "goals", "targets" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Additionally, forward-looking statements include statements that do not relate solely to historical facts, such as statements which identify uncertainties or trends, discuss the possible future effects of current known trends or uncertainties, or which indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties cannot be predicted, guaranteed or assured. All forward-looking statements in this report are based upon information available to us on the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

Our actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to numerous factors including, without limitation, the following: our ability to execute our strategic operating plan, including our growth, revenue-generating and cost-control initiatives; general economic conditions (including interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, investment or credit market conditions, crude oil prices, costs of aircraft fuel and energy refining capacity in relevant markets); economic and political instability and other risks of doing business globally, including instability and political developments that may impact our operations in certain countries; demand for travel and the impact that global economic and political conditions have on customer travel patterns; competitive pressures on pricing and on demand; demand for transportation in the markets in which we operate; our capacity decisions and the capacity decisions of our competitors; competitive pressures on pricing and on demand; changes in aircraft fuel prices; disruptions in our supply of aircraft fuel; our ability to cost-effectively hedge against increases in the effectsprice of any hostilities, act of war or terrorist attack;aircraft fuel, if we decide to do so; the effects of any technology failures or cybersecurity breaches; disruptions to services provided by third-party service providers; potential reputational or other impact from adverse events involving our aircraft or operations, the aircraft or operations of our regional carriers or our code share partners or the aircraft or operations of another airline; our ability to attract and retain customers; the effects of any terrorist attacks, international hostilities or other security events, or the fear of such events; the mandatory grounding of aircraft in our fleet; disruptions to our regional network; the impact of regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks; disruptions tothe success of our regional network;investments in other airlines, including in other parts of the world; industry consolidation or changes in airline alliances; the ability of other air carriers with whom we have alliances or partnerships to provide the services contemplated by the respective arrangements with such carriers; costs associated with any modification or termination of our aircraft orders; potential reputationaldisruptions in the availability of aircraft, parts or other impact from adverse events in our operations, the operations of our regional carriers or the operations of our code share partners; our ability to attract and retain customers; our ability to execute our operational plans and revenue-generating initiatives, including optimizing our revenue; our ability to

control our costs, including realizing benefitssupport from our resource optimization efforts, cost reduction initiatives and fleet replacement programs; the impact of any management changes; our ability to cost-effectively hedge against increases in the price of aircraft fuel if we decide to do so; any potential realized or unrealized gains or losses related to any fuel or currency hedging programs; labor costs;suppliers; our ability to maintain satisfactory labor relations and the results of any collective bargaining agreement process with our union groups; any disruptions to operations due to any potential actions by our labor groups; labor costs; an outbreak of a disease that affects travel demand or travel behavior; the impact of any management changes; extended interruptions or disruptions in service at major airports where we operate; U.S. or foreign governmental legislation, regulation and other actions (including Open Skies agreements, environmental regulations and environmental regulations)the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union); industry consolidation or changes inthe seasonality of the airline alliances;industry; weather conditions; the costs and availability of aviation and other insurance; the costs and availability of financing; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity; our ability to comply with the terms of our various financing arrangements; the costs and availability of financing; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity;realize the costs and availability of aviation and other insurance; weather conditions; our ability to utilize our net operating losses to offset future taxable income; the impact of changes in tax laws; the successfull value of our investments in airlines in other parts of the world;intangible assets and long-lived assets; and other risks and uncertainties set forth under Part I, Item 1A., Risk Factors, of our 20172018 Annual Report, and Part II, Item 1A., Risk Factors, of this report, as well as other risks and uncertainties set forth from time to time in the reports we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").



ITEM 3.     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
There have been no material changes in market risk from the information provided in Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, in our 20172018 Annual Report.
ITEM 4.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Control and Procedures
UAL and United each maintain controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted by UAL and United to the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified by the SEC's rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The management of UAL and United, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, performed an evaluation to conclude with reasonable assurance that UAL's and United's disclosure controls and procedures were designed and operating effectively to report the information each company is required to disclose in the reports they file with the SEC on a timely basis. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of UAL and United have concluded that as of June 30, 20182019, disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting during the Quarter Ended June 30, 20182019
During the three months ended June 30, 2018,2019, there were no changes in UAL's or United's internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, their internal control over financial reporting (as defined in rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
  


PART II. OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


See Part I, Item 3, Legal Proceedings, of the 20172018 Annual Report for a description of legal proceedings.


ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS


See Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, of the 20172018 Annual Report for a detailed discussion of the risk factors affecting UAL and United.United, and as set forth below:


The mandatory grounding of our Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft may have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

On March 13, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order prohibiting the operation of Boeing 737 MAX series airplanes by U.S. certificated operators (the "FAA Order"). As a result, the Company grounded all 14 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft in its fleet. Prior to the grounding, the Company operated approximately 50 flights a day on these aircraft and expected, given the anticipated delivery schedule, to operate approximately 110 flights a day by the end of the year.  The long-term operational and financial impact of this action is uncertain and could negatively affect the Company based on a number of factors, including, among others, the period of time the aircraft are unavailable, the availability of replacement aircraft, to the extent needed, and the circumstances of any reintroduction of the grounded aircraft to service. This grounding has affected the status of the scheduled delivery of the five Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft that were scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2019 and is also expected to affect the timing of future Boeing 737 MAX aircraft deliveries. The extent of the delay of future deliveries is expected to be impacted by the length of time the FAA Order remains in place, Boeing's production rate and the pace at which Boeing can deliver aircraft following the lifting of the FAA Order, among other factors.

Our significant investments in other airlines, including in other parts of the world, and the commercial relationships that we have with those carriers may not produce the returns or results we expect.
An important part of our strategy to expand our global network includes making significant investments in airlines in other parts of the world and expanding our commercial relationships with these carriers. For example, in November 2018, United entered into a revenue-sharing joint business agreement with Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. ("Avianca"), Copa Airlines and several of their respective affiliates, subject to regulatory approval. Concurrently with this transaction, United, as lender, entered into a Term Loan Agreement (the "BRW Loan Agreement") with, among others, BRW Aviation Holding LLC and BRW Aviation LLC ("BRW"), as guarantor and borrower, respectively, affiliates of Synergy Aerospace Corporation, the majority shareholder of Avianca Holdings S.A. ("AVH"). Pursuant to the BRW Loan Agreement, United provided a $456 million term loan to BRW, secured by a pledge of BRW's equity, as well as BRW's 516 million shares of common stock of AVH (having an implied value equivalent to 64.5 million American Depositary Receipts, the class of AVH securities that trades on the New York Stock Exchange). BRW is currently in default under the BRW Loan Agreement. Additionally, on May 13, 2019, S&P Global Ratings downgraded its AVH issuer level credit ratings from B to CCC+, together with accompanying downgrades for AVH's frequent flyer subsidiary, LifeMiles Ltd. ("LifeMiles"), and for certain outstanding debt of both AVH and LifeMiles. Following these downgrades, and in order to protect the value of its collateral, on May 24, 2019, United began to exercise remedies available to it under the terms of the BRW Loan Agreement and related documents. In connection with the delivery by United of a notice of default to BRW, Kingsland Holdings Limited, AVH's largest minority shareholder, was granted, in accordance with the agreements related to the BRW Loan Agreement, independent authority to manage BRW, which remains the majority shareholder of AVH.
We also have an equity investment in Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ("Azul"). See Note 9 to the financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and Note 7 and Note 8 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information regarding our investments in Avianca and Azul.
We also have investments in several domestic regional airlines. In January 2019, we completed the acquisition of a 49.9% interest in ManaAir LLC, which, as of immediately following the closing of that investment, owns 100% of the equity interests in ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., a domestic regional airline. We also have minority equity interests in Champlain Enterprises, LLC d/b/a CommutAir and Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. See Note 9 to the financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for additional information regarding our investments in regional airlines.


We expect to continue exploring similar non-controlling investments in, and entering into JBAs, commercial agreements, loan transactions and strategic alliances with, other carriers as part of our regional and global business strategy. These transactions and relationships involve significant challenges and risks. We are dependent on these other carriers for significant aspects of our network in the regions in which they operate. While we work closely with these carriers, each is a separately certificated commercial air carrier and we do not have control over their operations, strategy, management or business methods. These airlines also are subject to a number of the same risks as our business, which are described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, of this report, including competitive pressures on pricing, demand and capacity; changes in aircraft fuel pricing; and the impact of global and local political and economic conditions on operations and customer travel patterns, among others.
As a result of these and other factors, we may not realize a satisfactory return on our investment, and we may not receive repayment of any invested or loaned funds. Further, these investments may not generate the revenue or operational synergies we expect, and they may distract management focus from our operations or other strategic options. Finally, our reliance on these other carriers in the regions in which they operate may negatively impact our regional and global operations and results if those carriers are impacted by general business risks or perform below our expectations or needs. Any one or more of these events could have a material adverse effect on our operating results or financial condition.
We may also be subject to consequences from any improper behavior of JBA partners, including for failure to comply with anti-corruption laws such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Furthermore, our relationships with these carriers may be subject to the laws and regulations of non-U.S. jurisdictions in which these carriers are located or conduct business. Any political or regulatory change in these jurisdictions that negatively impact or prohibit our arrangements with these carriers could have an adverse effect on our operating results or financial condition. To the extent that the operations of any of these carriers are disrupted over an extended period of time or their actions subject us to the consequences of failure to comply with laws and regulations, our operating results may be adversely affected.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.


(a) None
(b) None
(c) The following table presents repurchases of UAL common stock made in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018:2019:
Period 
Total number of shares purchased (a)(b)
 
Average price paid per share (b)(c)
 
Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (a)
 
Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (in millions) (a)
April 2018 3,224,922
 $68.11
 3,224,922
 $2,212
May 2018 1,789,844
 68.42
 1,789,844
 2,089
June 2018 916,248
 71.15
 916,248
 2,024
Total 5,931,014
   5,931,014
  
Period 
Total number of shares purchased (a)(b)
 
Average price paid per share (b)(c)
 
Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (a)
 
Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (in millions) (a)
April 2019 1,861,200
 $85.91
 1,861,200
 $1,063
May 2019 2,471,287
 82.49
 2,471,287
 859
June 2019 2,037,089
 84.31
 2,037,089
 687
Total 6,369,576
   6,369,576
  
(a) In December 2017, UAL's Board of Directors authorized a $3.0 billion share repurchase program to acquire UAL's common stock. As of June 30, 2018,2019, the Company had approximately $2.0$0.7 billion remaining to purchase shares under its December 2017 repurchase authorization. On July 15, 2019, UAL’s Board of Directors authorized a new $3.0 billion share repurchase program.program to acquire UAL’s common stock. UAL may repurchase shares through the open market, privately negotiated transactions, block trades or accelerated share repurchase transactions from time to time in accordance with applicable securities laws.
(b) The table does not include shares withheld from employees to satisfy certain tax obligations due upon the vesting of restricted stock awards and restricted stock units. The United Continental Holdings, Inc. 2017 Incentive Compensation Plan and the United Continental Holdings, Inc. 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan each provide for the withholding of shares to satisfy tax obligations due upon the vesting of restricted stock. However, these plans do not specify a maximum number of shares that may be withheld for this purpose. A total of 1,2262,174 shares were withheld under these plans in the second quarter of 20182019 at an average price per share of $69.17.$83.97. These shares of common stock withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations may be deemed to be "issuer purchases" of shares that are required to be disclosed pursuant to this Item.
(c) Average price paid per share is calculated on a settlement basis and excludes commission.
  



ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.



EXHIBIT INDEX
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United
   
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United
   
12.24.3
UAL
United
   
31.1UAL
   
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31.3United
   
31.4United
   
32.1UAL
   
32.2United
   
101.1
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United
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101.2
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United
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101.3
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United
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
101.4
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United
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
   
101.5
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United
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
   
101.6
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United
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document




^ Confidential portion of this exhibit has been omitted and filed separately with the SEC pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.












  


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
     
   United ContinentalAirlines Holdings, Inc.
   (Registrant)
    
Date:July 18, 201817, 2019 By:/s/ Gerald Laderman
    
Gerald Laderman
Senior
Executive Vice President Finance and acting Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
   
Date:July 18, 201817, 2019 By:/s/ Chris Kenny
    
Chris Kenny
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
     
     
   United Airlines, Inc.
   (Registrant)
     
Date:July 18, 201817, 2019 By:/s/ Gerald Laderman
    
Gerald Laderman
Senior
Executive
Vice President Finance and acting Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
    
Date:July 18, 201817, 2019 By:/s/ Chris Kenny
    
Chris Kenny
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)




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