Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference October 3, Ted North Managing Director Corporate Finance

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1 Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference October 3, 2017 Ted North Managing Director Corporate Finance

2 Safe Harbor Statement Certain statements included in this presentation are forward-looking and thus reflect our 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 our 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, forecast, guidance, outlook, goals 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 presentation are based upon information available to us on the date of this release. 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 comply with the terms of our various financing arrangements; the costs and availability of financing; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity; our ability to execute our operational plans and revenue-generating initiatives, including optimizing our revenue; our ability to control our costs, including realizing benefits from our resource optimization efforts, cost reduction initiatives and fleet replacement programs; costs associated with any modification or termination of our aircraft orders; our ability to utilize our net operating losses; our ability to attract and retain customers; potential reputational or other impact from adverse events in our operations; demand for transportation in the markets in which we operate; an outbreak of a disease that affects travel demand or travel behavior; demand for travel and the impact that global economic and political conditions have on customer travel patterns; excessive taxation and the inability to offset future taxable income; 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); our ability to cost-effectively hedge against increases in the price of aircraft fuel, if we decide to do so; economic and political instability and other risks of doing business globally; the effects of any hostilities, act of war or terrorist attack; 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; the effects of any technology failures or cybersecurity breaches; disruptions to our regional network; the costs and availability of aviation and other insurance; industry consolidation or changes in airline alliances; the success of our investments in airlines in other parts of the world; competitive pressures on pricing and on demand; our capacity decisions and the capacity decisions of our competitors; U.S. or foreign governmental legislation, regulation and other actions (including Open Skies agreements and environmental regulations); the impact of regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks; the impact of any management changes; labor costs; 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; weather conditions; and other risks and uncertainties set forth under Part I, Item 1A., Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, 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. 2

3 Key investment highlights Managing business to maximize margin and ROIC Defined strategy to close margin gap to peers by 2020 Managing costs and disciplined capital investment Strong liquidity levels and healthy balance sheet 3

4 Harvey impact Operations at IAH were suspended for over four days Ramp up to full schedule took another week (Friday, September 8th) Over 7,400 flights cancelled due to the storm impact Our employees rallied to restore service faster than originally anticipated Local demand will be impacted in the near-term but for connecting customers it s business as usual Expect some impact in 4Q17 dependent on pace of recovery on local IAH demand 4

5 Improved operational performance continues in 2017 Employee engagement Departure:00 1 (year-to-date) Completion Factor (year-to-date) Tools & technology 63.2% 65.7% 98.4% 98.8% 98.9% Operational simplification 51.3% Out and back flying Based on scheduled flights departing by or before scheduled departure time Note: Mainline flights only; results January through August for each year 5

6 Creating the world s leading network SFO (#3) SFO (#3) LAX (#2) DEN (#9) DEN (#9) ORD (#4) ORD (#4) IAD (#5) EWR (#1) EWR (#1) LAX (#2) We are committed to higher connectivity in our hubs IAH (#12) IAH (#12) IAD (#5) Focused on competing and gaining market share in local competitive markets Plan to increase spokes and international service by increasing service to our hubs Note: Ranked by origin and destination passengers 6

7 Network changes started this summer driven by bottoms-up review Driving connectivity at our hubs is key to improving domestic network profitability 7

8 Optimizing the network Introducing new and expanded flying: Starting LAX-Singapore and EWR-Buenos Aires this fall; IAH-Sydney this winter Increasing year-round service to Hawaii and adding seasonal ski destinations New seasonal service to Zurich, Edinburgh, Porto and Reykjavik starting next summer While also reducing service where results don t meet our expectations: Exiting service from SFO-Hangzhou, China and EWR-Birmingham, UK EWR-Shannon and EWR-Glasgow become seasonal service Next steps: Delivering better connectivity by re-banking starting with IAH in 4Q17 8

9 Expect to grow non-fuel unit costs less than 1% year-over-year after 2017 Non-fuel CASM outlook 1 Year-over-year H/(L) Work Group Contract Amendable Date 2.5% - 3.5% Pilots 2019 ~3.5% Less than 1.0% Flight Attendants 2021 Dispatchers 2021 IAM-represented 2021 Technicians 2022 ~(0.5%) FY17E 2016 ratified labor agreements Core unit cost growth Avg annual FY18E - FY20E Core unit cost growth including 2016 labor agreements Long-term unit cost projection based on assumption of 1.5% annual capacity growth 1 Non-fuel CASM (operating expense per available seat mile) excludes fuel, profit sharing, third-party expenses and special charges such as the impact of certain primarily non-cash impairment, severance and other similar accounting charges. For additional information, see Appendix A 9

10 Cost savings initiatives Expected run-rate savings 1 ($M) Key cost levers Increasing operational efficiency $200 $400 $500 $600 $ Better utilizing assets & people Strategic purchasing New technology Controlling costs with the goal of growing expense at a slower rate than capacity leading to higher margin incremental flying 1 As compared to

11 Focused on balanced capital allocation Strong liquidity Healthy balance sheet Disciplined capital expenditures Measured shareholder return 11

12 Strong liquidity position Quarter-end unrestricted liquidity ($B) $5B - $6B is the optimal liquidity level $6.2 $6.4 $6.6 Absorb seasonality of the business $1.35 $5.8 $1.35 $2.0 $2.0 Minimum target balance $5.0B (~$1.5B peak to trough) Meets debt and capital expenditure commitments $4.9 $4.4 $4.4 $4.6 Provides sufficient liquidity under extreme stress-test (e.g. Sept. 11th) scenario Q Q Q Q Increased revolving credit facility to $2B in 1Q17 with the full amount currently undrawn Revolving credit facility Unrestricted cash and short-term investments 12

13 Unencumbered asset base is a source of additional liquidity Unencumbered Assets 1 ($B) +233% $7.0 $4.2 UAL has made significant progress paying down debt and unencumbering assets $2.1 $1.4 $0.7 YE11 $2.8 2Q17 Secured debt market often remains open during challenging economic environment Aircraft Non-aircraft 1 Non-aircraft includes spare engines, spare parts, routes, slots, simulators, ground equipment, passenger loading bridges and other property 13

14 United s balance sheet is well positioned among peers Adjusted debt 2Q17 Debt, pension and post-retirement obligations ($B) $40.6 $7.5 United Leverage LTM 2Q17 Net Income ($B) $2.3 +$19.5 $8.3 EBITDA 2 ($B) $6.5 Debt/EBITDA 2 2.6x $21.1 $3.3 $4.6 $13.2 $20.9 $9.6 $2.3 $9.0 $24.9 Adj. Debt/EBITDA 2 3.3x UAL credit ratings Moody s Fitch S&P Ba2 BB BB- Pension and post-retirement liability Aircraft rent, capitalized 1 Debt and capital lease obligations Upgraded January 2017 Upgraded October 2016 Positive Outlook 1 Aircraft rent capitalized at 7x, see Appendix A 2 For a GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation, see Appendix A Source: SEC filings; Numbers may not sum due to rounding 14

15 Update on Airbus A350 order Changed model variant to A Order increases by 10 aircraft to 45 aircraft A better fit and size for the United network Deferred deliveries until late 2022 through 2027 Aligning delivery of aircraft to potential retirements A is a good replacement aircraft for the Boeing ER fleet In 2022, Boeing ER aircraft begin to reach 25 years of age Capex spend deferred to correspond to modified delivery dates 2018 capex guidance update from July 1 already reflects the deferral of the four A350s 1 July 18, 2017 Investor Update - The Company expects full-year 2017 gross capital expenditures to be between $4.6 billion and $4.8 billion and full-year 2018 gross capital expenditures to be approximately $1 billion lower than 2017 gross capital expenditures 15

16 Disciplined capital investment Adjusted capital expenditures ($B) ~($1.0B) $4.6 - $4.8 $3.5 $1.0 $3.3 $1.2 ~$1.4 $2.5 $2.1 $3.2 - $3.4 FY15 1 FY16 1 FY17E FY18E Non-aircraft Aircraft 2017 represents peak spending for capital expenditures due to widebody deliveries 1 Including assets acquired through the issuance of debt, airport construction financing and excluding fully reimbursable projects. For a GAAP to non-gaap reconciliation, see Appendix A 16

17 Looking forward Building on operational momentum from first half of the year Revenue management (Gemini) enhancements showing positive results in early stage roll out Network changes will drive better hub connectivity and improved product: Houston (IAH) re-bank in 4Q 2017; Chicago (ORD) & Denver (DEN) in 2018 More catchment area flying improves hub feed Optimizing mainline vs. regional aircraft deployment in large business markets Maximizing 70/76-seat aircraft scope clause Actively managing international network Segmentation - maturation of Basic Economy and decision forthcoming on Premium Economy Intensely focused on cost opportunity 17

18 Top priorities for 2018 Network optimization Drive better hub connectivity through re-banking and expanding catchment area flying Capture unique opportunities and reallocate aircraft where necessary Focus on eliminating costs and improving efficiency Bottoms-up budgeting Continue focus on customer and operational improvement Holistically review and modify customer policies and procedures and enhance customer experience Build on 2017 momentum in key operating metrics including on-time, completion factor and MBR Invest in technology and digital to drive better business results Examples include: Gemini (revenue management system), untethering our workforce with increased mobile capabilities, completing Flight Attendant JCBA implementation and using analytics to drive high-margin revenue Financial priority in 2018 is to drive margin expansion and improve earnings 18

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20 Appendix A: reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP financial measures CASM is a common metric used in the airline industry to measure an airline s cost structure and efficiency. UAL reports CASM excluding profit sharing, third-party business expenses, fuel, and special charges and also presents a measure of CASM with the additional exclusion of the impact from the new labor agreements. UAL believes that adjusting for special charges is useful to investors because special charges are non-recurring charges not indicative of UAL s ongoing performance. UAL believes that excluding third-party business expenses, such as maintenance, ground handling and catering services for third parties, fuel sales and non-air mileage redemptions, provides more meaningful disclosure because these expenses are not directly related to UAL s core business. UAL also believes that excluding fuel costs from certain measures is useful to investors because it provides an additional measure of management s performance excluding the effects of a significant cost item over which management has limited influence. UAL excludes profit sharing as the exclusion allows investors to better understand and analyze our recurring cost performance and provide a more meaningful comparison of our core operating costs to the airline industry. Year Ended December 31, 2017E Non-Fuel CASM (Year-over-Year High/Low percentage change) Low High CASM, excluding special charges and profit sharing (a) (Non-GAAP) % Less: Third-party business expenses and fuel (b) CASM, excluding special charges, profit sharing, third-party business expenses and fuel (Non-GAAP) Less: Labor agreements ratified in CASM, excluding special charges, profit sharing, third-party business expenses, fuel and labor agreements ratified in 2016 (Non-GAAP) (1.0) 0.0 % (a) Excludes special charges, such as the impact of certain primarily non-cash impairment, severance and other similar accounting charges. While the Company anticipates that it will record such special charges throughout the year, at this time the Company is unable to provide an estimate of these charges, as well as an estimate of full-year profit sharing, with reasonable certainty. Accordingly, the Company is unable to provide guidance for CASM on a GAAP basis. (b) Both the cost and availability of fuel are subject to many economic and political factors and are therefore beyond the Company s control. Accordingly, the Company is unable to provide guidance for CASM on a GAAP basis. 20

21 Appendix A: reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP financial measures (continued) UAL provides financial metrics, including earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) that we believe provides useful supplemental information for management and investors by measuring profit and profit as a percentage of total operating revenues. These financial metrics are adjusted for special charges that are non-recurring and that management believes are not indicative of UAL s ongoing performance. Adjusted EBITDA also includes hedge adjustments to reflect the cash impact of fuel derivative contracts settled in the current period. We believe adjusting debt to include: pension liabilities, post-retirement liabilities and aircraft rent times seven provides useful supplemental information by informing the investors of our total long-term financing obligations. Aircraft rent is multiplied by seven per industry standards. Twelve Months Ended EBITDA (in millions) June 30, 2017 Net income (GAAP) $2,276 Adjusted for: Depreciation and amortization 2,061 Interest expense 606 Interest capitalized (88) Interest income (49) Income tax expense 1,537 Special charges and hedge adjustments before income taxes 116 Adjusted EBITDA, excluding special charges and reflecting hedge adjustments (Non-GAAP) $6,459 Adjusted Debt (in millions) June 30, 2017 Current maturities of long-term debt $1,436 Current maturities of capital leases 115 Long-term debt 10,668 Long-term obligations under capital leases 944 Postretirement benefit liability 1,597 Pension liability 1,739 Balance sheet debt 16,499 Aircraft operating leases (capitalized as seven times aircraft rent) 1 4,606 Adjusted debt (Non-GAAP) 21,105 As of 1 The purpose of this adjustment is to capitalize the impact of aircraft operating leases. The company uses a multiple of seven times its annual aircraft rent expense to estimate the potential capitalized value and related liability of its aircraft. This is a simplified method used by many rating agencies and financial analysts to assist with the impact of operating leases on financial measures like return on invested capital. 21

22 Appendix A: reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP financial measures (continued) UAL believes that adjusting capital expenditures for assets acquired through the issuance of debt, airport construction financing and excluding fully reimbursable projects is useful to investors in order to appropriately reflect the non-reimbursable funds spent on capital expenditures. Year Ended December 31, 2016 Year Ended December 31, 2015 Capital Expenditures (in millions) Capital Expenditures (GAAP) $3,223 $2,747 Property and equipment acquired through the issuance of debt Airport construction financing Fully reimbursable projects (353) (124) Adjusted capital expenditures (Non-GAAP) $3,347 $3,506 22