United Continental Holdings, Inc. : United Airlines Completes Economy Plus Rollout on International 757-200 Flights

CHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings (NYSE: UAL), today announced it is now offering Economy Plus seating on all long-haul international Boeing 757-200 flights, offering economy customers the option of six inches of extra legroom.

With the reconfiguration, the aircraft have 16 flat-bed seats in BusinessFirst, 45 seats in Economy Plus108 in Economy. The 757-200 reconfiguration project, which began in late November, outfits those aircraft with 1,845 Economy Plus seats.

The 41 aircraft principally operate between New York/NewarkAmsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Lima, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Manchester, Oslo, Paris, Shannon, StockholmStuttgart,between Washington/DullesAmsterdamParis.

"For many years, the Boeing 757 has enabled year-round service in long-haul international markets where customer demand doesn't support the use of larger aircraft,has allowed us to offer multiple daily flights between larger markets," said Jim Compton, 's executive vice presidentchief revenue officer. "Customers have long enjoyed the convenience. With Economy Plus, they now have a new choice in economy-cabin comfort as well."

Customers with premier status in 's MileagePlusOnePass frequent-flyer programs may confirm complimentary seat assignments in Economy Plus, when available. Customers may purchase Economy Plus seating, when available, online at united.comcontinental.com, with a reservations agent, or at the airport.

introduced Economy Plus in 1999. Today, the company offers the extra-legroom seating on more than 400 mainline aircraftmore than 150 regional jets. When fully deployed, will offer customers more extra-legroom economy class seats than any airline in the world.

Other Product Investments
In addition to the expansion of Economy Plus seating, continues to invest in onboard improvements:

• has recently modified 28 three-cabin Boeing 777-200 aircraft with new premium cabins, offering flat-bed seatsaudiovideo on demand, as well as larger video screenspower ports in United Economy. plans to modify 18 more Boeing 777 aircraft in the next year. 's 23 Boeing 747-400, 21 three-cabin B767-300, 22 two-cabin B777-20041 international B757-200 aircraft are already equipped with new premium cabins.
• One Boeing767-400 aircraft now features new premium-cabin flat-bed seats, Economy Plus seatingaudiovideo on demand. The airline will similarly modify 11 additional B767-400 aircraft14 B767-300 aircraft. When completed, will offer more flat-bed seats than any airline in the world.
• The airline will begin expanding the overhead bins in its 152 Airbus aircraft, increasing the available carryon-bag storage space by approximately two-thirds.
• will install satellite-enabled inflight Internet service on its aircraft beginning later in 2012.

About United Continental Holdings, Inc.
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL) is the holding company for both United AirlinesContinental Airlines. Together with United Express, Continental ExpressContinental Connection, these airlines operate an average of 5,656 flights a day to 376 airports on six continents from their hubs in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark Liberty, San Francisco, TokyoWashington, D.C.Continental are members of Star Alliance, which offers more than 21,000 daily flights to 1,290 airports in 189 countries. Continental's more than 80,000 employees reside in every U.S. statein many countries around the world.United Continental Holdings, Inc., go to UnitedContinentalHoldings.com. For more information about the airlines, see united.com continental.com or follow on .

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