CHICAGO, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines and theAssociation of Flight Attendants today announced that they have come toagreement on a one-time opportunity for eligible flight attendants tovoluntarily separate from the company. The program will be available for up to600 United flight attendants.

Flight attendants who are at least 45 years old and have at least 15 yearsof flight attendant service with the company as of August 1, 2008 will beeligible to participate. Participants will be entitled to severance paymentsbased on years of service and retiree travel benefits.

'We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the AFA that benefitsour employees and our company, and will mitigate the impact of our announcedcapacity reductions,' said Alex Marren, senior vice president -- OnboardService for United.

United will continue to explore viable alternatives related to capacityreductions with all unions representing its employees.

About United

United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates more than 3,200* flights a day onUnited, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic andinternational destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco,Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in theAsia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largestinternational carriers based in the United States. United also is a foundingmember of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 965destinations in 162 countries worldwide. United's 55,000 employees reside inevery U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases andother information about United can be found at the company's Web site athttp://www.united.com.

* Based on United's flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31,

2008.

SOURCE United Airlines