United Airlines Orders Two Boeing 747-400s

SEATTLE, Jan. 9, 1995 -- United Airlines has ordered two new Boeing 747-400 jetliners, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group confirmed today.

Both jets, powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, will be delivered in 1997. Terms were not disclosed.

Douglas Hacker, United's senior vice president - finance and chief financial officer, said, "This order is part of our fleet plan we announced last April to replace older aircraft which have higher operating costs."

The two new aircraft, coupled with 24 Boeing 747-400s United currently operates and two others scheduled for delivery in 1996, will increase United's fleet to 28 of the popular four-engine wide-body jet. United operates Boeing 747-400s primarily on long-range trans-Pacific routes.

Today's 747-400 is much advanced over the jumbo jet that revolutionized air travel some 25 years ago. It has added technologies that improve airline economics, reliability, maintainability and schedule performance. Among the improvements: advanced engines, digital avionics and a simplified cockpit which requires only two officers.