United Airlines announced that it won the Best Overall Inflight Entertainment award at the World Airline Entertainment Association`s (WAEA) annual Avion Awards. United`s Hemispheres magazine and inflight video and audio programming were selected for having the best originality, suitability, production value, content and balance among the 44 airlines that entered the competition. This is the fourth time United has received this award from the WAEA.

We are honored that the WAEA`s admired group of judges recognized United for offering customers the best source of inflight entertainment among airline carriers, said Martin C. White, senior vice president, Marketing for United Airlines. This award reflects the excellence that customers have grown to expect from United to help make their flights more enjoyable.

Hemispheres, United`s monthly magazine, features eclectic stories about culture, business, travel, technology and sports. United`s personal inflight video system offers travelers quality feature films in English and seven other languages. United`s assorted TV programming from the world`s leading networks such as the Australian Broadcasting Company, BBC, Deutsche Welle (Germany), NBC, TV5 (France) offers travelers news, information and entertainment from around the globe. United`s unique inflight audio entertainment programming features up to 19 channels of music and timely talk programs that often include exclusive interviews with major artists such as Brian Wilson, Mary J. Blige, Kris Kristofferson, John Mellencamp, Andrea Bocelli, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Boyz II Men and others. In addition, United is the only carrier in North America to enable customers to listen to flight deck communications on select flights.

The Avion Award winners were announced on Friday, September 24 at the 2004 WAEA conference. The award was determined by a 26-member international judging panel that included media executives, critics, producers, editors and academics from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Lebanon, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe.