Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Schedule of Commitments to Purchase Aircrafts

The table below summarizes United’s commitments as of December 31, 2016, which primarily relate to the acquisition of aircraft and related spare engines, aircraft improvements and include other capital purchase commitments for the years ended December 31 (in billions). Any new firm aircraft orders, including through the exercise of purchase options and purchase rights, will increase the total future capital commitments of the Company.


2017	$	4.5
2018		3.2
2019		3.1
2020		2.5
2021		2.2
After 2021		7.8

	$	23.3

Aircraft Type

Schedule of Commitments to Purchase Aircrafts

Commitments. As of December 31, 2016, United had firm commitments and options to purchase aircraft from The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), Embraer and Airbus presented in the table below:


Aircraft Type	Number of Firm Commitments (a)
Airbus A350-1000		35
Boeing 737NG/737MAX		165
Boeing 777-300ER		12
Boeing 787-8/-9/-10		21
Embraer E175		24
(a) United also has options and purchase rights for additional aircraft.