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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
¥ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
OR
nTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission
File Number
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter, Principal Office Address
and Telephone Number
State of
Incorporation
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No
001-06033 UAL Corporation Delaware 36-2675207
001-11355 United Air Lines, Inc. Delaware 36-2675206
77 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 997-8000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
UAL Corporation Common Stock, $.01 par value NASDAQ Global Select Market
United Air Lines, Inc. None None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
UAL Corporation None
United Air Lines, Inc. None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
UAL Corporation Yes ¥No n
United Air Lines, Inc. Yes nNo ¥
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
UAL Corporation Yes nNo ¥
United Air Lines, Inc. Yes nNo ¥
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
UAL Corporation Yes ¥No n
United Air Lines, Inc. Yes ¥No n
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not
be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of
this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
UAL Corporation ¥
United Air Lines, Inc. ¥
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act. (Check one):
UAL Corporation Large accelerated filer ¥Accelerated filer nNon-accelerated filer nSmaller reporting company n
United Air Lines,Inc. Large accelerated filer nAccelerated filer nNon-accelerated filer ¥Smaller reporting company n
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
UAL Corporation Yes nNo ¥
United Air Lines, Inc. Yes nNo ¥
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of UAL Corporation was $652,389,214 as of June 30, 2008. There is
no market for United Air Lines, Inc. common stock.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
UAL Corporation Yes ¥No n
United Air Lines, Inc. Yes ¥No n
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of February 20, 2009.
UAL Corporation 143,885,823 shares of common stock ($0.01 par value)
United Air Lines, Inc. 205 (100% owned by UAL Corporation)
OMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
United Air Lines, Inc. meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction I(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K and is therefore filing this
form with the reduced disclosure format allowed under that General Instruction.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III of this Form 10-K are incorporated by reference for UAL
Corporation from its definitive proxy statement for its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 11, 2009.

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