United Airlines has announced that Keith Halbert has been named senior vice president andChief Information Officer.

United Airlines unveiled initial details about the previously announced $165 million upgrade to its international widebody fleet that includes a new luxurious United First Suite, which provides passengers with more privacy, personal space and comfort on overseas flights.

United today announced it will launch a daily nonstop flight between Chicago O’Hare and Munich, beginning June 7, 2005. This new service is in addition to United’s existing daily Washington Dulles-Munich service. United’s new flight, open for sale today, complements the Chicago-Munich code-share flight currently operated by Star Alliance partner Lufthansa, giving customers an additional schedule option on the route and timed to provide convenient connections from both cities on United and Lufthansa.

As part of the United-US Airways enhanced marketing relationship, United Mileage Plus members and US Airways Dividend Miles members can now enjoy the benefit of award redemption on either carrier.

Air Canada and United Airlines today introduced the airline industry`s first true inter-airline (interline) electronic ticketing service, making it possible for customers to use a single electronic ticket for travel on more than one airline. The service, available immediately, is the first electronic ticketing initiative that actually bridges two different airline computer reservations systems.

United Airlines announced today that its popular electronic ticket service is now available to 100% of the 259 destinations in the United and United Express worldwide network. Today’s launch of E-Ticket service to and from Brazil marks the completion of the deployment of United’s electronic ticketing product.