---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100517-26-000089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UAL"
cik: "0000100517"
company_name: "United Airlines Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:02:30.500681+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Q1 EPS $2.14 (+85% YoY); revenue up 10.6%; cuts 5 pts of capacity

## Summary
- Q1 diluted EPS $2.14, up 85% YoY; adjusted diluted EPS $1.19, up 31% YoY.
- Total operating revenue +10.6% YoY; total revenue per ASM +6.9% YoY.
- Pre-tax earnings $0.9B, pre-tax margin 6.0% (+2.3 pts); adjusted pre-tax $0.5B, adjusted margin 3.4% (+0.4 pts).
- Plans to reduce 5 points of planned capacity for remainder of 2026; Q3/Q4 capacity flat to +2% YoY.
- Premium revenue +14%, loyalty +13%, Basic Economy +7% YoY; fuel expense rose $340M YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100517-26-000089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UAL
- cik: 0000100517
- company_name: United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000010051726000089/0000100517-26-000089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000010051726000089/ual-20260421.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100517-26-000089.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  United Airlines Holdings, Inc. reported financial results for first quarter of 2026.
  - Period: first quarter of 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 21, 2026, United Airlines Holdings, Inc. ("UAL"), the holding company whose subsidiary is United Airlines, Inc. ("United," and together with UAL, the "Company"), issued a press release (the "Earnings Press Release") announcing the financial results of the Company for the first quarter of 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000010051726000089/0000100517-26-000089-index.htm

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