United Airlines CEO Says In The Past Few Weeks, The Level Of Uncertainty Has Declined - Conf Call

July 17 (Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings Inc UAL.O:

• UNITED AIRLINES CEO SAYS WHILE TRAVEL DEMAND STABILIZED, IT WAS ABOUT 5 POINTS WEAKER IN H1 OF YEAR THAN WE WERE EXPECTING AT START OF YEAR - CONF CALL

• UNITED AIRLINES CEO SAYS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY HAS DECLINED

• UNITED CEO SAYS WHILE TARIFFS ARE NOT YET CERTAIN, MARKET, MOST BUSINESSES HAVE A MUCH BETTER READ ON HOW THEY'LL MANAGE IN A NARROWER RANGE OF OUTCOMES

• UNITED CEO SAYS AS UNCERTAINTY HAS DECLINED, WE'VE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN BOOKED REVENUE

• UNITED CEO SAYS DEMAND FEELS LIKE IT HAS INFLECTED UPWARD AND IS RETURNING TOWARD THE NORMAL TREND LINE WE EXPECTED TO START THE YEAR

• UNITED EXEC SAYS NEWARK BOOKINGS HAVE LARGELY RECOVERED & WE DON'T EXPECT ANY IMPACT IN Q4

• UNITED EXEC SAYS PLAN TO FURTHER LEAN INTO PREMIUM PRODUCTS AND CAPACITY IN THE COMING YEARS

• UNITED EXEC: PUSHING ATLANTIC RASM HIGHER IN PEAK PERIOD HAS PROVED MORE DIFFICULT, IN PART DUE TO SPREAD OF LEISURE DEMAND TO USUALLY LOWER DEMAND PERIODS

• UNITED EXEC: TRANSATLANTIC MARGINS IN HISTORICALLY OFF PEAK PERIODS ARE UP, BUT ARE DOWN IN PEAK MONTHS

• UNITED EXEC: DOMESTIC TICKET SALES ARE NOW ALSO SHOWING POSITIVE YOY YIELDS, FOR FIRST TIME SINCE FEB

• UNITED EXEC: THE SETUP FOR GLOBAL FLYING ALSO LOOKS MUCH BETTER AS WE HEAD INTO Q4

• UNITED EXEC: Q3 RASM WILL LIKELY BE NEGATIVE YEAR OVER YEAR

• UNITED EXEC: HOPEFUL THAT COOLED MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS WILL ALLOW A FULL SCHEDULE TO TEL AVIV SOON

Source text: [ID:]