CHICAGO, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United
Airlines announced today that it has renewed its partnership with
the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). United
will be the official airline of special events for the organization
in 2012.
"United is proud to continue its support of the NAHJ," said
John Slater, United's vice president
of sales - Americas. "We applaud the NAHJ's dedication to the
recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news
industry and are pleased to facilitate the organization's events
around the country."
The United-NAHJ partnership includes support for seven events:
the 2012 NAHJ Hall of Fame Gala during the UNITY Convention,
August 1-4, in Las Vegas – the nation's largest gathering of
minority journalists; the NAHJ 23rd Annual Scholarship Benefit in
the fall; and five NAHJ regional events to take place in
Albuquerque, Los Angeles,
New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
"We are grateful to United for its generous support of NAHJ at a
time when news coverage of the growing Latino community has never
been more crucial," said Michele
Salcedo, NAHJ president. "Although many companies are
rethinking their commitment to diversity, United has chosen to
continue our longstanding relationship that began with Continental
Airlines. We not only thank them, we applaud them."
Continental began its support of the NAHJ in 2005.
About United
United Airlines and United Express operate an average of 5,656
flights a day to 376 airports on six continents from our hubs in
Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Guam,
Houston, Los Angeles, New
York/Newark, San Francisco, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. In 2011, United carried more
traffic than any other airline in the world, and operated more than
two million flights carrying 142 million passengers. United is
upgrading its cabins with more flat-bed seats in first and business
class and more extra-legroom economy-class seating than any other
airline in North America. United
operates nearly 700 mainline aircraft and has orders for more than
125 new aircraft deliveries from 2012 through 2019, including 50
Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 25 Airbus A350XWBs. United was rated the
world's most admired airline on FORTUNE magazine's 2012
airline-industry list of the World's Most Admired Companies.
Readers of Global Traveler magazine have voted United's MileagePlus
program the best frequent flyer program for eight consecutive
years. United is a founding member of Star
Alliance, which provides service to 189 countries via 26
member airlines. More than 85,000 United employees reside in every
U.S. state and in countries around the world. For more
information, visit united.com or follow United on Twitter and
Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental
Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol UAL.
About NAHJ
Founded in 1984, NAHJ's mission is to increase the percentage of
Latinos working in the nation's newsrooms and to improve news
coverage of the Latino community. NAHJ is the nation's largest
professional organization for Latino journalists with more than
1,400 members working in English and Spanish-language print, photo,
broadcast and online media. NAHJ is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt
non-profit organization. For more information, visit
www.nahj.org.
SOURCE United Continental Holdings, Inc.