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Exhibit 12.1
United Continental Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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(In millions) |
2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Earnings (loss): |
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Earnings (loss) before income taxes & adjustments for minority interest and equity earnings in affiliates |
$ | 576 | $ | (459 | ) | |||
Add (deduct): |
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Fixed charges, from below |
713 | 667 | ||||||
Amortization of capitalized interest |
3 | 2 | ||||||
Distributed earnings of affiliates |
2 | 2 | ||||||
Minority interest |
(2 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||
Interest capitalized |
(7 | ) | (8 | ) | ||||
Earnings as adjusted |
$ | 1,285 | $ | 203 | ||||
Fixed charges: |
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Interest expensed and capitalized and amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs (a) |
$ | 520 | $ | 415 | ||||
Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor |
193 | 252 | ||||||
Fixed charges, as above |
$ | 713 | $ | 667 | ||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
1.80 | (b | ) | |||||
(a) | Amortization of debt discounts includes amortization of fresh-start valuation discounts. |
(b) | Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $464 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. |