United Lifts the Curtain on New Safety Video, Reveals United Dream Destination Sweepstakes

CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines is lifting the curtain on a new Safety is Global safety video, which will be on board flights starting this month. The video follows United employees representing flight attendants, pilots, ramp operations, customer service representatives and tech ops through dream destinations around the world as they demonstrate the safety features of the aircraft. As part of this debut, United is giving customers an opportunity to win round-trip flights to their dream destinations in the United Dream Destination Sweepstakes.

"A few years back, we made our safety demonstration more interactive, and entertaining to engage customers during the safety briefing, one of the most important parts of the flight," said Mark Krolick, vice president of marketing at United. "Introducing the new Safety is Global video continues the theme of highlighting some of the amazingly diverse, global cities that we fly to, and giving our customers the chance to visit one of their own dream destinations."

Customers can get a sneak peak of the Safety is Global video before their next United flight by visiting the United Hub. The video features the following destinations Alaska; China; Denver; India; Munich; New York and Rio de Janeiro.

For contest rules, and to enter the sweepstakes visit uniteddreamdestinationsweeps.com

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,500 flights a day to 338 airports across five continents. In 2016, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 143 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 748 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 475 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to more than 190 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "UAL".

View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-lifts-the-curtain-on-new-safety-video-reveals-united-dream-destination-sweepstakes-300523036.html

SOURCE United Airlines