United Airlines (UAL): FY26 Q2 earnings call, Jul 16, 2026

On its Jul 16, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q2), United Airlines said 15 of the 33 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 33 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

Updated

Markets

33 words · 15 settled yes · our count agreed on 33 of 33

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Fuel / Oil Yes4343✓95%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 1:48, Fuel / Oil–
Margin Yes2222✓96%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 11:34, Margin–
Revenue 10+ timesYes2222✓78%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 1:45, Revenue 10+ times–
Morning Yes1717✓90%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:07, Morning–
Demand Yes1515✓96%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 3:07, Demand–
Loyalty / MileagePlus Yes99✓95%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 1:41, Loyalty / MileagePlus–
Starlink Yes912✓88%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 3:56, Starlink–
Inflation Yes99✓55%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:41, Inflation–
Oil Yes66✓51%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 15:50, Oil–
Record Yes33✓80%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 8:21, Record–
Newark Yes22✓94%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 5:01, Newark–
Statement Yes22✓75%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:22, Statement–
Middle East Yes11✓59%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 18:20, Middle East–
Relax Row Yes11✓47%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 11:39, Relax Row–
Internet Yes11✓17%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 37:05, Internet–
Passenger 10+ timesNo33✓12%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 4:32, Passenger 10+ times–
Boeing No00✓86%transcripts from the transcript model–
Shutdown / Shut Down No00✓76%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Disruption No00✓72%transcripts from the transcript model–
Budget No00✓63%transcripts from the transcript model–
Weather No00✓61%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Red Eye No00✓56%transcripts from the transcript model–
ATC / Air Traffic Control No00✓55%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Holiday No00✓48%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Union No00✓34%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Tariff No01✓27%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
JetBlue No00✓22%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Canada No00✓21%transcripts from the transcript model–
Democratize No00✓17%transcripts from the transcript model–
Footprint No00✓17%transcripts from the transcript model–
American Airlines No00✓16%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Nonstop / Non-Stop No00✓15%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
World Cup No00✓12%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

1 match for “Middle East”; 1 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Mike Leskinencompanyprepared · 18:22Hear it 18:19, Mike Leskinen

We will continue to closely monitor the situation in the Middle East, but in interim, this cap will provide us plenty of flexibility. We ended…

Where the listed words were said

Scott Kirbycompany“Fuel / Oil” · prepared · 1:50Hear it 1:44, Scott Kirby

…with second quarter revenues up 16%, recovering about half the increase in fuel price for the period. The significant increase in fuel in just the…

Andrew Nocellacompany“Margin” · prepared · 11:36Hear it 11:32, Andrew Nocella

…2027. New fleet and product initiatives position the business for RASM and margin gains in 2027 and beyond, and we're particularly excited to get Relax…

Brett Hartcompany“Revenue (10+)” · prepared · 7:07Hear it 7:03, Brett Hart

…the entire United team for delivering for our customers and each other. With that, I'll turn it over to Andrew to discuss the revenue environment.

Kristina Edwardscompany“Morning” · prepared · 0:09Hear it 0:09, Kristina Edwards

Thank you, Regina. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to United's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Yesterday, we issued our earnings release, which is available…

Scott Kirbycompany“Demand” · prepared · 3:09Hear it 3:09, Scott Kirby

…The impact of structural changes are just now beginning to be felt. Demand remains robust as we expect both 3Q and 4Q RASM to grow…

Scott Kirbycompany“Loyalty / MileagePlus” · prepared · 3:47Hear it 3:46, Scott Kirby

…seen across the board and the corresponding financial results. The more brand loyalty we have, the stronger we expect our earnings will be during good…

Brett Hartcompany“Starlink” · prepared · 5:39Hear it 5:39, Brett Hart

…second quarter Net Promoter Score since the pandemic in the second quarter. Starlink is another example of how we are investing in a better customer…

Scott Kirbycompany“Inflation” · prepared · 2:43Hear it 2:38, Scott Kirby

…Perhaps the most important structural change in the industry has been the significant inflation and harmonization in non-fuel costs like airport fees, labor, and maintenance.

Mike Leskinencompany“Oil” · prepared · 15:52Hear it 15:50, Mike Leskinen

Given the recent run-up in oil, we felt it prudent to adjust our outlook to reflect the current environment. For the full year, we are…

Andrew Nocellacompany“Record” · prepared · 8:23Hear it 8:19, Andrew Nocella

…engagement, and membership as expected. New co-branded credit card accounts reached a record level for the second quarter, up 22%, with Q2 card spend increasing…

Brett Hartcompany“Newark” · prepared · 5:03Hear it 5:00, Brett Hart

…also had our lowest second quarter seat cancellation rate in company history. Notably, we saw meaningful improvements at our Newark hub, our busiest global gateway.

Mike Leskinencompany“Statement” · qa · 1:00:56Hear it 1:00:53, Mike Leskinen

Chris, I do want to pile on Andrew's statements, just philosophically. We at United are driving towards margins in cash flow generation, and we're going…

Agents: this page as TSV at /api/v1/appearances/united-airlines:2026-07-16:earnings_call · words: /api/v1/brief?appearance=united-airlines:2026-07-16:earnings_call · columnar JSON in #parrot-data · llms.txt · MCP