UNITED AIRLINES INC

Total Lobbying Spend

$112.6M

Filings

534

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2025

Spending by Year

Annual lobbying expenditures

Year	Total Spent	Filings	Firms
2025	$4,060,000	11	3
2024	$5,390,000	14	3
2023	$17,400,000	16	3
2022	$5,890,000	15	3
2021	$3,030,000	12	3
2020	$4,180,000	13	3
2019	$4,810,000	15	4
2018	$5,900,000	25	6
2017	$3,560,000	34	8
2016	$3,860,000	33	8
2015	$2,840,000	28	7
2014	$2,740,000	29	7
2013	$3,110,118	29	7
2012	$3,990,000	30	7
2011	$4,090,000	25	6
2010	$4,299,000	29	7
2009	$3,895,000	30	7
2008	$4,213,870	31	8
2007	$4,692,425	18	8
2006	$3,248,597	15	8
2005	$935,927	12	6
2004	$2,372,346	12	8
2003	$1,780,000	11	6
2002	$4,227,647	15	7
2001	$4,530,000	12	7
2000	$380,000	11	5
1999	$3,220,000	9	5

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	—	471
Budget/Appropriations	—	226
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	—	149
Homeland Security	—	121
Transportation	—	61
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	—	31
Retirement	—	29
Energy/Nuclear	—	19
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	—	18
Environment/Superfund	—	16
Postal	—	12
Government Issues	—	12
Trade (domestic/foreign)	—	12
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	—	11
Insurance	—	11
Agriculture	—	10
Immigration	—	8
Education	—	4
Bankruptcy	—	2
Travel/Tourism	—	1

Lobbying firms retained by this client

Firm Name	Total Paid	Filings
WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC	—	56
GERCHICK-MURPHY ASSOCIATES, LLC	—	19
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP	—	61
NANCY VAN DUYNE	—	6
PALMETTO GROUP	—	54
SINGER CONSULTING LLC	—	59
THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC.	—	87
THE ICKES AND ENRIGHT GROUP, INC.	—	5
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.	—	61
UNITED AIRLINES, INC.	$90,209,013	102
UNITED AIRLINES, INC	$22,435,917	24

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings.