Scott Kirby

But if it continues like this, it's going to be a really good year for United Airlines.

You know, the rising tide is lifting all of those boats.

So everything is better across the board, but the best remains international, remains premium, remains business travel.

And, you know, speaking to international, about 80% of the customers on United Airlines international flights are U.S.

citizens.

And we really never saw much slowdown there, even though we did see some, you know, some

slow down from some parts of geography.

Those mostly bottomed out and have started to recover.

But really, we see the most strength in international and premium, but everything is getting better across the board, at least in the first few weeks of January as we come into the new year.

So we've spent a decade with a strategy to build a brand loyal airline that would have resilience in the face of all the kind of issues that affect aviation that happen all the time.

And last year had more than its fair share of surprises that impacted demand and it impacted travel and yet,

You know, we have a no excuses culture here at United, and we just overcame obstacles and were the only airline in the country that grew EPS last year.

And it's really that brand loyal strategy gives us a resilience in the face of what there are going to always be geopolitical issues.

We're the largest global airline from the U.S.

We're exposed to all levels or all around the globe.

And so we deal with stuff all the time.

And, you know, while it has short term impact, staying focused on the long term and that brand strategy has been really successful for us.

I think it will be this year.

You know, we enter this year with a strong booking environment, feeling like a pretty good economy, really more U.S.

focused on our customer base.