June 10, 2019
CHICAGO, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today named Sarah Murphy senior vice president of United Express, where she will oversee the carrier's extensive regional network, product, customer service, operations and strategy. Murphy most recently served as United's vice president of global operations strategy, planning and design, where her responsibilities included leading all customer-facing operations strategy and planning to help the airline's employees deliver better reliability and service. Murphy will report to Chief Operations Officer Greg Hart.
"With Sarah, the United Express team is gaining a versatile leader who will guide our strong regional operations to new levels of success. Her diverse background at United, leading teams in finance and our operation, is a perfect fit for this role as we strive to improve the overall experience for our customers and make their journey seamless, whether on United or United Express," said Hart.
Murphy was instrumental in launching United's core4 service model founded on four standards – safe, caring, dependable and efficient. The airline began core4 training with its customer-facing employees and eventually rolled out the training to all 93,000 United employees.
Previously, Murphy served as United's vice president of financial planning and analysis, overseeing the airline's operating and capital budgets. Murphy also served as United's managing director of financial and capital planning and leading investor relations.
Prior to joining United in 2006, Murphy worked at Merrill Lynch in its investment banking division.
In 2015, Murphy was named one of Crain's Chicago's "40 Under 40." She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Murphy and her husband Tom have two children and reside in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
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In 2019, United is focusing more than ever on its commitment to its customers, looking at every aspect of its business to ensure that the carrier keeps customers' best interests at the heart of its service. United recently released a re-imagined version of the most downloaded app in the airline industry and made DIRECTV free for every passenger on 211 aircraft, offering more than 100 channels on seat back monitors on more than 30,000 seats. The multimillion-dollar investment in improving inflight entertainment options will benefit the more than 29 million people expected to fly United's DIRECTV-enabled planes this year.
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United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the World." We are more focused than ever on our commitment to customers through a series of innovations and improvements designed to help build a great experience: Every customer. Every flight. Every day. Together, United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,900 flights a day to 355 airports across five continents. In 2018, United and United Express operated more than 1.7 million flights carrying more than 158 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, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 779 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 569 regional aircraft. United is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter and Instagram or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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