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United Airlines to extend sponsorship deal

United Airlines has said that it intends to extend its sponsorship of the US Olympic Committee until 2012.

Under the deal, United Airlines will remain the official airline sponsor of the US Olympic and Paralympic Teams and will fly athletes to Vancouver in 2010 and London in 2012.

United Airlines, senior vice president of marketing, Dennis Cary, said: "At United, we are proud to fly America's Olympic and Paralympic Teams and the many athletes who are pursuing their lifelong dreams. Our sponsorship of the US Olympic Committee gives us an association with a partner that embodies many of the same qualities to which we aspire - all on a global stage."

The deal extends the company’s 30-year partnership with the US Olympic Committee.