B/E Aerospace In-Flight Entertainment System Is Placed Into Full Service by United Airlines.

WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--B/E Aerospace Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:BEAV) today announced that the first of United Airlines' (UAL) widebody fleet of aircraft scheduled to be equipped with the company's BE2000M individual-passenger entertainment system has been placed into service by the carrier.

Specifically, UAL's first Boeing 767-300 aircraft outfitted with B/E's BE2000M in-flight entertainment system (IFE) has entered into full passenger revenue service on the carrier's Los Angeles-to-New York (JFK) route until the beginning of December. The aircraft will then be worked into the airline's international schedule. The B/E system, which incorporates a 5.6-inch monitor installed throughout the aircraft's First, Connoisseur (Business) and Main Cabin Classes of service, offers UAL passengers nine channels of distributed video entertainment and one channel devoted to Airshow. UAL's First and Connoisseur Class units are console mounted with a swivel arm and are equipped with noise-canceling headsets to enhance the passenger experience. UAL's First Class service in addition includes personal video players interfaced with B/E custom-designed passenger control units.

This first UAL aircraft to be equipped with the B/E IFE system is part of a $390 million cabin interior upgrade program being implemented on the carrier's Boeing 777, 747-400 and 767-300 widebody fleets. The majority of such expenditures are directed toward a major upgrade of the carrier's seating and in-flight entertainment offerings.

Since its original orders with B/E announced within the past year, UAL has now increased its IFE commitment from $54 million to $72 million. UAL's previously announced seating products commitment with B/E is expected to reach approximately $70 million. the new IFE systems, which are scheduled to rollout over the next 18 months, are to be in First, Connoisseur and Main Cabin Classes on UAL's B777 and B767 aircraft, but initially only in First and Connoisseur Classes on its B747-400s.

The BE2000M is designed to be upgradeable to B/E's premier MDDS (Multimedia Digital Distribution System) with full interactive functionality. If UAL decides to upgrade its BE2000M entertainment systems to full MDDS interactive functionality, significant additional orders would follow.

As the largest air carrier in the world and the largest majority employee-owned company, United Airlines offers over 2,200 flights a day to 135 destinations in 30 countries and two U.S. territories. United also is an industry innovator with breakthroughs such as E-Ticket Service, United Connections, self-service boarding pass machines, Shuttle by United, and the introduction of the technologically advanced Boeing 777. United Airlines' Internet address is http://www.ual.com.

B/E Aerospace Inc. designs, manufactures, sells and services a broad line of commercial aircraft cabin interior products, including seating products, passenger entertainment and service systems, and a complete line of food and beverage preparation and storage equipment. B/E Aerospace is the world's leading supplier of cabin interior products and services, serving virtually all the world's airlines. -0-

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the company's actual experience to differ materially from that anticipated. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Form 10-Q, proxy statement and Form 10-K, and in "Risk Factors" in the Form S-3 dated Dec. 12, 1996, relating to the company's recent common stock offering, as well as future events that have the effect of reducing the company's available cash balances, such as unexpected operating losses or delays in the integration of the company's seating business or the delivery of the MDDS interactive video system or capital expenditures or cash expenditures related to possible future acquisitions.

CONTACT: B/E Aerospace

Jay Jacobson, 914/722-2737

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United Airlines

Mary Jo Holland, 847/700-6689