外电是如此报道的:
The U.S. government on Monday rejected United Airlines' third and final bid for a loan guarantee, forcing the carrier to move forward with its efforts to secure financing on its own to exit bankruptcy1.
其中loan guarantee表示借款保函,指应借款人需要,向贷款行或贷款人所出具的对借款偿还的保证。据了解,早在2002年底,美国联合航空公司已正式向联邦破产法庭提出破产保护申请,紧随安然、世通入围美国历史上规模最大的十大破产案。