I guess it looks better than the first one; the capital U on the first design was really weird looking.
But I still think it looks a little odd. Maybe the letters in UNITED are just a spaced a little to far apart, i.e. the spacing is the same between the letters without regard to what those letter are (kerning). The letters also look a touch too squished for my liking.
I still think it's strange to see a new name (and now, font) but with exactly the same livery. I don't think UA/CO should make a drastic change, but I think it would be cool if they modernized the globe a little bit. I still like
COPA's livery, and I think the globe looks a bit more modern.