CHICAGO, July 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As demand for travel
continues to build, United Airlines is expecting the resurgence to
continue for winter holiday travel and is planning ahead by
increasing service to cities in the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. The airline will add nearly
150 flights to warm-weather destinations across the U.S and is
increasing service to Latin beach and leisure markets by 30%
compared to 2019. The airline will fly 137 more flights than it did
in 2019 to places like Florida,
California, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada starting this November through next
March.
United has prepared for the return of air travel for more than a
year, matching its flying schedule and aircraft availability to
demand by maintaining close coordination between its network
planning teams and the airline's operating groups. During this
fourth of July travel period, United carried five times as many
customers as it did over the same period in 2020 and in
anticipation of that trend continuing throughout 2021, the airline
is expanding its winter schedule.
"Celebrating the holidays with family and loved ones in 2020 was
a challenge, and we know our customers are already eager to plan
winter vacations and gatherings in person this year to make up for
time that they lost," said Ankit
Gupta, vice president of network planning at United. "As
pandemic restrictions ease, people are becoming more confident in
planning travel further in advance, so we want to make sure to
offer our customers as much choice as possible."
Most of these additional flights will be operated with mainline
aircraft featuring United FirstSM , Economy
PlusĀ® and standard Economy seat options and complimentary
snacks and onboard Wi-Fi. The additional U.S. flights include:
- Up to 25 additional daily flights from New York/Newark to cities including Ft. Myers,
Jacksonville and Savannah
- Up to 14 additional daily flights from Denver to cities including Charleston, Ft.
Lauderdale and Savannah
- Up to 12 additional daily flights from Chicago to cities including Key West, Las
Vegas and San Diego
- Up to 11 additional daily flights from Washington D.C. to cities including
Charleston, New Orleans and Phoenix
- Up to seven additional daily flights from Houston to Florida including Miami, Orlando and Palm
Beach
- Up to four additional daily flights from Los Angeles to Orlando, Tampa and Ft. Myers
- Up to four additional daily flights from Cleveland to Orlando, Tampa and Ft. Myers
- Up to three additional daily flights from San Francisco to Orlando and Ft. Myers
And as customers continue to reunite with family and friends in
warm international destinations this winter, United is increasing
service to the Caribbean,
Mexico and Central America by 30% compared to 2019. This
added service includes launching 12 new routes from Denver, Los
Angeles, New
York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. to destinations including
Belize City, Belize; Cozumel,
Mexico; Liberia,
Costa Rica and Nassau, Bahamas.
These additions come on the heels of United announcing the
largest fleet order in its history of more than 270 mainline
aircraft. Customers can book these flights now on
united.com or through United's Webby Award winning mobile
app.
Committed to Ensuring a Safe Journey
United is committed to putting health and safety at the
forefront of every customer's journey, with the goal of delivering
an industry-leading standard of cleanliness through its
United CleanPlusSM program. United has
teamed up with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to redefine cleaning and
health safety procedures from check-in to landing and has
implemented more than a dozen new policies, protocols and
innovations designed with the safety of customers and employees in
mind. To manage entry requirements in different destinations, and
find places to get tests, customer can visit United's Travel Ready
Center.
About United
United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the
World." For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on
Twitter and Instagram or connect on Facebook. The common stock of
UAL is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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