CHICAGO, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- United
Airlines today announced plans to expand its global route network
with new nonstop service to Africa, India
and Hawaii. With these new routes, United will offer more
nonstop service to India and
South Africa than any other U.S.
carrier and remains the largest carrier between the U.S. mainland
and Hawaii.
Starting this December, United will fly daily between
Chicago and New Delhi and, starting in spring 2021, United
will become the only airline to operate between San Francisco and Bangalore, India and between Newark/New York and Johannesburg. United will also introduce new
service between Washington, D.C.,
and Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria in late spring of 2021. In the
summer of 2021, United will fly nonstops four times weekly between
Chicago and Kona and between
Newark/New York and Maui. And starting this week, United, the
airline offering more nonstop service to Israel than any other U.S. carrier, begins new
nonstop service between Chicago
and Tel Aviv, the only carrier to
offer this service.
United's newly announced international routes are subject to
government approval and tickets will be available for purchase on
united.com and the United app in the coming weeks.
"Now is the right time to take a bold step in evolving our
global network to help our customers reconnect with friends, family
and colleagues around the world," said Patrick Quayle, United's vice president of
International Network and Alliances. "These new nonstop routes
provide shorter travel times and convenient one-stop connections
from across the United States,
demonstrating United's continued innovative and forward-looking
approach to rebuilding our network to meet the travel needs of our
customers."
Offering nonstop service to three new
destinations in Africa
United will become the only U.S. carrier serving Accra nonstop from Washington, D.C. and the only airline to serve
Lagos nonstop from Washington, D.C., with three weekly flights to
each destination beginning in late spring 2021. The Washington metropolitan area has the
second-largest population of Ghanaians in the United States, and Lagos is the largest Western African
destination from the United
States. Now, with 65 different U.S. cities connecting
through Washington Dulles, United will offer convenient one-stop
connections to Western Africa.
United already provides seasonal, three-times-weekly service
between Newark/New York and
Cape Town. By adding new daily
nonstop flights between Newark/New
York and Johannesburg in
spring 2021, the airline will operate more flights to South Africa than any other U.S. carrier, and
will offer the only roundtrip, nonstop service from the United States to Johannesburg by a U.S carrier. These routes
also offer easy connections for customers traveling to South Africa from more than 50 U.S.
cities.
New nonstops to India from two U.S. cities
United has served India with
nonstop service for 15 years and now builds on its existing service
to New Delhi and Mumbai with two new routes. Beginning
December 2020, United will introduce
new nonstop service between Chicago and New
Delhi and, for the first time ever, United customers will be
able to travel nonstop between San
Francisco and Bangalore
starting spring 2021. Chicago has
the second highest population of Indian-Americans in the United States, and customers from more
than 130 U.S. cities can connect on United through O'Hare
International Airport. Service from San
Francisco to Bangalore
connects two international technology hubs, broadening United's
west coast service to India, which
also includes San Francisco to
New Delhi.
New nonstop service between Chicago and Tel
Aviv
Beginning, Thursday, Sept. 10,
United will start brand-new three-times-weekly nonstop service
between Chicago and Tel Aviv. In addition to Chicago, United currently operates nonstop
service between Tel Aviv and its
hubs in Newark/New York and
San Francisco and will resume
service between Washington and
Tel Aviv in October. The airline
operates more nonstop service between the
United States and Israel
than any U.S. airline.
United expanding Hawaii service to the Midwest and East
Coast
As customers look to resume leisure travel options, United will
make it easier than ever to travel nonstop to Maui and Kona for the 2021 summer season. With
the addition of new flights between both Newark/New York and Maui and Chicago and Kona, United will provide
customers in the Midwest and U.S. East Coast with even faster and
more convenient service to the Hawaiian Islands than any other
airline.
United's New
Flights
|
|
|
Destination
|
UA
Hub
|
Service
|
Season
Start
|
Africa
|
Accra,
Ghana
|
IAD
|
3x/week,
787-8
|
Spring
2021
|
Lagos,
Nigeria
|
IAD
|
3x/week,
787-8
|
Spring
2021
|
Johannesburg, South
Africa
|
EWR
|
Daily,
787-9
|
Spring
2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
India
|
Bangalore,
India
|
SFO
|
Daily,
787-9
|
Spring
2021
|
New Delhi,
India
|
ORD
|
Daily,
787-9
|
Winter
2020
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hawaii
|
Kahului,
Maui
|
EWR
|
4x/week,
767-300ER
|
Summer
2021
|
Kona,
Hawaii
|
ORD
|
4x/week,
787-8
|
Summer
2021
|
The United Travel Experience
United's new trans-Atlantic flights will operate with Boeing 787
Dreamliner aircraft featuring United Polaris® business class,
a premium travel experience that prioritizes relaxation and comfort
with features that include everything from custom, luxury bedding
from Saks Fifth Avenue and restaurant-quality, multi-course
inflight dining to premium amenity kits and full flat-bed
seats.
United's new service between Chicago and Kona will operate with Boeing
787-8 Dreamliner aircraft and service between New York/Newark and Maui will operate with Boeing 767-300ER
aircraft.
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, including:
- Requiring all travelers – including crew members – to wear face
coverings.
- Using HEPA filters – in the air and during the entire boarding
and deplaning process - to circulate air and remove up to 99.97% of
airborne particles.
- Using electrostatic spraying before departure for enhanced
cabin sanitation.
- Using ultraviolet lighting technology on pilot flight decks to
further disinfect the aircraft interior.
- During check-in, requiring customers to acknowledge they do not
have COVID-19 symptoms.
- Offering customers a touchless baggage check-in
experience.
- Boarding fewer customers at a time, from the back of the plane
to the front, to allow for more social distancing.
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
United's parent, United Airlines Holdings, Inc., is traded on the
Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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