United Airlines will launch flights in eight brand-new cities subsequent yr, marking what the airline referred to as the biggest international growth in its historical past.
For the primary time, the provider will launch flights to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Nuuk, Greenland; Palermo, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Madeira, Portugal; Faro, Portugal; and Dakar, Senegal, United shared with Travel + Leisure. The airline will fly to most of those locations from both its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) or from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
“No other airline gives customers nonstop access to as many unique international destinations and experiences from the U.S. as United,” Patrick Quayle, the senior vice chairman of worldwide community planning and alliances, mentioned in an announcement shared with T+L. “Our network provides the most choice and variety for our customers, whether they are looking for a relaxing seaside getaway, once-in-a-lifetime adventure travel or to explore some of the most vibrant urban escapes across the globe.”
Starting May 21, United will launch service between Newark and Palermo 3 times every week. The airline will function the flights on a Boeing 767-400 plane, which it mentioned would make it the one provider to provide lie-flat enterprise class seats between the United States and Palermo.
Then on May 31, the airline will begin providing nonstop flights from Newark to Bilbao in Spain. And on May 16, United will launch flights 4 occasions every week to Faro, adopted by flights 3 times every week to Madeira on June 7. United at present flies to Lisbon from each Newark and Washington D.C.
Travelers can even have a neater time getting to Greenland thanks to new deliberate service to the capital of Nuuk from Newark on June 14. With that flight, United mentioned it might turn out to be the one airline to join the U.S. straight with Nuuk.
From Washington D.C., United will begin flying to each Venice on May 22 and Nice on May 24. The provider already flies to each cities from Newark. The airline can even launch service from Washington to a new vacation spot in Dakar on May 23.
And from Tokyo, the airline will now fly to each Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, beginning May 1 and July 11, respectively.
In addition, United mentioned it plans to carry again a few of its seasonal flights, together with Athens and Barcelona, in addition to enhance its direct service to Dubrovnik to every day flights.
Beyond this growth, United can be including different flights to locations like Dominica within the Caribbean and Marrakech.
