On October 26, 2014, United Airlines is launching nonstop service between Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. United will be flying the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft six times weekly.
This is United's first international deployment of this aircraft type. United and United Express jointly operate almost 200 flights daily from Los Angeles to more than 65 destinations. With the addition of the nonstop service to Melbourne, over 37 U.S. cities will be able to connect in Los Angeles to take advantage of nonstop service to Melbourne.
With the addition of this new service, United will operate more flights to more destinations in Australia than any other U.S carrier.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft operating from Los Angeles to Melbourne will feature a total of 252 seats: 48 are in United Business/First and 204 in United Economy, including 88 Economy Plus seats with additional legroom. The aircraft has an extended range of 8,550 miles, enabling it to fly nonstop to Melbourne. This will be the longest Dreamliner route in the world to date.
United Airlines will also be launching three other new Pacific routes in the forthcoming week.
Besides Los Angeles to Melbourne service, United will be adding routes between San Francisco and Tokyo's Haneda Airport tomorrow followed by a launching of two new routes from its Guam hub to Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 27 and Shanghai on Oct. 28.
"These four new routes further strengthen United's presence in the Pacific, already the most extensive among U.S. airlines," said Brian Znotins, United's vice president of network. All four routes will be providing convenience and options not equaled by any other airline in the Pacific market.
United Airlines and United Express operate an average of 5,100 flights a day to 374 airports across six continents.
(Karin Leperi - Examiner.com)
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