Monday, February 27, 2017

United announces four new cities, 22 non-stop routes

United Airlines announced a major expansion Monday, adding 16 non-stop routes to its network. The airline also unveiled the seasonal addition of six other routes and revealed plans to boost flights on 15 routes it's already flying.

The move is the latest step in a turn-around effort by the USA’s No. 3 airline. United’s new expansion also includes service to four smaller cities where it does not currently fly. Three of those are in the Midwest – Champaign, Ill.; Columbia, Mo.; and Rochester, Minn. – while the other is on the West Coast (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

Scroll down to see the details of the new routes detail in United's announcement from Monday (Feb. 27):

Chicago O’Hare

Charlottesville, Va.: Beings June 8; 1 daily round-trip flight on Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets.

Champaign, Ill.: Begins June 8; 3 daily round-trip flights on Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets.

Columbia, Mo.: Begins Aug. 1; 2 daily round-trip flights on Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets.

Reno: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Airbus A319 jets.

Rochester, Minn.: Begins June 8; 3 daily round trip flights on Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets.

Spokane, Wash.: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Airbus A320 jets.

Tucson: Begins June 8: 1 daily round trip flight on Embraer E175 jets. (converts winter-only service to year-round flying)

Denver

Columbia, Mo.: Begins Aug. 1; 1 daily round-trip flight on Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets.

Kona, Hawaii: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Boeing 757 jets. (seasonal/summer schedule only)

San Luis Obispo, Calif.: Begins June 8; 1 daily round-trip flight on Embraer E175 jets.

Houston Bush Intercontinental

Springfield, Mo.: Begins June 8; 2 daily round-trip flights on Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets.

Newark Liberty International Airport

Sacramento: Begins June 8; 1 daily round-trip flight on Airbus A319 jets.

Salt Lake City: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Boeing 737-800 jets. (converts winter-only service to year-round flying)

San Francisco

Cincinnati: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Airbus A319 jets.

Detroit: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Airbus A319 jets.

Hartford, Conn.: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Airbus A319 jets.

Kalispell, Mont.: Begins July 1: 1 daily round trip flight on Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jets. (converts winter-only service to year-round flying)

Munich: Begins May 24; 1 daily round-trip flight on Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. (seasonal/summer schedule only)

New Orleans: Begins June 8; (converts winter-only service to year-round flying)

Santa Rosa, Calif.: Begins June 8; 3 daily round trip flights on Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets.

Spokane, Wash.: Begins June 8; 2 daily round trip flights on Airbus A320 jets.

Tel Aviv: Begins May 5; 1 daily round-trip flight on Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. (Not a new route, though the aircraft is upgraded to United's new Boeing 777-300ER that feature its updated cabin and new business class.)

Washington Dulles

Fort Lauderdale: Begins June 8; 1 daily round trip flight on Boeing 737-800 jets. (seasonal/summer schedule only)

MORE FLIGHTS ON EXISTING ROUTES

Additionally, United is moving to increase the number of flights on routes it already flies. Scroll down for a hub-by-hub summary of those increases, which will be phased in during the summer schedule:

United now flying longest route of any U.S. airline

Chicago O'Hare

Fort Lauderdale: 3 daily round-trip flights.

Fort Myers, Fla.: 2 daily round-trip flights.

Denver

Albuquerque: 5 daily round-trip flights.

Fort Lauderdale: 2 daily round-trip flights.

Orlando: 4 daily round-trip flights.

Tampa: 2 daily round-trip flights.

Houston Bush Intercontinental

Atlanta: 8 daily round-trip flights.

Charleston, S.C.: 3 daily round-trip flights.

Newark Liberty International

Atlanta: 8 daily round-trip flights.

Detroit: 7 daily round-trip flights.

Portland, Ore.: 2 daily round-trip flights.

Washington Dulles

Jacksonville, Fla.: 3 daily round-trip flights.

Portland, Maine: 4 daily round-trip flights.

Providence: 4 daily round-trip flights.

Roanoke, Va.: 3 daily round-trip flights.


(Ben Mutzabaugh - Today In The Sky / USA Today)

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