CHICAGO, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines
today announced it is tripling the size of its August schedule
compared to its June 2020 schedule,
adding nearly 25,000 domestic and international flights compared to
July 2020, and plans to fly 40% of
its overall schedule in August, as compared to August 2019. While travel demand remains a
fraction of what it was at the end of 2019, customers are slowly
returning to flying with a preference for leisure destinations,
trips to reunite with friends and family, and getaways to places
that encourage social distancing. According to TSA, more than
600,000 passengers passed through airport security checkpoints on
Monday, June 29, the first time since
March 19 that those numbers exceeded
25% of pre-COVID levels.
United has overhauled its cleaning and safety procedures under
United CleanPlus and is giving customers more flexibility
when booking by extending its waiver of change fees and award
redeposit fees for reservations through July
31.
United plans to add more than 350 daily flights from its U.S.
hubs in August, including doubling the number of flights from
New York/Newark compared to July. This increase
includes more flights to mountain and national park destinations
like Aspen, Colorado; Bangor, Maine; Bozeman, Montana; and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Internationally,
United's August schedule will include a return to Tahiti and
additional flights to Hawaii, the
Caribbean and Mexico. Across the Atlantic, United will add
more flights and options to Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris
and Zurich.
"We're taking the same data-driven, realistic approach to
growing our schedule as we did in drawing it down at the start of
the pandemic," said Ankit Gupta,
United's vice president of Domestic Network Planning. "Demand is
coming back slowly and we're building in enough capacity to stay
ahead of the number of people traveling. And we're adding in
flights to places we know customers want to travel to, like outdoor
recreation destinations where social distancing is easier but doing
so in a way that's flexible and allows us to adjust should that
demand change."
U.S. Domestic
Domestically, United plans to fly 48% of its 2019 schedule in
August compared to 2019 levels, up from 30% in July. Travelers in
search of more socially distant vacation options like beach,
mountain and national park destinations will see more opportunities
for leisure travel in United's August schedule. Highlights
include:
- Adding more than 600 daily flights to more than 200 airports
across the United States,
including the resumption of 50 routes from July to August.
- Expanding flights at 147 airports across the United States.
- Increasing connectivity in United's mid-continental hubs,
including Chicago, Denver and Houston.
- Doubling the number of flights from New York/Newark
- Returning around 90 aircraft back into service, including
adding more CRJ-550 service between New
York/Newark and
St. Louis; Indianapolis; Richmond, Virginia; Cincinnati; Norfolk,
Virginia; and Columbus,
Ohio.
- Increasing service between Hawaii and its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los
Angeles and San
Francisco
- Resuming service to more Hawaiian destinations, including
Lihue from San Francisco and Hilo from Los
Angeles.
International
"United's international schedule continues to be guided by
customer demand as we add back capacity in regions with relative
strength," said Patrick Quayle,
United's vice president of International Network and Alliances.
"For August, we've seen increasing demand for leisure travel and
have added options to places like Cancun and reinstated service to Tahiti.
Additionally, we are further building out service to partner hubs
like Frankfurt and Zurich, where customers can connect on to a
wide array of destinations."
Atlantic
Internationally, United is scheduled to fly 25% of its schedule
in August, up from 16% in July. Across the Atlantic, United plans
to offer customers more opportunities to get to Europe and beyond, with more flying from
Chicago, New York/Newark and San
Francisco. Highlights include:
- Resuming service between Chicago and Brussels and Frankfurt.
- Resuming service between New
York/Newark and
Brussels, Munich and Zurich.
- Resuming service between San
Francisco and London.
Upon government approval, United will restart daily service
between Delhi and San Francisco and New York/Newark.
Pacific
Across the Pacific in August, United is scheduled to restart
three-times-weekly service connecting the mainland United States and Tahiti. In July, United made
several changes to its Asia
Pacific schedule. Highlights of United's service
include:
- Starting new service, five times weekly, between Chicago and Tokyo's Haneda Airport. United will continue
operating daily service to Tokyo Narita from New York/Newark and San
Francisco.
- Resuming service between Hong
Kong and San Francisco five
days a week, with service continuing to Singapore.
- Resuming service to Seoul, South
Korea three days a week.
- Resuming service to Shanghai
from San Francisco two days a
week.
Latin
America/Caribbean
Throughout Latin America and
the Caribbean, United is expanding
across each region with a total of 35 new routes for August.
Highlights of United's schedule include:
- Resuming service between Houston and Lima.
- Resuming service between New
York/Newark and
Sao Paulo.
- Resuming service between Mexico
City and Chicago,
New York/Newark and San
Francisco.
- Adding more ways to get to Cancun from Chicago, Denver, Los
Angeles, New
York/Newark and
San Francisco.
- Resuming service to San
Salvador and Guatemala City
from Houston, New York/Newark, Los
Angeles and Washington,
D.C.
- Increasing the number of flights between Houston and Mexico
City, Cancun, Guadalajara and Leon in Mexico; Panama City, Panama.
- Increasing the number of flights between New York/Newark and Punta
Cana, Santiago and Santo
Domingo in the Dominican
Republic.
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
CleanPlus 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 and potentially revoking travel privileges for customers
who do not follow these requirements, as underscored in a recent
video from United CEO, Scott
Kirby.
- Using state-of-the-art high-efficiency (HEPA) filters on United
aircraft to circulate air and remove up to 99.97% of airborne
particles.
- Using electrostatic spraying on all mainline aircraft before
departure for enhanced cabin sanitation.
- Adding a step to the check-in process, based on a
recommendation from the Cleveland Clinic, requiring customers to
acknowledge they do not have symptoms for COVID-19 and agree to
follow our policies, including wearing a mask on board.
- Offering customers a touchless baggage check-in experience at
more than 200 airports across the United
States; United is the first and only U.S. airline to make
this technology available.
For more details on all the ways United is helping keep
customers safe during their journey, please visit
united.com/cleanplus.
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".
Domestic U.S.,
Canada – August
|
|
Chicago O'Hare
(ORD)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
August
3
|
Albuquerque, NM
(ABQ)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Bangor, ME
(BGR)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Colorado Springs, CO
(COS)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
El Paso, TX
(ELP)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Honolulu, HI
(HNL)
|
Daily*
|
August
3
|
Quebec, QC
(YQB)
|
Daily
|
August 3-August
15
|
Missoula, MT
(MSO)
|
Daily
|
*Service increases to
Daily August 3
|
|
Denver
(DEN)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
August
1
|
Everett, WA
(PAE)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Calgary, AB
(YYC)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Charlotte-Douglas, NC
(CLT)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Detroit, MI
(DTW)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
El Paso, TX
(ELP)
|
2x daily
|
August
3
|
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(FLL)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Hartford, CT
(BDL)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Honolulu/Oahu, HI
(HNL)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Kahului/Maui, HI
(OGG)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Kona, HI
(KOA)
|
4x weekly
|
August
3
|
Little Rock, AR
(LIT)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Louisville
(SDF)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Lubbock, TX
(LBB)
|
5x weekly
|
August
3
|
Monterey, CA
(MRY)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Richmond, VA
(RIC)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Riverton, WY
(RIW)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Traverse City, MI
(TVC)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Vancouver, BC
(YVR)
|
Daily
|
August
4
|
Lihue, HI
(LIH)
|
3x weekly
|
August
8
|
Destin-Ft Walton
Beach, FL (VPS)
|
1x weekly
|
August
8
|
Greenville/Spartanburg, SC (GSP)
|
1x weekly
|
August
22
|
Jacksonville, FL
(JAX)
|
12 Ops
|
|
Houston
(IAH)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
August
3
|
Calgary, AL
(YYC)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Amarillo, TX
(AMA)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Honolulu, HI
(HNL)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Ontario, CA
(ONT)
|
Daily
|
August
8
|
Jackson Hole, WY
(JAC)
|
1x weekly
|
August 8-August
15
|
Bozeman, MT
(BZN)
|
1x weekly
|
August 8-August
15
|
Rapid City, SD
(RAP)
|
1x weekly
|
|
Los Angeles
(LAX)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
August
3
|
Boston, MA
(BOS)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Kalispell, MT
(FCA)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Kona, HI
(KOA)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Kahului, HI
(OGG)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Lihue, HI
(LIH)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Phoenix, AZ
(PHX)
|
2x daily
|
August
3
|
Seattle, WA
(SEA)
|
2x daily
|
August
4
|
Hilo, HI
(ITO)
|
3x weekly
|
|
New York/Newark
(EWR)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
August
3
|
Burlington, VT
(BTV)
|
2x daily
|
August
3
|
Kansas City, MO
(MCI)
|
2x daily
|
August
3
|
Orange County, CA
(SNA)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Sarasota/Bradenton,
FL (SRQ)
|
3x daily
|
August
3
|
Syracuse, NY
(SYR)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Toronto, ON
(YYZ)
|
Daily
|
August
8
|
Bozeman, MT
(BZN)
|
2x weekly
|
August 8-August
15
|
Rapid City, SD
(RAP)
|
1x weekly
|
|
San Francisco
(SFO)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
August
3
|
Honolulu, Hawaii
(HNL)
|
2x daily*
|
August
3
|
Kona, Hawaii
(KOA)
|
2x daily*
|
August
3
|
Kahului, Hawaii
(OGG)
|
2x daily*
|
August
3
|
Lihue, Hawaii
(LIH)
|
Daily
|
August
3
|
Washington, DC
(DCA)
|
6x weekly
|
August 8-August
15
|
Rapid City
(RAP)
|
1x weekly
|
*Service increases
August 3
|
International –
August
|
|
* New market in
August / ** Market with increasing frequencies in August
|
|
Chicago O'Hare
(ORD)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
Atlantic
|
Brussels
(BRU)*
|
4x weekly
|
Frankfurt
(FRA)*
|
5x weekly
|
London
(LHR)
|
Daily
|
Latin
|
Cancun, Mexico
(CUN)*
|
4x weekly
|
Mexico City, Mexico
(MEX)*
|
5x weekly
|
Pacific
|
Tokyo-Haneda
(HND)
|
5x weekly
|
Canada
|
Calgary
(YYC)
|
Daily
|
Montreal
(YUL)**
|
2x daily
|
Quebec City
(YQB)*
|
Daily
|
Toronto
(YYZ)**
|
3x daily
|
|
Denver
(DEN)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
Latin
|
Cancun, Mexico
(CUN)*
|
4x weekly
|
Canada
|
Calgary
(YYC)*
|
Daily
|
Vancouver
(YVR)*
|
Daily
|
|
Houston
(IAH)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
Latin
(Central &
South Am.)
|
Belize City, Belize
(BZE)*
|
Daily
|
Guatemala City,
Guatemala (GUA)*
|
2x daily
|
Liberia, Costa Rica
(LIR)*
|
Daily
|
Lima, Peru
(LIM)*
|
3x weekly
|
Managua, Nicaragua
(MGA)*
|
Daily
|
Panama City, Panama
(PTY)*
|
2x daily
|
Quito, Ecuador
(UIO)**
|
Daily
|
San Jose, Costa Rica
(SJO)*
|
2x daily
|
San Pedro Sula,
Honduras (SAP)*
|
2x daily
|
San Salvador, El
Salvador (SAL)*
|
2x daily
|
São Paulo, Brazil
(GRU)*
|
Daily
|
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
(TGU)
|
Daily
|
Latin
(Mexico)
|
Cancun, Mexico
(CUN)**
|
3x daily
|
Cozumel, Mexico
(CZM)*
|
1x weekly
|
Guadalajara, Mexico
(GDL)**
|
2x daily
|
Leon, Mexico
(BJX)**
|
2x daily
|
Los Cabos, Mexico
(SJD)
|
Daily
|
Mexico City
(MEX)**
|
3x daily
|
Monterrey, Mexico
(MTY)
|
Daily
|
Puebla, Mexico
(PBC)*
|
4x weekly
|
Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico (PVR)
|
Daily
|
Queretaro,
Mexico
|
Daily
|
San Luis Potosi,
Mexico
|
Daily
|
Latin
(Caribbean)
|
Aruba
(AUA)*
|
1x weekly
|
Montego Bay, Jamaica
(MBJ)**
|
Daily
|
Nassau, Bahamas
(NAS)**
|
Daily
|
Punta Cana, Dominican
Republic (PUJ)**
|
Daily
|
San Juan, Puerto Rico
(SJU)
|
Daily
|
St. Thomas
|
3x weekly
|
Canada
|
Calgary
(YYC)*
|
Daily
|
|
Los Angeles
(LAX)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
Latin
|
Guatemala City,
Guatemala (GUA)*
|
2x weekly
|
San Salvador, El
Salvador (SAL)*
|
2x weekly
|
Los Cabos, Mexico
(SJD)*
|
5x weekly
|
Cancun, Mexico
(CUN)*
|
2x weekly
|
|
New York/Newark
(EWR)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
Atlantic
|
Amsterdam
(AMS)
|
Daily
|
Brussels
(BRU)*
|
3x weekly
|
Dublin
(DUB)
|
4x weekly
|
Frankfurt
(FRA)
|
Daily
|
London
(LHR)
|
Daily
|
Munich
(MUC)*
|
3x weekly
|
New Delhi
(DEL)
|
Daily
|
Paris
(CDG)**
|
Daily
|
Tel Aviv
(TLV)
|
Daily
|
Zurich
(ZRH)*
|
3x weekly
|
Latin
|
São Paulo, Brazil
(GRU)*
|
3x weekly
|
Guatemala City,
Guatemala (GUA)*
|
2x weekly
|
Liberia, Costa Rica
(LIR)*
|
1x weekly
|
San Salvador, El
Salvador (SAL)*
|
2x weekly
|
San Pedro Sula,
Honduras (SAP)*
|
2x weekly
|
San Jose, Costa Rica
(SJO)*
|
3x weekly
|
Cancun, Mexico
(CUN)*
|
2x daily
|
Mexico City, Mexico
(MEX)*
|
Daily
|
Aguadilla, Puerto
Rico (BQN)*
|
Daily
|
Aruba
(AUA)**
|
Daly
|
Montego Bay, Jamaica
(MBJ)**
|
Daily
|
Nassau, Bahamas
(NAS)**
|
Daily
|
Puerto Plata,
Dominican Republic (POP)*
|
1x weekly
|
Punta Cana, Dominican
Republic (PUJ)**
|
Daily
|
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic (SDQ)**
|
2x daily
|
Santiago, Dominican
Republic (STI)**
|
2x daily
|
San Juan, Puerto Rico
(SJU)
|
Daily
|
Pacific
|
Tokyo-Narita
(NRT)
|
Daily
|
Canada
|
Toronto
(YYZ)*
|
Daily
|
|
San Francisco
(SFO)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
Atlantic
|
Frankfurt
(FRA)
|
Daily
|
London
(LHR)*
|
5x weekly
|
New Delhi
(DEL)
|
3x weekly
|
Tel Aviv
(TLV)
|
3x weekly
|
Latin
|
Cancun, Mexico
(CUN)*
|
2x weekly
|
Mexico City, Mexico
(MEX)*
|
5x weekly
|
Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico (PVR)*
|
5x weekly
|
Los Cabos, Mexico
(SJD)*
|
5x weekly
|
Pacific
|
Hong Kong (HKG) -
Singapore (SIN)
|
5x weekly
|
Pape'ete, Tahiti
(PPT)*
|
3x weekly
|
Seoul
(ICN)
|
3x weekly
|
Shanghai
(PVG)
|
2x weekly
|
Sydney
(SYD)
|
Daily
|
Tokyo-Narita
(NRT)
|
Daily
|
Canada
|
Vancouver
(YVR)**
|
2x daily
|
|
Washington, D.C.
(IAD)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
Atlantic
|
Brussels
(BRU)
|
Daily
|
Frankfurt
(FRA)
|
Daily
|
London
(LHR)
|
Daily
|
Munich
(MUC)**
|
Daily
|
Zurich
(ZRH)
|
Daily
|
Latin
|
Guatemala City,
Guatemala (GUA)*
|
2x weekly
|
San Salvador, El
Salvador (SAL)*
|
2x weekly
|
Canada
|
Toronto
(YYZ)
|
Daily
|
|
Guam
(GUM)
|
City
|
Frequency
|
|
Tokyo-Narita
(NRT)**
|
10x weekly
|
|
Honolulu
(HNL)
|
Daily
|
|
Saipan
(SPN)
|
3x weekly
|
|
Palau
(ROR)
|
2x monthly
|
|
Yap (YAP)
|
1x monthly
|
|
Island Hopper
(TKK,PNI,KSA,KWA,MAJ)
|
1x monthly
|
|
Chuuk (TKK) - Pohnpei
(PNI)
|
1x monthly
|
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