CHICAGO, Oct. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- United
Airlines today announced it is continuing to strengthen its
domestic route network by offering more ways for customers to
connect to 22 destinations from six of its U.S. hubs. The airline
also announced it will begin nonstop service to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from
Chicago, New York/Newark and Washington, D.C. With the new service, United
will offer more nonstop service from more cities to Hilton Head Island than any other airline.
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"With more than 40 new domestic routes added this year, we
remain committed to expanding our network to offer customers even
more choices in their travel destinations," said Ankit Gupta, United's vice president of
Domestic Network Planning. "The expansion to Hilton Head Island from three of our hub
cities and the introduction of New
York's only nonstop service to Anchorage and Pensacola, are just some of the ways we are
responding to customer interest and demand."
Maximizing the Unique Strengths of its East
Coast hubs
Beginning this month, United's enhanced East Coast schedule,
announced in May, takes effect. The adjustments maximize the
airline's unique strengths of its East Coast hubs in New York/Newark and Washington Dulles. The additional
routes announced today will continue optimizing access to key
business and leisure destinations from Newark while shifting short-haul connecting
flights to Washington Dulles.
"No other airline flies to more cities from the New York/Newark area than United Airlines, and today we
are excited to add three more nonstops, including the only nonstop
service between New
York/Newark and
Hilton Head Island, and
Pensacola, as well as the area's
only nonstop service to Anchorage.
We're also expanding service to key business destinations,
including Detroit, St. Louis, Omaha, Richmond, and Kansas
City, Missouri," said Jill
Kaplan, United's president of New
York/New Jersey. "New
Yorkers don't stop and neither should their flights."
United is shifting shorter-haul flights to Elmira, New York; Lexington, Kentucky; and Manchester, New Hampshire from New York/Newark to its Washington Dulles hub.
Additionally, United will introduce new nonstop service between
Washington Dulles and Asheville, North
Carolina.
Growing California's global airline in Los Angeles and San
Francisco
United Airlines, California's
global airline, offers customers more destinations within
California than any other airline
and serves more U.S. destinations from San Francisco than any other U.S. airline.
Beginning June 6, 2019, United will
begin nonstop service between San
Francisco and Columbus,
Ohio. From its hub at Los
Angeles International Airport, United will begin nonstop
service to Eugene, Oregon;
Madison, Wisconsin; and
Pasco/Tri-Cities, Washington, beginning March 31, 2019.
"There's no substitute for a great network; serving destinations
with convenient flight times that our customers want. This is
something we continue to expand on in California," said Janet Lamkin, United's president of California. "We look forward to connecting
more of the country with California, for example Columbus and Madison, two important markets for higher
learning."
Enhancing United's mid-continent hub
operations in Chicago and
Denver
Beginning April 6, 2019, United
will begin nonstop weekend service between Chicago O'Hare and
Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina. United is the only airline offering nonstop
service between Chicago and
Hilton Head Island.
From O'Hare, United operates more flights than any other
airline. Earlier this year, United made schedule improvements at
its Chicago hub to enable more
departures and more connections while reducing the amount of time
customers spend waiting at the airport.
United announced last week its enhanced schedule offering at
Denver International Airport, the
airline's fastest growing hub, offering more flights, better flight
times and more connections. United also announced it will begin new
service between Denver and
Charleston, South Carolina;
Eureka, California; and
Fairbanks, Alaska.
About United
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,600
flights a day to 357 airports across five continents. In 2017,
United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights
carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have
the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S.
mainland hubs in Chicago,
Denver, Houston, Los
Angeles, Newark/New York,
San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 757 mainline
aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 551
regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193
countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit
united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The
common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc.,
is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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