United Airlines recently unveiled an expanded international schedule from its hubs in Chicago, Denver, New York/Newark and San Francisco. United’s announcement includes brand-new service to Nice, France; Palermo, Italy; and Curacao. The airline also announced customers will have more options when planning travel to Europe with additional flights to Amsterdam; London; Frankfurt, Germany; and Zurich and will resume its seasonal summer service earlier to popular destinations including Athens, Greece; Naples, Italy; Porto, Portugal; and Barcelona, Spain. “United’s global network is a tremendous source of pride for our employees and loyal customers – we’re always looking for ways to grow and expand our network to connect our customers to more destinations around the world,” said United’s International Network Vice President Patrick Quayle. “These new additions help position United as the airline of choice for customers planning their business or leisure travel.”
India’s direct connectivity with the west coast of US is all set to improve from December. Mega US carrier United recently decided to convert its seasonal Delhi- San Francisco (SFO) flight into a year round service. United had originally announced that the flight which is to start from December 5, would be a seasonal one with operations in winter. But given the massive demand for travel on this route – currently operated only by Air India – it has changed that decision. SFO and Newark are United’s west and east coast hubs, respectively.
Originally announced as seasonal service between SFO and New Delhi, United is expanding the route to year-round service. United will operate its first non stop service from the US west Coast (SFO) to India with a Boeing 787-9 Dream-liner aircraft beginning December 5, the airline said. United will resume its daily non stop on Newark (EWR)-Mumbai routes from September 6. United had suspended the Delhi flight on April 5 due to closure of Pakistani airspace and on June 21 the Mumbai one was suspended due to US curbs on flying over Iran.
