United Airlines has announced the largest transatlantic
expansion in its history, with 10 flights and five new destinations set to be
added to the carrier’s network next year, while services disrupted by the pandemic will resume.
Starting 13 May 2022, the airline will offer daily flights between
New York/Newark and the Portuguese destination of Ponta Delgada in the Azores.
The service joins United’s existing routes to Porto, which will resume in March
2022, and Lisbon, which is currently operating from Newark but will return to
Washington DC next summer. The Ponta Delgada flights will be operated by a new
Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.
The carrier will also launch services between Newark and
Bergen, Norway from 20 May, operating three times a week using a Boeing
757-200.
Then, from 2 June, United will launch three weekly flights
between Newark and Palma de Mallorca in the Balearics, followed by
Newark-Tenerife from 9 June.
From 5 May 2022, United will launch flights from Washington DC to Amman, making it the only North American carrier flying direct to the capital of Jordan. It will operate three services per week using a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
From next spring, United will also add new flights between Denver and
Munich, joining existing services to Frankfurt and London, which are expected
to resume in March. It will also begin flying daily from Chicago to Milan,
joining existing seasonal flights to Rome, as well as daily from Washington DC
to Berlin, adding to the existing Newark-Berlin route.
In addition, the carrier will add an additional daily flight
from Newark to Dublin and Rome.
Services that were temporarily halted due to the Covid-19
pandemic will also be resumed, including Newark-Nice from 29 April, Chicago-Zurich
from 23 April, San Francisco-Bangalore from 26 May and flights to Tokyo Haneda
from Washington DC, Los Angeles and Newark from 26 March. A second daily
flight between Newark and Frankfurt will be added from 23 April.