It remains to be seen just how well the gambit will work, but United Airlines strategy is certainly putting the aviation industry on notice that bigger can be better.
Consider this headline on a news release for the carrier: “The More the Merrier—United Airlines adds 11 New Routes.”
Those new follow fast on the heels of a slew of other new UA routes announced this year—93 new routes across the U.S. alone and another 15 international routes.
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United claims the new flights constitute a record when it comes to network expansion.
Ankit Gupta, the airline’s vice president of domestic planning and scheduling says: “With nearly 100 new routes announced this year, we continue to deliver on our commitment to build a global network with destinations sphere our customers want to fly.”
Here’s a rundown of the latest new routes out of United’s Chicago O’Hare megahub. For specific launch dates contact United.
- Chicago O’Hare to Destin, Florida. The weekend service operates Saturdays and Sundays using a CRJ-200 regional jet;
- Chicago O’Hare to Durango, Colorado is a Saturday-only round-trip. The conveyance is a CR-700;
- Chicago O’Hare to Panama City Beach, Florida. This Saturday and Sunday flight uses a CRJ-200;
- Chicago O’Hare to Grand Junction, Colorado operates Saturday only and employs a CRJ-700;
- Chicago O’Hare to Eugene, Oregon is an Embraer-175 market. This larger regional jet offers 2×2 seating, even in coach. Flights are year-round and on a daily basis;
- Chicago ‘O’Hare to Halifax, Nova Scotia operates daily in the summer only. An EMB-175 flies the route;
- Chicago O’Hare to Redmond/Bend, Oregon, is daily summer and an EMB-175 is the aircraft;
You can book a couple of new United flights from George Bush Houston Intercontinental hub.
- Houston to Durango operates only on Saturdays and an EMB-175 does the flying;
- Houston to Ontario, California is daily, and an EMB-175 makes the trip year-round.
Los Angeles International gets into the picture August 20, 2019, with the start of twice-daily LAX to Stockton, California service. This is an EMB-175.
Washington Dulles International will be launching summer service to Traverse City Michigan using an EMB-145. This is a summer-only affair.
