Adjusting to Customer Demand, United Adds New Nonstop Service to Florida

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United Airlines has announced plans to add up to 28 daily nonstop flights this winter from cities including Boston, Cleveland, and New York/LaGuardia to Florida destinations such as Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, and Tampa. This expansion begins on November 6, 2020, reflecting United's strategy to adapt to travel demand amid COVID-19. Ticket sales are live on united.com and the mobile app. Additionally, the airline is focusing on health and safety through its United CleanPlus program, partnering with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to enhance cleaning protocols and ensure passenger safety.

Positive

• Expansion of up to 28 daily nonstop flights during winter reflects proactive management of COVID-19 impact.
• Increased service from multiple cities indicates strong demand for travel to Florida.
• Commitment to health and safety through the United CleanPlus program enhances customer confidence.

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• None.

CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced plans to add up to 28 daily nonstop flights this winter connecting customers in Boston, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, New York/LaGuardia, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio to four popular Florida destinations. The new, nonstop flights reflect United's continuing strategy to aggressively, and opportunistically manage the impact of COVID-19 by increasing service to destinations where customers most want to fly.

The airline will incrementally add in these flights starting November 6 with new roundtrip service from Boston, Cleveland and New York/LaGuardia to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa. In December, the airline will increase service to Florida with additional flights from Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Milwaukee and Pittsburgh to Fort Myers and Tampa. Tickets are now available for purchase on united.com and the United mobile app.

"The addition of these new flights represents United's largest expansion of point-to-point, non-hub flying and reflects our data driven approach to add capacity where customers are telling us they want to go," said Ankit Gupta, United's vice president of Domestic Network Planning. "We look forward to offering customers in the Midwest and Northeast more options to fly nonstop to Florida this winter."          

From Nov. 6, 2020 through January 10, 2021, United will operate nonstop service from Boston, Cleveland and New York/LaGuardia to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa on peak days.

Route	Origin	Destination	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Aircraft
Boston
Boston – Fort Lauderdale	BOS	FLL	8:50 AM	12:23 PM	737-800
	BOS	FLL	12:45 PM	4:18 PM	737-800
	FLL	BOS	8:30 AM	11:48 AM	737-800
	FLL	BOS	1:15 PM	4:33 PM	737-800
Boston – Fort Myers	BOS	RSW	9:00 AM	12:37 PM	A320
	RSW	BOS	12:30 PM	3:40 PM	A320
Boston  – Orlando	BOS	MCO	9:00 AM	12:20 PM	A320
	BOS	MCO	1:00 PM	4:20 PM	737-800
	MCO	BOS	8:15 AM	11:09 AM	737-800
	MCO	BOS	12:30 PM	3:24 PM	A320
Boston – Tampa	BOS	TPA	8:30 AM	12:00 PM	737-800
	TPA	BOS	12:55 PM	3:55 PM	737-800
New York/LaGuardia
New York – Fort Lauderdale	LGA	FLL	9:20 AM	12:33 PM	A320
	LGA	FLL	1:05 PM	4:18 PM	A320
	FLL	LGA	1:25 PM	4:19 PM	A320
	FLL	LGA	5:10 PM	8:04 PM	A320
New York – Fort Myers	LGA	RSW	10:00 AM	1:15 PM	737-800
	RSW	LGA	2:06 PM	4:59 PM	737-800
New York – Orlando	LGA	MCO	7:59 AM	10:55 AM	A320
	LGA	MCO	12:00 PM	2:56 PM	A320
	MCO	LGA	8:30 AM	11:03 AM	A320
	MCO	LGA	12:00 PM	2:33 PM	A320
New York – Tampa	LGA	TPA	9:29 AM	12:39 PM	737-800
	TPA	LGA	1:35 PM	4:18 PM	737-800
Cleveland
Cleveland – Fort Lauderdale	CLE	FLL	9:15AM	12:12 PM	737-800
	FLL	CLE	1:05PM	3:58 PM	737-800
Cleveland – Fort Myers	CLE	RSW	9:30 AM	12:13 PM	737-800
	RSW	CLE	1:10 PM	3:52 PM	737-800
Cleveland – Orlando	CLE	MCO	9:00 AM	11:32 AM	737-800
	MCO	CLE	12:30 PM	2:58 PM	737-800
Cleveland – Tampa	CLE	TPA	8:15 AM	10:57 AM	E175
	TPA	CLE	11:35 AM	2:10 PM	E175

Beginning December 17, United plans to increase service to up to 28 daily nonstop flights with the addition of service from Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio, to Fort Myers and Tampa.

Route	Origin	Destination	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Aircraft
Boston
Boston – Fort Lauderdale	BOS	FLL	8:50 AM	12:23 PM	737-800
	BOS	FLL	12:45 PM	4:18 PM	737-800
	FLL	BOS	8:30 AM	11:48 AM	737-800
	FLL	BOS	1:15 PM	4:33 PM	737-800
Boston – Fort Myers	BOS	RSW	9:00 AM	12:37 PM	A320
	BOS	RSW	1:00 PM	4:39 PM	A320
	RSW	BOS	9:00 AM	12:09 PM	A320
	RSW	BOS	12:30 PM	3:40 PM	A320
Boston – Orlando	BOS	MCO	9:00 AM	12:20 PM	A320
	BOS	MCO	1:00 PM	4:20 PM	737-800
	MCO	BOS	8:15 AM	11:09 AM	737-800
	MCO	BOS	12:30 PM	3:24 PM	A320
Boston – Tampa	BOS	TPA	8:30 AM	12:00 PM	737-800
	BOS	TPA	1:30 PM	5:02 PM	737-800
	TPA	BOS	9:30 AM	12:30 PM	737-800
	TPA	BOS	12:55 PM	3:55 PM	737-800
New York/LaGuardia
New York – Fort Lauderdale	LGA	FLL	9:20 AM	12:33 PM	A320
	LGA	FLL	1:05 PM	4:18 PM	A320
	FLL	LGA	1:25 PM	4:19 PM	A320
	FLL	LGA	5:10 PM	8:04 PM	A320
New York – Fort Myers	LGA	RSW	10:00 AM	1:15 PM	737-800
	LGA	RSW	1:29 PM	4:46 PM	737-800
	RSW	LGA	9:40 AM	12:33 PM	737-800
	RSW	LGA	2:06 PM	4:59 PM	737-800
New York – Orlando	LGA	MCO	7:59 AM	10:55 AM	A320
	LGA	MCO	12:00 PM	2:56 PM	A320
	MCO	LGA	8:30 AM	11:03 AM	A320
	MCO	LGA	12:00 PM	2:33 PM	A320
New York – Tampa	LGA	TPA	9:29 AM	12:39 PM	737-800
	LGA	TPA	12:29 PM	3:40 PM	737-800
	TPA	LGA	8:40 AM	11:22 AM	737-800
	TPA	LGA	1:35 PM	4:18 PM	737-800
Cleveland
Cleveland – Fort Lauderdale	CLE	FLL	9:15 AM	12:12 PM	737-800
	CLE	FLL	12:55 PM	3:52 PM	737-800
	FLL	CLE	9:10 AM	12:03 PM	737-800
	FLL	CLE	1:05 PM	3:58 PM	737-800
Cleveland – Fort Myers	CLE	RSW	9:30 AM	12:13 PM	737-800
	CLE	RSW	1:45 PM	4:27 PM	737-800
	RSW	CLE	10:00 AM	12:38 PM	737-800
	RSW	CLE	1:10 PM	3:52 PM	737-800
Cleveland – Orlando	CLE	MCO	9:00 AM	11:32 AM	737-800
	CLE	MCO	3:35 PM	6:01 PM	737-800
	MCO	CLE	8:45 AM	11:12 AM	737-800
	MCO	CLE	12:30 PM	2:58 PM	737-800
Cleveland – Tampa	CLE	TPA	8:15 AM	10:57 AM	737-800
	TPA	CLE	11:35 AM	2:10 PM	737-800
Milwaukee
Milwaukee – Tampa	MKE	TPA	9:15 AM	1:05 PM	A319
	TPA	MKE	1:55 PM	3:55 PM	A319
Milwaukee – Fort Myers	MKE	RSW	10:25 AM	2:29 PM	A319
	RSW	MKE	3:05 PM	5:15 PM	A319
Columbus
Columbus – Fort Myers	CMH	RSW	8:30 AM	11:05 AM	E175
	RSW	CMH	1:30 PM	4:01 PM	E175
Indianapolis
Indianapolis – Fort Myers	IND	RSW	9:05 AM	11:33 PM	A320
	RSW	IND	1:30 PM	4:01 PM	A320
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh – Fort Myers	PIT	RSW	10:10 AM	12:50 PM	E175
	RSW	PIT	11:50 AM	2:29 PM	E175

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 most United mainline 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".

 

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FAQ

What new flights is United Airlines adding this winter?

United Airlines is adding up to 28 daily nonstop flights to Florida from cities like Boston, Cleveland, and New York/LaGuardia.

When will United Airlines start the new flight services?

The new flight services will begin on November 6, 2020.

Which Florida destinations will United Airlines serve?

The destinations include Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, and Tampa.

How is United Airlines addressing COVID-19 safety?

United Airlines has implemented the United CleanPlus program, partnering with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to enhance cleaning and health safety measures.

Where can I purchase tickets for United Airlines' new flights?

Tickets are available for purchase on united.com and the United mobile app.