United Airlines Adds Nearly 25,000 Flights in August
United Airlines announced a significant expansion for August 2020, increasing its flight schedule by nearly 25,000 flights compared to July. The airline plans to operate 40% of its August 2019 schedule, up from 30% in July. Key highlights include adding over 600 daily U.S. flights and resuming international routes to destinations such as Tahiti and Cancun. United emphasizes a data-driven approach to rebuilding its schedule while prioritizing safety with new health protocols under the United CleanPlus initiative.
- Tripling flight schedule for August compared to June 2020.
- Plans to operate 40% of August 2019 flight capacity.
- Adding over 600 daily flights to more than 200 U.S. airports.
- Resuming international flights to leisure destinations like Cancun and Tahiti.
- Enhanced cleaning and safety procedures under United CleanPlus.
- Travel demand remains significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels.
- Only 25% of international schedule will be operational in August.
CHICAGO, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced it is tripling the size of its August schedule compared to its June 2020 schedule, adding nearly 25,000 domestic and international flights compared to July 2020, and plans to fly
United has overhauled its cleaning and safety procedures under United CleanPlus and is giving customers more flexibility when booking by extending its waiver of change fees and award redeposit fees for reservations through July 31.
United plans to add more than 350 daily flights from its U.S. hubs in August, including doubling the number of flights from New York/Newark compared to July. This increase includes more flights to mountain and national park destinations like Aspen, Colorado; Bangor, Maine; Bozeman, Montana; and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Internationally, United's August schedule will include a return to Tahiti and additional flights to Hawaii, the Caribbean and Mexico. Across the Atlantic, United will add more flights and options to Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris and Zurich.
"We're taking the same data-driven, realistic approach to growing our schedule as we did in drawing it down at the start of the pandemic," said Ankit Gupta, United's vice president of Domestic Network Planning. "Demand is coming back slowly and we're building in enough capacity to stay ahead of the number of people traveling. And we're adding in flights to places we know customers want to travel to, like outdoor recreation destinations where social distancing is easier but doing so in a way that's flexible and allows us to adjust should that demand change."
U.S. Domestic
Domestically, United plans to fly
- Adding more than 600 daily flights to more than 200 airports across the United States, including the resumption of 50 routes from July to August.
- Expanding flights at 147 airports across the United States.
- Increasing connectivity in United's mid-continental hubs, including Chicago, Denver and Houston.
- Doubling the number of flights from New York/Newark
- Returning around 90 aircraft back into service, including adding more CRJ-550 service between New York/Newark and St. Louis; Indianapolis; Richmond, Virginia; Cincinnati; Norfolk, Virginia; and Columbus, Ohio.
- Increasing service between Hawaii and its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco
- Resuming service to more Hawaiian destinations, including Lihue from San Francisco and Hilo from Los Angeles.
International
"United's international schedule continues to be guided by customer demand as we add back capacity in regions with relative strength," said Patrick Quayle, United's vice president of International Network and Alliances. "For August, we've seen increasing demand for leisure travel and have added options to places like Cancun and reinstated service to Tahiti. Additionally, we are further building out service to partner hubs like Frankfurt and Zurich, where customers can connect on to a wide array of destinations."
Atlantic
Internationally, United is scheduled to fly
- Resuming service between Chicago and Brussels and Frankfurt.
- Resuming service between New York/Newark and Brussels, Munich and Zurich.
- Resuming service between San Francisco and London.
Upon government approval, United will restart daily service between Delhi and San Francisco and New York/Newark.
Pacific
Across the Pacific in August, United is scheduled to restart three-times-weekly service connecting the mainland United States and Tahiti. In July, United made several changes to its Asia Pacific schedule. Highlights of United's service include:
- Starting new service, five times weekly, between Chicago and Tokyo's Haneda Airport. United will continue operating daily service to Tokyo Narita from New York/Newark and San Francisco.
- Resuming service between Hong Kong and San Francisco five days a week, with service continuing to Singapore.
- Resuming service to Seoul, South Korea three days a week.
- Resuming service to Shanghai from San Francisco two days a week.
Latin America/Caribbean
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, United is expanding across each region with a total of 35 new routes for August. Highlights of United's schedule include:
- Resuming service between Houston and Lima.
- Resuming service between New York/Newark and Sao Paulo.
- Resuming service between Mexico City and Chicago, New York/Newark and San Francisco.
- Adding more ways to get to Cancun from Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and San Francisco.
- Resuming service to San Salvador and Guatemala City from Houston, New York/Newark, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
- Increasing the number of flights between Houston and Mexico City, Cancun, Guadalajara and Leon in Mexico; Panama City, Panama.
- Increasing the number of flights between New York/Newark and Punta Cana, Santiago and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
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 United 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".
Domestic U.S., Canada – August | ||
Chicago O'Hare (ORD) | City | Frequency |
August 3 | Albuquerque, NM (ABQ) | Daily |
August 3 | Bangor, ME (BGR) | Daily |
August 3 | Colorado Springs, CO (COS) | Daily |
August 3 | El Paso, TX (ELP) | Daily |
August 3 | Honolulu, HI (HNL) | Daily* |
August 3 | Quebec, QC (YQB) | Daily |
August 3-August 15 | Missoula, MT (MSO) | Daily |
*Service increases to Daily August 3 | ||
Denver (DEN) | City | Frequency |
August 1 | Everett, WA (PAE) | Daily |
August 3 | Calgary, AB (YYC) | Daily |
August 3 | Charlotte-Douglas, NC (CLT) | Daily |
August 3 | Detroit, MI (DTW) | Daily |
August 3 | El Paso, TX (ELP) | 2x daily |
August 3 | Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) | Daily |
August 3 | Hartford, CT (BDL) | Daily |
August 3 | Honolulu/Oahu, HI (HNL) | Daily |
August 3 | Kahului/Maui, HI (OGG) | Daily |
August 3 | Kona, HI (KOA) | 4x weekly |
August 3 | Little Rock, AR (LIT) | Daily |
August 3 | Louisville (SDF) | Daily |
August 3 | Lubbock, TX (LBB) | 5x weekly |
August 3 | Monterey, CA (MRY) | Daily |
August 3 | Richmond, VA (RIC) | Daily |
August 3 | Riverton, WY (RIW) | Daily |
August 3 | Traverse City, MI (TVC) | Daily |
August 3 | Vancouver, BC (YVR) | Daily |
August 4 | Lihue, HI (LIH) | 3x weekly |
August 8 | Destin-Ft Walton Beach, FL (VPS) | 1x weekly |
August 8 | Greenville/Spartanburg, SC (GSP) | 1x weekly |
August 22 | Jacksonville, FL (JAX) | 12 Ops |
Houston (IAH) | City | Frequency |
August 3 | Calgary, AL (YYC) | Daily |
August 3 | Amarillo, TX (AMA) | Daily |
August 3 | Honolulu, HI (HNL) | Daily |
August 3 | Ontario, CA (ONT) | Daily |
August 8 | Jackson Hole, WY (JAC) | 1x weekly |
August 8-August 15 | Bozeman, MT (BZN) | 1x weekly |
August 8-August 15 | Rapid City, SD (RAP) | 1x weekly |
Los Angeles (LAX) | City | Frequency |
August 3 | Boston, MA (BOS) | Daily |
August 3 | Kalispell, MT (FCA) | Daily |
August 3 | Kona, HI (KOA) | Daily |
August 3 | Kahului, HI (OGG) | Daily |
August 3 | Lihue, HI (LIH) | Daily |
August 3 | Phoenix, AZ (PHX) | 2x daily |
August 3 | Seattle, WA (SEA) | 2x daily |
August 4 | Hilo, HI (ITO) | 3x weekly |
New York/Newark (EWR) | City | Frequency |
August 3 | Burlington, VT (BTV) | 2x daily |
August 3 | Kansas City, MO (MCI) | 2x daily |
August 3 | Orange County, CA (SNA) | Daily |
August 3 | Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) | 3x daily |
August 3 | Syracuse, NY (SYR) | Daily |
August 3 | Toronto, ON (YYZ) | Daily |
August 8 | Bozeman, MT (BZN) | 2x weekly |
August 8-August 15 | Rapid City, SD (RAP) | 1x weekly |
San Francisco (SFO) | City | Frequency |
August 3 | Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL) | 2x daily* |
August 3 | Kona, Hawaii (KOA) | 2x daily* |
August 3 | Kahului, Hawaii (OGG) | 2x daily* |
August 3 | Lihue, Hawaii (LIH) | Daily |
August 3 | Washington, DC (DCA) | 6x weekly |
August 8-August 15 | Rapid City (RAP) | 1x weekly |
*Service increases August 3 |
International – August | ||
* New market in August / ** Market with increasing frequencies in August | ||
Chicago O'Hare (ORD) | City | Frequency |
Atlantic | Brussels (BRU)* | 4x weekly |
Frankfurt (FRA)* | 5x weekly | |
London (LHR) | Daily | |
Latin | Cancun, Mexico (CUN)* | 4x weekly |
Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)* | 5x weekly | |
Pacific | Tokyo-Haneda (HND) | 5x weekly |
Canada | Calgary (YYC) | Daily |
Montreal (YUL)** | 2x daily | |
Quebec City (YQB)* | Daily | |
Toronto (YYZ)** | 3x daily | |
Denver (DEN) | City | Frequency |
Latin | Cancun, Mexico (CUN)* | 4x weekly |
Canada | Calgary (YYC)* | Daily |
Vancouver (YVR)* | Daily | |
Houston (IAH) | City | Frequency |
Latin (Central & South Am.) | Belize City, Belize (BZE)* | Daily |
Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA)* | 2x daily | |
Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR)* | Daily | |
Lima, Peru (LIM)* | 3x weekly | |
Managua, Nicaragua (MGA)* | Daily | |
Panama City, Panama (PTY)* | 2x daily | |
Quito, Ecuador (UIO)** | Daily | |
San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO)* | 2x daily | |
San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP)* | 2x daily | |
San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL)* | 2x daily | |
São Paulo, Brazil (GRU)* | Daily | |
Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGU) | Daily | |
Latin (Mexico) | Cancun, Mexico (CUN)** | 3x daily |
Cozumel, Mexico (CZM)* | 1x weekly | |
Guadalajara, Mexico (GDL)** | 2x daily | |
Leon, Mexico (BJX)** | 2x daily | |
Los Cabos, Mexico (SJD) | Daily | |
Mexico City (MEX)** | 3x daily | |
Monterrey, Mexico (MTY) | Daily | |
Puebla, Mexico (PBC)* | 4x weekly | |
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (PVR) | Daily | |
Queretaro, Mexico | Daily | |
San Luis Potosi, Mexico | Daily | |
Latin (Caribbean) | Aruba (AUA)* | 1x weekly |
Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ)** | Daily | |
Nassau, Bahamas (NAS)** | Daily | |
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ)** | Daily | |
San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) | Daily | |
St. Thomas | 3x weekly | |
Canada | Calgary (YYC)* | Daily |
Los Angeles (LAX) | City | Frequency |
Latin | Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA)* | 2x weekly |
San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL)* | 2x weekly | |
Los Cabos, Mexico (SJD)* | 5x weekly | |
Cancun, Mexico (CUN)* | 2x weekly | |
New York/Newark (EWR) | City | Frequency |
Atlantic | Amsterdam (AMS) | Daily |
Brussels (BRU)* | 3x weekly | |
Dublin (DUB) | 4x weekly | |
Frankfurt (FRA) | Daily | |
London (LHR) | Daily | |
Munich (MUC)* | 3x weekly | |
New Delhi (DEL) | Daily | |
Paris (CDG)** | Daily | |
Tel Aviv (TLV) | Daily | |
Zurich (ZRH)* | 3x weekly | |
Latin | São Paulo, Brazil (GRU)* | 3x weekly |
Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA)* | 2x weekly | |
Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR)* | 1x weekly | |
San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL)* | 2x weekly | |
San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP)* | 2x weekly | |
San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO)* | 3x weekly | |
Cancun, Mexico (CUN)* | 2x daily | |
Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)* | Daily | |
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (BQN)* | Daily | |
Aruba (AUA)** | Daly | |
Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ)** | Daily | |
Nassau, Bahamas (NAS)** | Daily | |
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (POP)* | 1x weekly | |
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ)** | Daily | |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ)** | 2x daily | |
Santiago, Dominican Republic (STI)** | 2x daily | |
San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) |
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