United Airlines on Friday announced its goal of loading new routes and repairing dozens more routes to its October program. New routes and return routes mean that the Chicago-based airline will make 46% of last October’s national schedule, an 8% increase. during September.
The airline is also re-establishing 8 routes in Hawaii, betting that Hawaii will allow out-of-state visitors to return without storing for 14 days from October 1 with their physical and tactile information, and once this allows visitors from abroad. the state to return, the government plans to institute a “tourist bubble” that will control them and allow them to move between the islands.
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The airline said it plans to board new domestic flights in the days near the weekend in an effort to attract recreational travelers to “have an advantage on long weekend getaways. “
United is also adding foreign routes to destinations where Americans can fly in Mexico, Central and South America and will borrow 33% of their foreign itinerary in October 2019, an increase of 4% through September.
New foreign routes arrive with Bogota, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru and Panama City, Panamá. La airline will also repair or build service to Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Mexico City. On the other side of the Atlantic, it will repair service to Tel Aviv, Israel, from New York and Washington. Dc
The addition of recreational itineraries is rare by October, once again, 2020 has been commonplace, and the coronavirus pandemic has forced the industry to take advantage of any bright spot in a dark landscape in a different way. sector of maximum success – along with nonexistent, recreational is so positive.
“Because October is a slower month for recreational travel, we adjusted our schedules to reflect those seasonal adjustments to visitor calls while we resume service or added capacity on routes where we see a larger visitor call to travel,” Ankit Gupta, vice president of United Home Network PlanningArray said in a statement.
Southwest Airlines has announced the addition of two new destinations for warm climates, Miami International Airport and Palm Springs International Airport, to attract travelers for pleasure.
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United’s plan to board flights comes a few days after it announced that it would fire 16,000 workers, a figure it warned in July.
Airline officials said the final number could fall further by October 1, following the expiration of a ban on the CARES act that prohibits carriers who accept cash from rescuing employees. United said the license would be postponed if Washington approved an additional $25 billion. to help airlines cover the costs
Flight attendants will bring the weight of the reductions, with 6,920 license notices. Approximately 2,850 pilots, 2,010 maintenance personnel and 1,400 supervisors and staff would also lose their jobs.
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