United Airlines is making plans to develop other significant plans on transatlantic schedules, betting that consumers will continue to pay for foreign flights, some of which have been postponed for years.
Next summer, United says it will fly to 37 cities in Europe, Africa, India and the Middle East, a total it says is higher than other U. S. airlines. It will also bring return destinations, adding a nonstop flight from its hub in Newark. Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and Stockholm on a Boeing 757 on May 27. He last served this city in 2019.
Airline executives recently reported a promising summer to travel to Europe in particular. United said it is asking for a 20 percent increase from 2019, the summer peak. One’s income.
Despite strong demand and the benefit of better fares, airlines have been crippled by a number of demanding situations this summer, such as delays and shortages of aircraft deliveries, and chaos due to shortages in major European hubs such as London and Amsterdam, prompting airlines to cut capacity.
“This is a timeline we think we can do,” Patrick Quayle, senior vice president of global network planning and partnerships at United, told reporters. .
Quayle estimated United’s transatlantic program in next year’s peak summer era will be 30 percent larger than in 2019 and about 10 percent larger than in 2022.
Inflation, a slower rebound in business and other issues continue to weigh on the 2023 call. London’s Heathrow Airport warned Tuesday that the call was “uncertain”.
When demand was easing the Covid pandemic, United experimented with its roadmap, providing destinations such as Palma de Mallorca in Spain and Ponta Delgada in the Azores in Portugal. These flights return although service to Bergen, Norway, has not been maintained. by 2023.
United said Wednesday it would begin flights on May 25 between San Francisco and Rome on a 777-200ER, as part of the airline’s large investment in service to Italy. On the same day, seasonal service to Shannon, Ireland, from Chicago will begin. O’Hare International Airport on a Boeing 757 and flights to Barcelona, Spain, from Chicago on a 787 Dreamliner.
It will also offer flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Berlin on a Boeing 767 starting May 25. The airline plans to operate 23 flights to London Heathrow next summer.
On March 25, United will launch service between Newark and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on a Boeing 777-200ER, flights announced last month from a new relationship with Emirates.
Delta Air Lines is also ramping up service to Europe for next spring and summer, expanding its transatlantic capacity to 8 starting in 2022.
Its additions come with non-stop service to Geneva, plus London and the resumption of daily flights to Berlin, all from John F International Airport. Kennedy of New York.
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