United Express tails line a terminal pier at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in April 2016. (Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY)
United Airlines announced a slew of new routes Wednesday amid what the carrier says is a “record” expansion of its network.
The 11 new routes are a mix of seasonal and year-round routes that will start when United’s summer schedule begins June 6. (Scroll down for full details)
The expansion adds one new city – Stockton, California – to United’s route map, but the other routes represent new connections to cities the airline already serves. About half are weekend-only service.
United’s Chicago O’Hare hub is the biggest beneficiary of the expansion, landing seven mostly seasonal routes that include options to Colorado, Florida and Nova Scotia. Also coming to Chicago are two routes to Oregon, including a seasonal option to Redmond and a year-round route to Eugene.
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United also targeted its hub at Houston Bush Intercontinental for two new routes (Durango, Colorado, and Ontario, California) as well as one each for Los Angeles (Stockton) and Washington Dulles (Traverse City, Michigan). Those routes are seasonal, except for the Ontario-Houston service.
With the additions, United says it has announced 93 new routes in 2018, “adding more flights than any U.S. airline,” according to the company. Of those 93, 15 have been international routes, including high-profile additions to destinations in Tahiti, Australia, India, Israel and the Czech Republic, among others.
Most of the routes announced Wednesday focus on summer beach and mountain locales, but United touted its year-long expansion push.
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