United Airways’ long-haul community is rising as soon as once more.
This time, the airline is including a brand new worldwide route from its Chicago hub to Athens, Greece, for the busy summer time season.
Starting on Could 23, United will supply every day nonstop flights to the Greek capital. The brand new service will function by way of Aug. 12.
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The airline will function a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on the brand new route. The jet options 28 Polaris business-class lie-flat pods, 21 Premium Plus recliners, 36 Financial system Plus seats and 158 customary economic system seats.
United filed the schedule for the brand new route on Wednesday, and tickets are already obtainable for buy by way of united.com.
With the addition of Chicago service, United will join Athens with three hubs this summer time, together with Newark and Washington, D.C. In complete, the airline will improve its flying to Athens by roughly 25% 12 months over 12 months.
United plans to renew its seasonal service from Newark to Athens sooner than typical (on March 30), adopted by flights from Washington on April 24.
This summer time, United will supply a whopping 15 nonstop European locations from its Chicago hub at O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD).
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American Airways is United’s main competitor in Chicago, and till now, American has had a monopoly on the Chicago-to-Athens route, which started in 2019, based on Cirium schedules.
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American’s seasonal service to Athens begins on Could 6, and the airline has already had a head begin on bookings by vacationers who need to lock of their journeys forward of time.
With further competitors, it is going to be fascinating to see how fares alter to account for the brand new flight.
Apparently, that is the second new route United has introduced because it first unveiled its preliminary summer time schedule for the upcoming season.
After a couple of back-to-back years of splashy press releases and cocktail events, United’s hotly anticipated transatlantic community replace was introduced in October. It included just one new vacation spot and three new flights — not practically as thrilling because the three new locations and 6 new flights that had been added final summer time.
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However because the preliminary launch in October, United has added a brand new route from San Francisco to Barcelona that can launch on Could 23.
Now, the airline is again with a second new route, and plainly United is not involved about softening demand within the transatlantic marketplace for the upcoming summer time season.
“With nonstop service to locations no different U.S. carriers serve, earlier begins to our hottest seasonal routes and much more transatlantic flights for our clients throughout the nation, United is the clear selection for patrons seeking to journey to Europe this summer time,” Patrick Quayle, United’s senior vp of world community planning and alliances, mentioned in a press release.
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