CHICAGO, Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time
for Thanksgiving, United Airlines is giving families across the
country a topic of conversation everyone can agree on at the dinner
table – spring break vacation planning. The airline is adding
nearly 150 additional flights between its hubs and popular spring
break destinations including Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean and select ski destinations.
"We want our customers to know that, no matter where they want
to go for spring break, United Airlines can get them there," said
Ankit Gupta, United's vice president
of Domestic Network Planning. "This is the time of year when our
customers start thinking about and planning the perfect getaway,
and with our expanded spring schedule, we are offering more flights
and more destinations than ever before."
This spring, United is adding more flights to attractive leisure
destinations including: 31 flights to 12 islands in the
Caribbean; 28 additional flights
to seven cities in Mexico; 27
flights to seven destinations in Central
America including 16 flights to Costa Rica; three flights to Guatemala; and three flights to Belize.
United also announced the extension of its new seasonal nonstop
service between Chicago and
Brownsville/South Padre Island through the end of the
spring travel season in April. Across the
United States, United is adding seven additional flights to
Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; 15 additional flights to 10
cities in Florida; eight more
flights to four islands in Hawaii,
and 10 more flights to four of Colorado's top ski destinations, including
Vail, Crested Butte, Steamboat Springs and Telluride.
Adding five new nonstop flights from
Denver
United's spring network expansion also includes brand-new
nonstop service to beach destinations in Florida and Texas. The airline announced it will begin
service between Denver and
Destin, Palm Beach, Pensacola and Sarasota, Florida, and between Denver and Brownsville/South
Padre Island in Texas. With
this new service, United offers more nonstop service between
Denver and Florida than any other airline.
About United
United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,600
flights a day to 357 airports across five continents. In 2017,
United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights
carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have
the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S.
mainland hubs in Chicago,
Denver, Houston, Los
Angeles, Newark/New York,
San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 757 mainline
aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 551
regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193
countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit
united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The
common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc.,
is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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