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 season season.
Starting on Could 23, United will provide each 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 Economic system Plus seats and 158 normal economic system seats.
United filed the schedule for the brand new route on Wednesday, and tickets are already out there for buy by way of united.com.
With the addition of Chicago service, United will join Athens with three hubs this summer season, together with Newark and Washington, D.C. In complete, the airline will improve its flying to Athens by roughly 25% yr over yr.
United plans to renew its seasonal service from Newark to Athens sooner than standard (on March 30), adopted by flights from Washington on April 24.
This summer season, United will provide 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, in response to 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 wish to lock of their journeys forward of time.
With extra competitors, it will likely 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 season schedule for the upcoming season.
After just a few 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 almost as thrilling because the three new locations and 6 new flights that have been added final summer season.
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However for the reason that 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 season 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 prospects throughout the nation, United is the clear selection for purchasers seeking to journey to Europe this summer season,” Patrick Quayle, United’s senior vice chairman of world community planning and alliances, mentioned in an announcement.
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