United Airlines will bump up capacity 4 percent month over
month in September with plans to fly 37 percent of its schedule compared with a
year prior, the carrier announced.
On domestic routes, United will add more than 40 daily
routes compared with August, bringing its domestic schedule to 40 percent of
last year's levels. The restored routes will focus on "socially distant
vacation options like beach, mountain and national park destinations,"
according to United, and include service to Austin, Colorado Springs and Santa
Barbara, Calif. The carrier also plans to increase service to Hawaii, resuming
service to Hilo and Kauai and increasing service to Honolulu, Kona and Maui.
United's international schedule in September is slated to be
30 percent of last September's schedule, an increase of five percentage points
compared with August.
Restored transatlantic service for September includes
flights between Chicago and Amsterdam, between San Francisco and Munich and
between Houston and both Amsterdam and Frankfurt. The carrier also will be
increasing its daily service between Chicago and Frankfurt and between San
Francisco and London. Additionally, United plans to launch new service between
Chicago and Tel Aviv in September, pending government approval.
United plans to add 20 routes to Latin American and the
Caribbean in September, including new service between Newark and St. Thomas in
the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from both
Chicago and Washington Dulles. Service set to resume in September includes
flights between Denver and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; service to Costa Rica from
both Houston and Newark; and service between Houston and three Mexican cities:
Aguascalientes, Tampico and Veracruz. United also plans to increase service
between Houston and Quito, Ecuador, and between Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and
each Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.
Only two transpacific routes are slated to come back in
September: three weekly flights between Los Angeles and Sydney and service
between Chicago and Hong Kong, pending government approval.