United Expands Schedule for Holiday Travel

<p>United Airlines announced it will fly its biggest domestic schedule since the start of the pandemic to meet an expected surge in holiday travel&comma; with an emphasis on connecting the Midwest to warm weather cities like <span class&equals;"xn-location">Las Vegas<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Orlando<&sol;span> as well as offering nearly 70 daily flights to ski destinations&comma; including new service between <span class&equals;"xn-location">Orange County<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Aspen<&sol;span>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>United reported holiday travel flight searches on united&period;com and the airline&&num;8217&semi;s app are up 16&percnt;&comma; compared to 2019&period; The airline expects the busiest travel days for the Thanksgiving holiday will be <span class&equals;"xn-chron">Wednesday&comma; November 24<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-chron">Sunday&comma; November 28<&sol;span>&comma; while popular days for winter holiday travel are expected to be <span class&equals;"xn-chron">Thursday&comma; December 23<&sol;span> and Sunday&comma; January 2&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>The airline plans to offer more than 3&comma;500 daily domestic flights in December&comma; representing 91&percnt; of its domestic capacity compared to 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re seeing a lot of pent-up demand in our data and are offering a December schedule that centers on the two things people want most for the holidays&colon; warm sunshine and fresh snow&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Ankit Gupta<&sol;span>&comma; vice president of network planning and scheduling at United&period; &&num;8220&semi;We know families and friends are eager to reunite this holiday season&comma; which is why we&&num;8217&semi;re thrilled to add new flights that will help them connect and celebrate together&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In December&comma; United will begin new direct flights to <span class&equals;"xn-location">Las Vegas<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Phoenix<&sol;span> from <span class&equals;"xn-location">Cleveland<&sol;span>&comma; and to <span class&equals;"xn-location">Orlando<&sol;span> from <span class&equals;"xn-location">Indianapolis<&sol;span>&period; The carrier also will resume eight popular direct flights from Midwest cities&comma; including routes to <span class&equals;"xn-location">Fort Lauderdale<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Fort Myers<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Orlando<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Tampa<&sol;span>&comma; offering the most departures the airline has flown from <span class&equals;"xn-location">Cleveland<&sol;span> since 2014 including direct service to <span class&equals;"xn-location">Nassau<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Cancun<&sol;span>&period; United will offer up to 195 daily flights to 12 destinations in <span class&equals;"xn-location">Florida<&sol;span> this winter&comma; the most flights to the Sunshine State in company history&period; United is also resuming direct flights from <span class&equals;"xn-location">Columbus<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Indianapolis<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Milwaukee<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Pittsburgh<&sol;span> to <span class&equals;"xn-location">Fort Myers<&sol;span> – which were some of the airline&&num;8217&semi;s most popular point-to-point flights last winter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Customers who prefer fresh powder can enjoy more flights to ski destinations with United than any other carrier&period; The airline offers 66 daily flights to over a dozen ski destinations across the U&period;S&period;&comma; including brand new service beginning this December between <span class&equals;"xn-location">Orange County<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Aspen<&sol;span>&period; This winter season&comma; United will have flights to <span class&equals;"xn-location">Aspen<&sol;span>&sol;<span class&equals;"xn-location">Snowmass<&sol;span>&comma; Mammoth&comma; Bozeman&sol;Big Sky&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Eagle<&sol;span>&sol;<span class&equals;"xn-location">Vail<&sol;span>&comma; Kalispell&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Gunnison<&sol;span>&sol;<span class&equals;"xn-location">Crested Butte<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Hayden<&sol;span>&sol;<span class&equals;"xn-location">Steamboat Springs<&sol;span>&comma; Jackson Hole&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Montrose<&sol;span>&sol;<span class&equals;"xn-location">Telluride<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Reno<&sol;span>&sol;Tahoe&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Sun Valley<&sol;span> from its hub airports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this year&comma; United announced that it will add 150 flights to warm-weather destinations this winter season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;