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United Beefs up Its East Coast Schedule

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United Airlines has announced plans to add flights, refocusing the schedule at Newark Liberty Airport to appeal to New Yorkers and also to emphasize Dulles Airport’s importance as a key hub for connecting flights.

United Airlines announced this week it will expand service to two key east coast hubs. While the added direct flights departing from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) will keep travelers originating in the New York City region in mind, new flights at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) will focus on easing connections for passengers taking advantage of the airline’s hub system to reach hundreds of other domestic and international destinations.

Officials say United will add new routes, increase the frequency of existing routes and fly larger equipment to and from the EWR and IAD hubs. All told, the carrier will expand service to 17 destinations from EWR. The airline will also add seasonal direct daily flights to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) and year-round non-stop service to Key West International Airport (EYW) from the New Jersey hub.

“We approached these schedule adjustments with our customers in mind, knowing that we wanted to create a schedule that offers customers beginning their travel in the New York City area convenient flights to many of the business and leisure destinations they frequent the most,” United VP Ankit Gupta explained in a statement announcing the shift. “Since more of our customers begin their travel from New York/Newark than any other United hub city, we’ve created a more customer friendly schedule that removed connection times and provided convenient nonstop service to multiple U.S. destinations.”

Meanwhile, the airline will shift some regional flights from Newark to its IAD hub. Rather than connecting to mainline and regional flights at EWR, passengers from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA), Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) will instead make connecting flights at IAD.

“As we set out to build this schedule for our customers, we considered Washington-Dulles’ more optimal schedule offering for connecting flights and conducted an in-depth analysis of some of the short-haul flights scheduled from our Newark hub,” Gupta noted. “We determined that by shifting certain regional flights from Newark to Dulles, our customers will have more schedule flexibility and better options for connections on regional routes.”

Most of the schedule changes are slated to go into effect in October. The planned seasonal direct flights between EWR and PSP will operate between mid-December through the end of March.

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jrpallante May 19, 2018

Please enlighten me. Why do so many people disparage regional jets? My main concern is the few square feet allocated to me personally. Econ on the ERJ has the same width and pitch as the 737 (yes, both way too small). Overhead bins are smaller, but I travel light, and am happy to gate check a roller if needed. Why the hate for the Barbie Jet?

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CHOPCHOP767 May 17, 2018

I've taken the E170 from EWR to EYW in both F and Y+; it's more than acceptable though the FAs' service varies tremendously from excellent to "yikes".

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UASleeper May 16, 2018

PHL: IMHO, the E170/E175 have the best Y seats in the fleet. I wouldn't mind at all spending 3.5 hours in them. Of course, 3.5 hours in an ER4 would be a totally different story...

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PHL May 15, 2018

EWR-EYW 3.5 hours in an E170. Ouch.

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c502cid May 15, 2018

Unfortunately United's idea of increasing service is adding CRJ-200's to the schedule. Back to the old days with the latest management.....