More Summer 2018 Seasonal: EWR-KEF/OPO; IAD-EDI; SFO-ZRH
Sep 12, 2017, 7:00 am
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More Summer 2018 Seasonal: EWR-KEF/OPO; IAD-EDI; SFO-ZRH
United is bulking up TATL service for Summer 2018, adding 4 more routes (2 new destinations) and extending the previously announced summer season.
EWR-OPO (752) May 4-Oct. 3
9:45 p.m. - 9:50 a.m.
12:35 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
EWR-KEF (752) May 23-Oct. 3
10:30 p.m. - 8:10 a.m.
11:55 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.
IAD-EDI (752) May 23-Oct. 3
10:10 p.m. - 10:25 a.m.
12:40 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
SFO-ZRH (788) June 7-Oct. 26
2:10 p.m. - 10:10 a.m.
9:50 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Previously operated daily seasonal service between Chicago and Edinburgh and between San Francisco and Munich will run longer in 2018, beginning May 4 and ending Oct. 26, 2018. Seasonal service between Chicago and Dublin and between Washington/Dulles and Lisbon, Portugal will start April 9, 2018 and end Oct.26, 2018.
Link above to my story; link to formal press release here.
EWR-OPO (752) May 4-Oct. 3
9:45 p.m. - 9:50 a.m.
12:35 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
EWR-KEF (752) May 23-Oct. 3
10:30 p.m. - 8:10 a.m.
11:55 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.
IAD-EDI (752) May 23-Oct. 3
10:10 p.m. - 10:25 a.m.
12:40 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
SFO-ZRH (788) June 7-Oct. 26
2:10 p.m. - 10:10 a.m.
9:50 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Previously operated daily seasonal service between Chicago and Edinburgh and between San Francisco and Munich will run longer in 2018, beginning May 4 and ending Oct. 26, 2018. Seasonal service between Chicago and Dublin and between Washington/Dulles and Lisbon, Portugal will start April 9, 2018 and end Oct.26, 2018.
Link above to my story; link to formal press release here.
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Sep 12, 2017, 7:13 am
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Sep 12, 2017, 7:43 am
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Excellent news re: EWR-KEF. Wish they would have some frequency in the winter for the Northern Lights, but imagine that's a tough route given WOW! and Icelandair on the route.
Sep 12, 2017, 9:01 am
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Glad to see Transatlantic adds, notably two new UA destinations (KEF, OPO) as it was beginning to look like the bulk of secondary pmCO 757 markets such as OSL/BFS/BRS/CPH/CGN were falling by the wayside. I get that there is more to it (A++, BREXIT, etc), but with the additional 763s that came online during the merger, I expected more secondary adds rather than market exits.
Sep 12, 2017, 9:06 am
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Glad to see Transatlantic adds, notably two new UA destinations (KEF, OPO) as it was beginning to look like the bulk of secondary pmCO 757 markets such as OSL/BFS/BRS/CPH/CGN were falling by the wayside. I get that there is more to it (A++, BREXIT, etc), but with the additional 763s that came online during the merger, I expected more secondary adds rather than market exits.
Sep 12, 2017, 9:11 am
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LX does very well with SFO-ZRH (known as the "Roche coach").
Maybe UA will pull some of the corporate business on this route, but spending my own money I'd have a hard time picking the UA 788 over LX's 77W, at least in J. (And I don't even like LX.)
Maybe UA will pull some of the corporate business on this route, but spending my own money I'd have a hard time picking the UA 788 over LX's 77W, at least in J. (And I don't even like LX.)
Sep 12, 2017, 9:20 am
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Noticed recently that LAX-DFW is now down to ONE daily
Sep 12, 2017, 9:57 am
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Doesn't LH or one of it's affiliates also serve KEF in the summers? If so, I wonder if it would be possible to book through travel to continental Europe via KEF, sort of replicating FI's routing options? That would be an attractive option, at least in the westbound direction.