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United Airlines Announces New Nonstop Service Between Denver and Frankfurt, Germany

DENVER, Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines (UAL), the U.S. carrier with the most service to Germany, today announced it will begin its 15th daily nonstop flight between the United States and Germany from its hub at Denver International Airport. The airline announced it will begin year-round service between Denver and Frankfurt, Germany, beginning May 2, 2019, subject to government approval. Tickets are now available for purchase on united.com.

United's new service between Denver and Frankfurt is the only nonstop service from Denver to Germany by a U.S. carrier and is the airline's ninth flight between the United States and Frankfurt. United currently operates daily nonstop service between Frankfurt and its hubs in Chicago, Houston, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington Dulles.

From Denver, United will connect more than 60 cities across the Western United States including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Seattle to Frankfurt.

"United is committed to expanding our global network for our customers and our employees and we are excited to continue this growth with the addition of new service between Denver and Frankfurt," said Patrick Quayle, United's vice president of International Network. "From the mid-continent United States to the rest of the world, United offers customers more choice and more international flights and destinations than any other carrier."

United Airlines has served the Denver community since 1937 and is the only airline to continuously operate service in Denver operating 6.5 million flights and serving more than 580 million customers.

"We are appreciative to have such a great partnership with United Airlines and that they continue to grow and invest in Denver with the addition of this new year-round transatlantic service," said DEN CEO Kim Day.
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United teasing DEN-FRA on Social Media [Year-Round 787-8 Confirmed, Starts 5/2/19]

Old Nov 29, 2018, 8:54 am
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United teasing DEN-FRA on Social Media [Year-Round 787-8 Confirmed, Starts 5/2/19]

Another anagram-style teaser on the various social media outlets. An announcement seems imminent. This would confirm rumors about a new DEN TATL route (technically a resumption after a decade plus) and, to me, makes the most sense as FRA is the biggest *A European hub and already has an established DEN service.

I am guessing it will be summer-seasonal, daily 787-8 service, with an early afternoon eastbound departure and a late morning westbound, to connect with established LH banks and not conflict with the longstanding LH flight, which is evening eastbound and early afternoon westbound.

We shall see..

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Ooh - that should reduce EWR Polaris crowd a little bit.

Hopefully, "seasonal" means thru Oktoberfest (which is mostly in September)....

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Definitely DEN-FRA. No W (so no IAD or EWR). No c, so no SFO or ORD. No h means no IAH, and no L means no LAX. Leaves DEN as only hub.
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Interesting since LH already does DEN-FRA so hoping its just an increase in frequency
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 9:36 am
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https://thepointsguy.com/news/united...-to-frankfurt/
  • UA182 Denver (DEN) 3:40pm Departure ⇒ Frankfurt (FRA) 9:20am (+1) Arrival
  • UA181 Frankfurt (FRA) 11:05am Departure ⇒ Denver (DEN) 1:20pm Arrival
On a 787 starting 5/2/19 according to that link
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Old Nov 29, 2018, 9:48 am
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It's already bookable. Checked some random dates, but haven't run into any PZ...

"Seasonal" ends DEN-FRA Saturday September 28th "Subject to receipt of government operating authority DEN to FRA UA182"
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It's already bookable. Checked some random dates, but haven't run into any PZ...

"Seasonal" ends DEN-FRA Saturday September 28th "Subject to receipt of government operating authority DEN to FRA UA182"
Sounds about right. Have it for all the summer travelers and Oktoberfest travelers. I think this route will do well.
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Summertime daily reportedly drops to 5x weekly after September, but the press release doesn't go into specifics other than noting it will be year-round service.
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
Ooh - that should reduce EWR Polaris crowd a little bit.

Hopefully, "seasonal" means thru Oktoberfest (which is mostly in September)....
Yes!!,
and give west coasters like me a better opportunity to avoid EWR
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Yes!!,
and give west coasters like me a better opportunity to avoid EWR
If you dont go via EWR, though, you miss both the Polaris lounge and the new seats on the 78X.
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788, any idea where they're taking it from?
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788, any idea where they're taking it from?
The S19 schedule is far from finalized, but right now, SFO-KIX/CTU/PPT/ZRH, DEN-LHR/NRT/FRA, IAD-LHR/PEK/ZRH are showing 788, plus some domestic. I think that schedule would work with 13 frames.
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Stoked for this. Booking Colorado to Kigali next Sept and hoping can do this in C for a reasonable price with a good connection. Much prefer to do one long flight than 3 hrs to IAD and a short overnight to BRU.
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Announced here:

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It's interesting that there's no mention of Lufthansa in the PR.
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