Nov 29, 2018, 4:14 pm
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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.
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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Nov 29, 2018, 12:08 pm
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Nov 29, 2018, 12:15 pm
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I'm guessing it's always nice to have two non-stops. Easier to handle IRROPs. Departure/arrival time difference between UA and LH also provide a little choice in preferred departure and/or arrival times.
Nov 29, 2018, 12:17 pm
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It's too bad the departures both ways are so close to the Lufthansa flights, only 2 hours off. Doesn't really provide new options.
And United has a whole bank of flights that arrive at 4pm that can't connect to this one.
And United has a whole bank of flights that arrive at 4pm that can't connect to this one.
Nov 29, 2018, 12:26 pm
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IMO, it's well-timed.
Nov 29, 2018, 3:24 pm
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- access to E+ (up to 8 people depending on level)
- better chances at upgrades due to instruments
- better J seat, IMO
- better IRROPS / ability to re-route, SDC, etc
Nov 29, 2018, 3:58 pm
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That is really great news. Not having a TATL flight option except for LHR in 2018 was always quite annoying. And I know this may not be universally agreed with, but my desire/tolerance for flying LH has gone way down over the last few years. The hard product is horrible to either FRA or MUC on the 747 or A330/340, the food is coming into equal with UA, and the customer service is pretty dry. Yes, I'm saying that UA>LH in this case, crazy.
And I think being a higher end (1K, GS) DEN based elite will really like this for TATL as I think you get more attention as a *G on LH.
And I think being a higher end (1K, GS) DEN based elite will really like this for TATL as I think you get more attention as a *G on LH.
Nov 29, 2018, 4:40 pm
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I’m glad to see UA continuing the invest in the DEN INTL network. While the LH flight is nice, more often than not there is a huge premium associated with it. I’ve booked my Dad four tickets this year from DEN to the Middle East. Each time I try adding the LH nonstop to FRA vs UA to ORD and then UA or LH to FRA and beyond, it typically incurs $2,500++ for J over the connections. I get why, but maybe there will be a slight discount. One can hope.
Nov 29, 2018, 5:28 pm
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Nov 29, 2018, 6:25 pm
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Nov 29, 2018, 8:15 pm
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I have a struggle with the value of GPUs on the LH routes being one segment only. Especially in my case where most of my LH flights are onward to DXB, JNB - or even in the most crazy cases further from JNB to MRU. I'd rather find a better way to use my GPU, especially because those flights involve a long layover in FRA and then still many hours on a plane.
But if it works for you, any time in the front is a good time.
But if it works for you, any time in the front is a good time.
Nov 29, 2018, 9:00 pm
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Thought this would be nice now that MRY-DEN was brought back...but instead of having it leave MRY at like 5-6am as it used to and arriving at DEN in the morning they made it 12:15 MRY departure and 3:55 DEN arrival. Also sucks if you're trying to get to a ski town flight out of DEN where we could leave MRY in the morning, connect to TEX/MTJ and check into the hotel/vrbo mid afternoon. But I digress....
Nov 29, 2018, 10:17 pm
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Is a one hour connection in FRA feasible to a Schengen country? The outbound flight is nice because it gets into FRA earlier, which gives us more options to connect to ARN. There is a 10:20am FRA-ARN flight that would be fabulous--if a one hour transit is doable (legal and doable are two totally different things in my book--especially when traveling with two kids). The flight pairs already show up on the website as bookable.