United Airlines Expands Spring Schedule: Offering Customers More Flights and More Seats to Popular Spring Break Destinations

CHICAGO, Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for Thanksgiving, United Airlines is giving families across the country a topic of conversation everyone can agree on at the dinner table – spring break vacation planning. The airline is adding nearly 150 additional flights between its hubs and popular spring break destinations including Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean and select ski destinations.

"We want our customers to know that, no matter where they want to go for spring break, United Airlines can get them there," said Ankit Gupta, United's vice president of Domestic Network Planning. "This is the time of year when our customers start thinking about and planning the perfect getaway, and with our expanded spring schedule, we are offering more flights and more destinations than ever before."

This spring, United is adding more flights to attractive leisure destinations including: 31 flights to 12 islands in the Caribbean; 28 additional flights to seven cities in Mexico; 27 flights to seven destinations in Central America including 16 flights to Costa Rica; three flights to Guatemala; and three flights to Belize.

United also announced the extension of its new seasonal nonstop service between Chicago and Brownsville/South Padre Island through the end of the spring travel season in April. Across the United States, United is adding seven additional flights to Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; 15 additional flights to 10 cities in Florida; eight more flights to four islands in Hawaii, and 10 more flights to four of Colorado's top ski destinations, including Vail, Crested Butte, Steamboat Springs and Telluride.

Adding five new nonstop flights from Denver

United's spring network expansion also includes brand-new nonstop service to beach destinations in Florida and Texas. The airline announced it will begin service between Denver and Destin, Palm Beach, Pensacola and Sarasota, Florida, and between Denver and Brownsville/South Padre Island in Texas. With this new service, United offers more nonstop service between Denver and Florida than any other airline.

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,600 flights a day to 357 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 757 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 551 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".

SOURCE United Airlines