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Home  >  United Airlines  >  United Airlines Add Service To Naples + Prague + Amsterdam
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United Airlines Add Service To Naples + Prague + Amsterdam

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 30, 2018August 30, 2018 10 Comments

United Airlines will add year-around service between San Francisco and Amsterdam as well summer seasonal service between New York/Newark and both Prague and Naples, Italy.

United teased us on Twitter yesterday with a hint at these routes using anagrams, but the news is now official.

San Francisco to Amsterdam

United will begin year-around service between San Francisco (SFO) and Amsterdam (AMS) on March 30, 2019. UA will utilize a 787-9 on this route, going head-to-head with KLM. You can read my review of KLM World Business Class on the same route, also on a 787-9, here.

Flight

Frequency City Pair Depart Arrive Aircraft

UA 968

Daily SFO – AMS 2:55 p.m. 10:20 a.m. +1

Boeing 787-9

UA 969 Daily AMS – SFO 2:50 p.m. 4:50 p.m.

Boeing 787-9

This new route will compliment existing nonstop service from San Francisco to the following European cities:

  • Frankfurt
  • London
  • Munich (seasonal)
  • Paris
  • Zurich (seasonal)

United also serves Amsterdam from Houston, Chicago, Newark, and Washington Dulles.

Newark to Naples

United will operate seasonal daily service to Naples, Italy from May 22, 2019 through Oct. 4, 2019. By next spring, 767-300s operating out of Newark are expected to have “real” Polaris seating onboard. Meridiana (now Air Italy) has suspended its Naples to New York route, leaving an opening for United.

Flight

Frequency City Pair Depart Arrive

Aircraft

UA 964

Daily  EWR – NAP 5:25 p.m. 8:05 a.m. +1

Boeing 767-300

UA 965 Daily NAP – EWR 10:10 a.m. 2:05 p.m.     

Boeing 767-300

Newark to Prague

From June 6, 2019 through Oct. 4, 2019, United will operate daily flights between Newark and Prague. The new service will also utilize a Boeing 767-300, which should have United’s latest Polaris product onboard. The evening departure time allows for one-stop connections from 60 destinations.

Flight

Frequency City Pair Depart Arrive

Aircraft

UA 188

Daily EWR – PRG  6:05 p.m. 8:25 a.m. +1

Boeing 767-300

UA 187

Daily PRG – EWR 10:10 a.m. 1:30 p.m.

Boeing 767-300

United will compete with Delta (from New York JFK) and American (from Philadelphia) on this route.

Other Routes Return

In addition, more than 20 seasonal international routes will return next year including service to Reykjavik, Iceland and Porto, Portugal. Earlier this month, United announced new service between Washington Dulles and Tel Aviv.

CONCLUSION

I travel to Amsterdam often for business so the year-around new SFO-AMS route is particularly valuable to me. But service to Prague and Naples is intriguing. Space will be loaded shortly. If you are looking for award space for next summer, now may be the time to book it.

Will you fly any of United’s three new international routes?

image: ohitsbenji/Instagram via United

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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10 Comments

  1. Richard Reply
    August 30, 2018 at 8:21 am

    Are they cutting other routes to get the planes for these or is this genuine extra capacity to Europe?

  2. Dennis werne Reply
    August 30, 2018 at 9:07 am

    The worst airline company I have ever had to deal with

  3. Bob Reply
    August 30, 2018 at 9:56 am

    Cool story Dennis. I would give that award to Delta, but to each their own.

  4. Evan Reply
    August 30, 2018 at 10:14 am

    As NYC flyer I love direct options to Naples and Prague, but the timing of the routes is really frustrating (like most of the flights to central/eastern Europe).

    For a long weekend I can leave work and get to any of the three airports in time for a 7pm flight. To do these I’d need to take a half day, which is I guess is okay, but then the return flight leaves NAP/PRG early as well and the last day is wasted.

    I’m sure the reason is that the later transatlantic departures go to routes that can get more of a revenue premium (London,Frankfurt,Paris) but as someone who bases a lot of where I go (for both award and revenue travel) on availability and scheduling this is a tough sell.

    • JoEllen Reply
      August 30, 2018 at 11:31 am

      Frustrating for who – only you. Just take an extra day off from work so you can get the extra day on the return. It’s not rocket science (eye roll).

      • Evan Reply
        August 30, 2018 at 11:54 am

        Like most Americans I get far less time off than my counterparts in developed Europe and Asia. Of the time I do get I like to use every possible hour in somewhere I want to be. If I take a long weekend and have to leave my destination at 10AM, thats a full day wasted whether I’m coming home on a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. Its not as big an issue if I’m going away for ~10 days, but for a long weekend its enough to make me travel somewhere else.

        I realize this won’t apply for everyone but I know anecdotally I’m far from the only one that feels this way.

  5. Zygy Reply
    August 30, 2018 at 10:19 am

    People still fly United! I pay extra, up to double, to avoid United like the plague!

  6. Helios Reply
    August 30, 2018 at 11:45 am

    So what are they doing with their LAX “hub” that would justify the outlay to be the name sponsor of the LA Coliseum, as well as build out a Polaris lounge in T7? I count only 5 Polaris-worthy destinations remaining out of T7 once Singapore goes away, and these new routes never seem to be brought to LAX. For as much as Kirby claims to be on the offensive, these appear to be defensive moves to protect SFO and strain to build EWR.

    Perhaps when you get your sitdown with Oscar, you can ask him if the Coliseum deal is just a way of getting United to front a donation to his alma mater.

  7. Rusty Reply
    August 31, 2018 at 6:39 am

    Plenty of space available with miles but none at the Saver rate. Kind of bogus.

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