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United Airlines Will Light Up New York City Tonight

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 27, 2021November 14, 2023 8 Comments

a plane flying over a city

If you’re in New York City this evening, look up at the skyline. United will light two iconic New York City buildings blue at sunset to celebrate its return to JFK Airport after a five-year absence.

United Airlines Lights Up New York City Skyscrapers

Tomorrow, United Airlines returns to New York Kennedy with service to Los Angeles and San Francisco. It has been five years since United served JFK. I had the pleasure of flying on one of the last flights to JFK, which you can read about here.


> Read More: A Review of My First and Last United p.s. Flights from JFK


To celebrate its return to JFK, United will light up two of Manhattan’s skyscrapers – One Bryant Park and One Five One West 42 – in “United blue.”

The two buildings will be lit up starting at 7:15pm ET on Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

a group of different colors of different shades of blue

If you are not in New York, you can watch a live stream of the buildings here.

United’s Return To JFK

United will use its premium-heavy Boeing 767-300ER on all JFK routes. That aircraft includes Polaris Business Class seating in a 1-1-1 configuration, Premium Plus in a 2-2-2 configuration, United’s premium economy product, and United Economy in a 2-3-2 configuration. Within the economy class section is United’s EconomyPlus, economy seats with up to five extra inches of legroom toward the front of the economy class cabin.

  • 46 business class seats
  • 22 premium economy seats
  • 47 extra legroom economy seats
  • 52 economy class seats

United Polaris Retrofit

CONCLUSION

If you’re in NYC tonight, look up to the sky. United returns to JFK tomorrow and will celebrate by lighting the sky.


> Read More: United Airlines Returns To New York JFK


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Matthew Klint

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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8 Comments

  1. CHRIS Reply
    March 27, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    A.) Almost looks like the 9/11 tribute with a United airplane heading right towards it.
    B.) Seems to be a very efficient use of bailout money.
    C.) Does AFA and UA flight attendants consider this display “toxic”?

  2. Jason Reply
    March 27, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    UA finally flying to New York City (vs “New York/Newark”) from the coast again and rightly proud of it…

    Mayor La Guardia w0uld be so pleased!

  3. Chris Christie Reply
    March 27, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Neither of those buildings is remotely “iconic”

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      March 27, 2021 at 11:37 pm

      Just like the George Washington Bridge?

  4. LS Reply
    March 27, 2021 at 11:56 pm

    Chris,
    What an incredibly ugly comment.

    Talk about ‘toxic.’
    This comment and you should be removed.

  5. CHRIS Reply
    March 28, 2021 at 12:06 am

    @LS
    Care to explain? I’ll listen.

  6. Jetsetter Reply
    March 28, 2021 at 2:35 am

    United has such a rich history of serving Idlewild and later JFK. I am so pleased to see the company returning to its New York roots. I hope JFK-LAX/SFO is successful for years to come.

  7. TWA John Reply
    March 28, 2021 at 12:30 pm

    The extra capacity will be used by escaping Residents. The Port Authority is already spending the bump in revenue. With the low yields in the market , AA is leaving and handing the flying to Blue. With the cost of doing business there are far more profitable markets to deploy assets to. Tyrants and regulators are slow to figure out the free market determines deployment of capital. With a huge tax and fee burden a jet can hardly takeoff with any profit from any NE airport. I still haven’t figured the AA International build up at PHL, a antique airport from the DC-3 days. I guess some left over US Scare management that thinks that delusion will attract customers. LOL.

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