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Home  >  News • United Airlines  >  United Airlines Adds 17 Non-Hub Florida Routes (Full Schedule)
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United Airlines Adds 17 Non-Hub Florida Routes (Full Schedule)

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020 10 Comments

In an unexpected move, United Airlines will add point-to-point service to several cities in Florida from non-hub airports. The move marks a practical adjustment to atrophying demand for business travel as a result of the pandemic. Here’s the full schedule of United’s new Florida routes.

United Adds New Non-Hub Routes To Florida

Starting on November 6, 2020 United will add nonstop service from Boston (BOS), Cleveland (CLE), and New York LaGuardia (LGA) to Fort Lauderdale FLL), Fort Myers (RSW), Orlando (MCO), and Tampa (TPA). The service will operate on “peak days” and run through January 10 2021.

Route

 Origin 

 Dest 

Dep

Arr

  ✈  

Boston

BOS

⇄

FLL

BOS

FLL

8:50

AM

12:23

PM

737-800

BOS

FLL

12:45

PM

4:18

PM

737-800

FLL

BOS

8:30

AM

11:48

AM

737-800

FLL

BOS

1:15

PM

4:33

PM

737-800

BOS

⇄

RSW

BOS

RSW

9:00

AM

12:37

PM

A320

RSW

BOS

12:30

PM

3:40

PM

A320

BOS  

⇄

MCO

BOS

MCO

9:00

AM

12:20

PM

A320

BOS

MCO

1:00

PM

4:20

PM

737-800

MCO

BOS

8:15

AM

11:09

AM

737-800

MCO

BOS

12:30

PM

3:24

PM

A320

BOS

⇄

TPA

BOS

TPA

8:30

AM

12:00

PM

737-800

TPA

BOS

12:55

PM

3:55

PM

737-800

New York/LaGuardia

LGA

⇄

FLL

LGA

FLL

9:20

AM

12:33

PM

A320

LGA

FLL

1:05

PM

4:18

PM

A320

FLL

LGA

1:25

PM

4:19

PM

A320

FLL

LGA

5:10

PM

8:04

PM

A320

LGA

⇄

RSW

LGA

RSW

10:00

AM

1:15

PM

737-800

RSW

LGA

2:06

PM

4:59

PM

737-800

LGA

⇄

MCO

LGA

MCO

7:59

AM

10:55

AM

A320

LGA

MCO

12:00

PM

2:56

PM

A320

MCO

LGA

8:30

AM

11:03

AM

A320

MCO

LGA

12:00

PM

2:33

PM

A320

LGA

⇄

TPA

LGA

TPA

9:29

AM

12:39

PM

737-800

TPA

LGA

1:35

PM

4:18

PM

737-800

Cleveland

CLE

⇄

FLL  

CLE

FLL

9:15

AM

12:12

PM

737-800

FLL

CLE

1:05

PM

3:58

PM

737-800

CLE

⇄

RSW

CLE

RSW

9:30

AM

12:13

PM

737-800

RSW

CLE

1:10

PM

3:52

PM

737-800

CLE

⇄

MCO

CLE

MCO

9:00

AM

11:32

AM

737-800

MCO

CLE

12:30

PM

2:58

PM

737-800

CLE

⇄

TPA

CLE

TPA

8:15

AM

10:57

AM

E175

TPA

CLE

11:35

AM

2:10

PM

E175

Then on December 17, just in time for the holidays, United will add up to 28 daily nonstop flights include service to Florida from:

  • Columbus (CMH)
  • Indianapolis (IND)
  • Milwaukee (MKE)
  • Pittsburgh (PIT)

Route

 Origin 

 Dest 

Dep

Arr 

✈

Boston

BOS

⇄

FLL

BOS

FLL

8:50

AM

12:23

PM

737-800

BOS

FLL

12:45

PM

4:18

PM

737-800

FLL

BOS

8:30

AM

11:48

AM

737-800

FLL

BOS

1:15

PM

4:33

PM

737-800

BOS

⇄

RSW

BOS

RSW

9:00

AM

12:37

PM

A320

BOS

RSW

1:00

PM

4:39

PM

A320

RSW

BOS

9:00

AM

12:09

PM

A320

RSW

BOS

12:30

PM

3:40

PM

A320

BOS

⇄

MCO

BOS

MCO

9:00

AM

12:20

PM

A320

BOS

MCO

1:00

PM

4:20

PM

737-800

MCO

BOS

8:15

AM

11:09

AM

737-800

MCO

BOS

12:30

PM

3:24

PM

A320

BOS

⇄

TPA

BOS

TPA

8:30

AM

12:00

PM

737-800

BOS

TPA

1:30

PM

5:02

PM

737-800

TPA

BOS

9:30

AM

12:30

PM

737-800

TPA

BOS

12:55

PM

3:55

PM

737-800

New York/LaGuardia

LGA

⇄

FLL

LGA

FLL

9:20

AM

12:33

PM

A320

LGA

FLL

1:05

PM

4:18

PM

A320

FLL

LGA

1:25

PM

4:19

PM

A320

FLL

LGA

5:10

PM

8:04

PM

A320

LGA

⇄

RSW

LGA

RSW

10:00

AM

1:15

PM

737-800

LGA

RSW

1:29

PM

4:46

PM

737-800

RSW

LGA

9:40

AM

12:33

PM

737-800

RSW

LGA

2:06

PM

4:59

PM

737-800

LGA

⇄

MCO

LGA

MCO

7:59

AM

10:55

AM

A320

LGA

MCO

12:00

PM

2:56

PM

A320

MCO

LGA

8:30

AM

11:03

AM

A320

MCO

LGA

12:00

PM

2:33

PM

A320

LGA

⇄

TPA

LGA

TPA

9:29

AM

12:39

PM

737-800

LGA

TPA

12:29

PM

3:40

PM

737-800

TPA

LGA

8:40

AM

11:22

AM

737-800

TPA

LGA

1:35

PM

4:18

PM

737-800

Cleveland

CLE

⇄

FLL 

CLE

FLL

9:15

AM

12:12

PM

737-800

CLE

FLL

12:55

PM

3:52

PM

737-800

FLL

CLE

9:10

AM

12:03

PM

737-800

FLL

CLE

1:05

PM

3:58

PM

737-800

CLE

⇄

RSW

CLE

RSW

9:30

AM

12:13

PM

737-800

CLE

RSW

1:45

PM

4:27

PM

737-800

RSW

CLE

10:00

AM

12:38

PM

737-800

RSW

CLE

1:10

PM

3:52

PM

737-800

CLE

⇄

MCO

CLE

MCO

9:00

AM

11:32

AM

737-800

CLE

MCO

3:35

PM

6:01

PM

737-800

MCO

CLE

8:45

AM

11:12

AM

737-800

MCO

CLE

12:30

PM

2:58

PM

737-800

CLE

⇄

TPA

CLE

TPA

8:15

AM

10:57

AM

737-800

TPA

CLE

11:35

AM

2:10

PM

737-800

Milwaukee

MKE

⇄

TPA

MKE

TPA

9:15

AM

1:05

PM

A319

TPA

MKE

1:55

PM

3:55

PM

A319

MKE

⇄

RSW

MKE

RSW

10:25

AM

2:29

PM

A319

RSW

MKE

3:05

PM

5:15

PM

A319

Columbus

CMH

⇄

RSW

CMH

RSW

8:30

AM

11:05

AM

E175

RSW

CMH

1:30

PM

4:01

PM

E175

Indianapolis

 IND 

⇄

RSW

IND

RSW

9:05

AM

11:33

PM

A320

RSW

IND

1:30

PM

4:01

PM

A320

Pittsburgh

PIT

⇄

RSW

PIT

RSW

10:10

AM

12:50

PM

E175

RSW

PIT

11:50

AM

2:29

PM

E175

Ankit Gupta, United’s Vice President of Domestic Network Planning, said:

“The addition of these new flights represents United’s largest expansion of point-to-point, non-hub flying and reflects our data driven approach to add capacity where customers are telling us they want to go. We look forward to offering customers in the Midwest and Northeast more options to fly nonstop to Florida this winter.”

Although United has run seasonal service between Florida and Cleveland (a former hub) for many years, the move is quite a departure from United’s hub-and-spoke model.

Tickets are available for purchase now on united.com.

CONCLUSION

You can look at this route announcement as a move of desperation or a move of innovation, but it is probably a bit of each. The new flights will likely do very well. The question, of course, is yield and what kind of fares these flights can command. But United is adding 17 new routes between Florida cities and seven non-hub airports in the Midwest and East Coast.

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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. Mike Reply
    August 12, 2020 at 5:09 pm

    Thanks Matt. As a IND flyer I can tell you there is a considerable amount of demand for RSW, I agree that flight should do well and command a premium. Appreciate the info.

  2. Neil Reply
    August 12, 2020 at 5:21 pm

    Very cool move. Cleveland historically was one of the few cities in the United network with point to point flights. RSW, FLL, and TPA were seasonal; MCO up until the pandemic was year round.

    We also at one point (post-hub era) had flights to LGA, MKE, BOS, DCA, CUN, CHS, and SJU.

  3. ChuckMO Reply
    August 12, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    These adds are so far out of UA’s comfort zone I can’t begin analyze these moves. Seems like all the piggies are trying to survive off the same Florida trough. I can’t imagine there’s enough slop to go around.

  4. Pete Reply
    August 12, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    Hopefully Florida will be off of Cuomo’s naughty list by November so I won’t have to “quarantine” upon return.

  5. JR Reply
    August 13, 2020 at 3:11 pm

    I’m glad they’re thinking outside the box a little bit and adding flights to where people are flying. I could use a CMH-MCO flight from United. Maybe soon if the RSW works out.

  6. JoEllen Reply
    August 13, 2020 at 3:57 pm

    I think it’s a ridiculous move — all they’re doing is jumping on the same over-crowded bandwagon as American, Delta, Jet Blue, Spirit and Southwest – talk about glut to the Florida markets. Old, dying New Yorkers (probably the largest market) are going to go to one of the worst Covid-19 states? Seriously, we had some friends invite us down there and I just laughed at my husband and said that is the very last place on earth I would go to, never mind getting on an airplane with masks and all the other associated annoyances.

  7. Jerry Reply
    August 13, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    And lest we forget the population of Florida is nearly that of Australia. I would say there’s demand in both directions. RSW is clearly underserved and I’m sure Southwest Florida residents will appreciate not having to drive to Tampa or S Florida quite as much.

  8. Henry P Reply
    August 14, 2020 at 4:34 pm

    Wowser – This is back to the future for me. When I was a young pilot with United in the late 1970’s – early 1980’s nearly ALL of these Ohio-Upper NY-MKE-PA to Florida routes were in schedule and extremely popular. The airplanes were always full. The routes were served generally with B-727-100s with an occasional -200 or DC8. They were called Snowbird Service. United had a crew bases in CLE and MIA at the time (B727 and B737) and they were Gems with great flying and crew camaraderie. These are just wonderful memories of some great flying and customer service. Nearly all major Florida cities were served: MIA, FLL, PBI, TPA, MCO, etc.

    In the late 1980’s the bean-counters (revenue management) said these full airplanes were not making enough revenue so all were axed and force fit into the hub-spoke model. I am both stunned and pleased at this development which reflects the reality of flexibility and market forces determining the deployment of assets, staff and schedules. I wish United great success with this.

    • Michael Smith Reply
      August 15, 2020 at 3:30 pm

      “Sunbird Service”!

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