Earlier today I reported that United would slash all of its longhaul service in April, leaving only international service to a few cities in Mexico. Already, United has reversed that decision and reinstated a number of longhaul flights.
United will continue to operate flights to Frankfurt, London, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, and Sydney on a daily basis through May.
United Flights Continuing With Daily Service Through May Schedule
The following six flights will continue to operate on a daily basis throughout the months of April and May:
- Newark – Frankfurt (UA960/961)
- Newark – London (UA16/17)
- Newark – Tel Aviv (UA90/91)
- Houston – Sao Paulo (UA62/63)
- San Francisco – Tokyo-Narita (UA837/838)
- San Francisco – Sydney (UA863/870)
United Extends Select Atlantic Services
Additionally, United will extend service to several secondary destinations through March 28th (westbound), a few days later than originally planned. These include:
- Newark – Amsterdam (UA70/71)
- Newark – Munich (UA30/31)
- Newark – Brussels (UA999/998)
- Washington-Dulles – London (UA918/919)
- San Francisco – Frankfurt (UA58/59)
Other Atlantic westbound service will cease on March 25th.
Interestingly, United will still likely be flying to Europe from other cities…just without passengers. For example, a cargo-only flight ran between Chicago and Frankfurt today. While passenger traffic will cease, cargo traffic may continue and still be a viable component of the business.
United Extends Service to Seoul
United will operate flights from Seoul (UA893/892) through March 29th (eastbound).
The last eastbound departure on other Pacific routes will be be March 25th, with the exception of Tahiti, which will operate through March 28th. As I noted above, service to Sydney and Tokyo Narita will continue to operate daily from San Francisco.
United Extends Service to Brazil
United will operate its Newark – Sao Paulo (UA149/148) through March 27th (southbound).
The last southbound departures on most other Latin America longhaul routes will take place March 24th.
Service between Houston and Sao Paulo will continue on a daily basis.
CONCLUSION
The situation is fluid and United might just as quickly reverse these route reinstatements. But it is nice to see a few international routes will likely stick around through at least May.
I really wonder what conditions will be put up on the airlines for receiving federal support money. Also think that some conversations are going back and forth in this, and perhaps majors are trying to position themselves. All this is speculation on my part.
What about United’s Singapore flights?
For now, discontinued.
I am employed by United and this isn’t some kind of reversal. This author is reporting news that was already stated days before this article. The author needs to keep up with the information as news changes every day especially with the crisis at hand now.
Wrong Leon. Do you really work for United? “March 21, 2020
We continue to aggressively manage the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on our employees, our customers and our business. As travel demand changes, we will adjust our schedule accordingly. On March 20 we announced we would reduce our international schedule by 95% for April. Today we have an update: we will continue flying six daily flights covering Asia, Australia, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe. We are operating in a very fluid situation, but we know we have customers around the world who are displaced and need to get home, and we play a role in taking care of them.”
As for sin route. Last sfo-sin is Mar 23. Last sin-sfo is Mar 25.
Obviously United only cares about money and not crews
It’s not all about the money! People still need to go home! And many crew members have bills to pay! Regardless of covid-19, they are more fear of being furlough so do some research before starting your assumptions.
If you care about the crews so much you are free to pay them out of your own bank accounts
I suspect there will be quite a bit of demand for U.S.-EU flights by business travelers and those traveling for personal reasons, despite the “bans.” In my case, I’m a dual U.S.-EU citizen. If the situation in the U.S. drags on and on without improving, but conditions improve in the EU, I’d consider traveling to the EU.
I can’t believe you have no consideration for the crews being forced to operate these flights. They are being put in the frontline of the virus coming into contact with thousands of potential virus carriers just by going through the airports. To add to that in most countries they are then confined to their rooms for days at a time. What about them?
We covered the FAs perspective at least twice: https://bitly.com/2WAg9RQ and http://bit.ly/39JRQEs
https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/what-is-ghost-flight.htm
Seriously United need to decide whether it’s Arthur or Martha. Typical say one thing..do another.
The whole idea is for the world to pull together as one, not one going against the grain.
Hope the buggers fly empty.
Am I correct in thinking there are no flights on United Airlines to Barcelona on April 26th?
Correct.