WHY IT RATES: Just as cabin fever is about to become an epidemic, United Airlines gets travelers ready for spring with an array of new routes.—Donald Wood, Breaking News Senior Writer
United Airlines is expanding its route network this month by launching service this weekend from Cleveland, Denver and Los Angeles to eight cities in California, Florida and Texas. The new service, announced last year, offers customers even more options when traveling over spring break and to warmer destinations this summer.
“These new routes demonstrate our continued commitment to offer our customers more choices than any other airline while making the travel experience more convenient,” said Ankit Gupta, United’s vice president of domestic network planning.
New routes starting this weekend:
| Departure City | Arrival City | Start Date |
| Los Angeles (LAX) | Redding, CA (RDD) | March 8, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | Santa Rosa, CA (STS) | March 8, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | Brownsville, TX (BRO) | March 9, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | West Palm Beach, FL (PBI) | March 9, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | Pensacola, FL (PNS) | March 9, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | Sarasota, FL (SRQ) | March 9, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | Destin/Fl. Walton Beach, FL (VPS) | March 9, 2019 |
| Cleveland (CLE) | Tampa, FL (TPA) | March 9, 2019 |
Later this month, United customers can look forward to 10 more cities from Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., including inaugural service from Paine Field in Everett, Washington to Denver and San Francisco. Paine Field airport, is located north of Seattle and is among the fasting growing areas in the nation. By connecting Paine Field to two of the airline‘s largest hubs, United customers will now have more convenient access to United’s worldwide network.
New domestic routes include:
| Departure City | Arrival City | Start Date |
| Los Angeles (LAX) | Eugene, OR (EUG) | March 30, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | Everett, WA (PAE) | March 31, 2019 |
| Denver (DEN) | Flagstaff, AZ (FLG) | March 31, 2019 |
| Newark (EWR) | Hilton Head Island, SC (HHH) | March 31, 2019 |
| Dulles (IAD) | Elmira, NY (ELM) | March 31, 2019 |
| Dulles (IAD) | Manchester, NH (MHT) | March 31, 2019 |
| Dulles (IAD) | Hilton Head Island, SC (HHH) | March 31, 2019 |
| Los Angeles (LAX) | Madison, WI (MSN) | March 31, 2019 |
| Los Angeles (LAX) | Pasco, WA (PSC) | March 31, 2019 |
| San Francisco (SFO) | Everett, WA (PAE) | March 31, 2019 |
Every customer. Every flight. Every day.
In 2019, United is focusing more than ever on its commitment to its customers, looking at every aspect of its business to ensure that the carrier keeps customers’ best interests at the heart of its service. United recently announced the addition of more than 1,600 new premium seats to international, domestic and regional aircraft, creating more comfort for more customers in the skies.
Additionally, United recently released a re-imagined version of the most downloaded app in the airline industry and made DIRECTV free for every passenger on 211 aircraft, offering more than 100 channels on seat back monitors on more than 30,000 seats. The multimillion-dollar investment in improving inflight entertainment options will benefit the more than 29 million people expected to fly United’s DIRECTV-enabled planes this year.
For more information, reach out to your local travel agent.
SOURCE: United Airlines press release.
