Airline increases flying to Portugal, Hong Kong and South Korea; resumes Los Angeles–Shanghai service
Chicago, March 7, 2024, PRNewswire – Today United announced it is expanding its leading global route network, adding new non-stop flights between New York/Newark – Marrakesh, Morocco; Tokyo/Narita – Cebu, Philippines, and Houston – Medellin, Colombia. United will also increase flying to popular destinations across the globe including Hong Kong, Seoul, and Porto, Portugal. Additionally, the airline will add four weekly flights between Los Angeles and Shanghai as the Chinese and U.S. governments recently agreed to increase flights between the two countries*.
United now has the largest and most diversified international route network among U.S. airlines, offering non-stop service to 134 international destinations across 67 countries. United offers flights to more destinations across the Atlantic and Pacific than all U.S. carriers combined.
In addition to flying to the most popular international destinations, United has been a trailblazer in introducing its customers to off-the-beaten-path locales around the globe – including flights to nine destinations that no other carriers serve from the mainland U.S., like Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Christchurch, New Zealand; Dubrovnik, Croatia and more.
*Flights subject to government approvals