United is the fourth-largest US carrier by October-December (Q4) seats. According to Cirium data, it has 51.2 million available, against 64.5 million for American, 61.4 million for Southwest and 57.5 million for Delta. Yet comparing Q4 2023 to 2019 shows that United has exceeded its pre-pandemic capacity (+2.7%), surpassing American (-2.2%) and Delta (-3.7%), although […]
October 5, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Some 47 European airports have non-stop flights to New York JFK and/or Newark this summer. Between them, they have 8.8 million one-way seats for sale, according to Cirium schedules information data. That is 14.0% more than in S22 and 1.3% more than in S19. Of the 47 airports, Paris CDG ranks second while Paris ORY […]
March 30, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
United introduced a new long-haul service from its hub at New York EWR to Dubai on Saturday 25 March. The 11,030-kilometre route will be maintained daily with the 777 aircraft. United becomes the first airline since 2016 to connect the two airports with a nonstop service. Emirates, which will codeshares on United’s new flights, maintains […]
March 27, 2023 | Latest Route News +
New York is by far the biggest US market from the UK, as confirmed in our recent story looking at the London-Boston market. The market welcomed a new carrier on 12 August when Norse Atlantic Airways began daily service between London LGW and New York JFK using 787-9s, formerly operated by Norwegian. Between 2004 and […]
August 19, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
United launched yet another new transatlantic route from New York EWR on 2 June. This time the Star Alliance carrier is linking its Newark base with Palma de Mallorca. The first return flight from the Balearic Island to New York was on 3 June. The 6,330-kilometre route will be flown 3-weekly using the airline’s classic […]
June 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
United continues to launch new transatlantic routes, with the latest being between New York EWR and Bergen, the Norwegian city which recently hosted Routes Europe. The first flight, UA 270, operated by a 757-200 (registration N19141), departed the US on Friday 20 May at 21:40 local time, arriving in Norway six hours and 42 minutes […]
May 26, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Another week and another new transatlantic route from United, this time between New York EWR and Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The first flight was scheduled to depart the US at 23:00 on Friday 13 May. However, according to flightradar24.com the aircraft selected for the first flight (a 737 MAX 8, registration N77259) left 13 […]
May 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +
United on 3 March commenced the first of five new domestic routes from New York EWR, all of which are being operated on its behalf by GoJet using three-class, 50-seat CRJ-550s. While 13-weekly Harrisburg (IATA code MDT) flights from Newark started on 3 March, new routes from Ithica (12-weekly), Philadelphia (18-weekly), State College (12-weekly) and […]
March 10, 2022 | Latest Route News +
United on Friday 11 February began 13-weekly service between New York EWR and Wilmington (IATA code ILM) in North Carolina. The service will be flown by 50-seat CRJ-550s which have 10 First-class seats, 20 seats in Economy Plus and 20 economy seats. The 785-kilometre service faces no direct competition. However, American offers 3-daily year-round service […]
February 15, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Elite Airways (IATA code 7Q) has helped put St. Augustine’s Northeast Florida Regional Airport back on the commercial aviation map when it began 2-weekly service on Friday 19 November from New York EWR. The 1,360-kilometre route will operate on Mondays and Fridays using the airline’s CRJ-700s, although the inaugural service was operated by a CRJ-900. […]
November 22, 2021 | Latest Route News +