United Airlines Strengthens Domestic Route Network: Announces New Washington Dulles - Miami Service and Expands to 33 New Destinations in Four Months

United Airlines increases Florida flying with extra flights to Orlando and Tampa from Washington Dulles hub

Airline expands service to more than 40 cities from its U.S. hubs

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Jul 30, 2018, 11:35 ET

CHICAGO, July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced it will begin new daily service between its hub at Washington Dulles International Airport and Miami International Airport. United's newest route announcement builds on the airline's focus to offer its customers more opportunities to conveniently connect to more domestic and international destinations than ever before by boosting connectivity and expanding service from its seven U.S. gateways.

United is also increasing flying between its Washington Dulles hub and Orlando and Tampa. Beginning Nov. 28, 2018, through Jan. 6, 2019, United will increase to five daily flights to Orlando, and between Dec. 26, 2018, through Jan. 26, 2019, the airline will increase to four daily flights to Tampa.

From Dec.19, 2018, through March 30, 2019, United will offer daily service between Washington Dulles and Miami and twice daily service during peak holiday travel, Dec. 24, 2018, through Jan. 6, 2019, with Airbus A319 aircraft. Tickets are now available for purchase.

In addition to its new service between Washington Dulles and Miami, United offers up to 16 daily flights to Miami from its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, New York/Newark and San Francisco.

New Washington Dulles – Miami service begins Dec. 19
Depart	Time	Arrive	Time
Washington Dulles (IAD)	8:15 a.m.	Miami (MIA)	11:05 a.m.
Miami (MIA)	1:24 p.m.	Washington Dulles (IAD)	4:19 p.m.
Washington Dulles (IAD)	5:50 p.m.	Miami (MIA)	8:40 p.m.
Miami (MIA)	8:55 a.m.	Washington Dulles (IAD)	11:50 a.m.

This year, United has expanded service throughout Florida including Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota and West Palm Beach from its hubs in New York/Newark and Washington Dulles.

Boosting hub connectivity to domestic and international destinations

In the last four months, United has launched service to 33 destinations in 18 states from its domestic hubs. From each hub, the new flights offer customers hundreds of connection opportunities to destinations throughout the United States and to more than 110 international destinations in more than 50 countries around the world. In addition to new destinations, United has expanded service to more than 40 U.S. cities by adding either more flights or larger aircraft.

"We want to make United the first choice for customers when planning travel," said Ankit Gupta, United's vice president of Domestic Network Planning. "To do this we are focusing on the strengths of our hub cities, which are the largest centers for business and tourism travel in the country and key gateways for customers to easily and conveniently connect to thousands of cities throughout the United States and beyond. The new destinations and the service expansions that we're launching this year provide customers more choice and more opportunities to travel to the destinations that are most important to them."

United's new routes include:
United Hub	New Destination
Chicago (ORD)	Bismarck, ND (BIS) Brownsville, TX (BRO) El Paso, TX (ELP) Fresno, CA (FAT) Salina, KS (SLN) Shenandoah, VA (SHD) Wilmington, NC (ILM)
Denver (DEN)	Appleton, WI (ATW) Jacksonville, FL (JAX) Mammoth, CA (MMH) Moab, UT (CNY) Monterey, CA (MRY) Norfolk, VA (ORF) Prescott, AZ (PRC) Vernal, UT (VEL)
Houston (IAH)	Akron-Canton, OH (CAK) Dayton, OH (DAY)
Los Angeles (LAX)	Eureka, CA (ACV) Glacier National Park/Kalispell, MT (FCA) Mammoth, CA (MMH) Medford, OR (MFR) Missoula, MT (MSO) Prescott, AZ (PRC) Redmond, OR (RDM) Sun Valley, ID (SUN)
New York/Newark (EWR)	Elmira, NY (ELM) Presque Isle, ME (PQI) Rapid City, SD (RAP)
San Francisco (SFO)	Madison, WI (MSN)
Washington Dulles (IAD)	Lewisburg, WV (LWB) Plattsburgh, NY (PBG) Shenandoah, VA (SHD) Wilmington, NC (ILM)

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,600 flights a day to 357 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 757 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 551 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United's parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "UAL".

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