united It is known as the airline with the largest presence in North America – the Asia/Pacific market, so with many Asian countries reopening their borders, the US operator has added new destinations, resumed suspended routes and expanded existing services thanks to increased passenger demand.
The company has restored much of its operations in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as added capacity in Japan and South Korea. Mainland China and Hong Kong still have many services suspended or in greatly reduced operation.
Landing in Queensland
On Friday (28th) United landed in Brisbane (BNE) with a service operated by the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. This is the company’s third destination in Australia.
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United recently partnered with Virgin Australia to offer local connections.
Itinerary
- San Francisco – Brisbane Emirates Flight 96 San Francisco International Airport 23:30 – BNE 06:30 + 2 Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
- Brisbane – San Francisco UAE trip 97 BNE 10:30 – San Francisco International Airport 06:40 Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Resumption of services in Australia
United have resumed two services in Australia that were halted by the pandemic. For this winter season, the airline will offer up to three flights to Sydney (SYD) and two from Melbourne (MEL).
Back to Texas-Australia Market
The company has resumed its longer flights, the Houston (IAH) – Sydney (SYD) service, which has an area of 13,834 kilometers and a duration of 17 hours 35 minutes. The line is operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, and is United’s only non-stop connection between Texas and the South Pacific.
Itinerary
- Houston – Sydney Emirates Flight 101 IAH 21:15 – SYD 07:00 + 2 Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
- Sydney – Houston UA 100 . flight SYD 10:20 – IAH 10:00 Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
From December 15, this service will increase to daily flights.
More services to Victoria
United has resumed operations between Los Angeles (LAX) and Melbourne (MEL), which are supplemented by daily services from San Francisco (SFO), in both cases with a Boeing 787-9.
Itinerary
- Los Angeles – Melbourne Emirates Flight 98 LAX 22:35 – MEL 08:30 + 2 Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
- Melbourne – Los Angeles Emirates Flight 99 MEL 10:30 – LAX 06:45 Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
From December 15, this service will increase to daily flights.
More Flights To New Zealand
United on Friday resumed daily flights between San Francisco (SFO) and Oakland (AKL) operated by Boeing 777-200ER. This represents an 86.8% recovery in seating capacity from pre-pandemic levels.
Itinerary
- San Francisco-Oakland Emirates Flight 917 San Francisco International Airport 22:55 – AKL 08:10 + 2 Daily trips.
- Auckland – San Francisco Emirates Airlines 916 AKL 14:50 – San Francisco International Airport 07:05 Daily trips.
Back to normal in Singapore
The carrier has resumed its second daily operations between San Francisco (SFO) and Singapore (SIN), to fully restore pre-pandemic seat capacity. United is the only North American carrier operating at Changi International Airport (SIN).
Itinerary
San Francisco (SFO) – Singapore (SIN)
- Flight UA 01 San Francisco International Airport 22:45 – SIN 07: 00 + 2 Daily trips.
- Emirates Flight 29 SFO 11:40 – no 20:15 +1 Daily trips.
Singapore (SIN) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Flight 02 SIN 10:15 – San Francisco International Airport 09:50 Daily trips.
- Emirates flight 28 SIN 22:20 – San Francisco Airport 22:20 Daily trips.
All services are operated on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.
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