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United Airlines is significantly expanding its winter international schedule, introducing eight new routes and adding flights to 19 destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. Starting in December, United will begin new nonstop service between Los Angeles and San Jose, Costa Rica and San Pedro Sula, Honduras; between Denver and Belize City, Belize and San Jose, Costa Rica; between Washington D.C. and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and returning service between Cleveland and Cancun, Mexico. In January, United will begin new nonstop service between Liberia, Costa Rica and both Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new flights are subject to government approval.

“These eight new routes highlight the continued expansion of our network and build upon our strong presence in Latin America,” said Patrick Quayle, United’s vice president of International Network and Alliances. “Our new and increased service offers travelers more opportunities to find warm-weather getaways and visit friends and family over the winter season.”

This winter, United is also adding more flights to some of Mexico’s most popular beach destinations including Cancun, San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta and is adding more weekend service to Cozumel from Chicago, Denver and Houston.

United is also restarting nonstop year-round service between Cleveland and Cancun on December 19.  Service between Houston and Mazatlán restarts on December 19. United is increasing service between Chicago and Cozumel, San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta as well as between Denver and Cancun, Cozumel, San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta.

Service is also increasing service between Houston and Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, San Jose del Cabo, Puerto Vallarta and Zihuatanejo; between Los Angeles and Cancun, San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta; between New York/Newark and Cancun, San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta;  between San Francisco and Cancun; between Washington Dulles and Cancun.

Service will also be increasing service between Washington and the Caribbean. Beginning, December 17, United will start daily, year-round service between Washington-Dulles and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. From Washington, United offers nonstop service to 10 Caribbean destinations for the winter season including daily service to Punta Cana, Grand Cayman, Nassau, Montego Bay, Aruba, Turks and Caicos and San Juan, as well as weekend service to St. Thomas and St. Maarten. In addition to its extensive Caribbean network from Washington, United also serves Cancun, Mexico and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Denver-area travelers now have more nonstop opportunities to get to Latin America than ever before. With its new service to Belize and San Jose, United now offers nonstop service to eight destinations in Latin America from Denver. United will be starting new nonstop service between Denver and Belize City, Belize;  new nonstop service between Denver and San Jose, Costa Rica; and continuing nonstop service between Denver and Cancun, Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose del Cabo, Nassau and Liberia.

There are also more options for West Coast customers to Central America. This winter, United will start brand-new nonstop flights connecting the Western U.S. with two popular leisure destinations in Costa Rica, enabling the airline to offer new options for customers planning travel to Central America. There will be new Saturday service between Los Angeles and San Jose, Costa Rica on December 19, which expands to daily service on January 5, 2021. New three-times weekly service starts between Los Angeles and San Pedro Sula, Honduras on December 17, 2020. Starts  between San Francisco and Liberia, Costa Rica on January 9, 2021. New three-times weekly service starts between Los Angeles and Liberia, Costa Rica on January 8, 2021.

There will be an increase to ten-times weekly service between Los Angeles and Guatemala City, Guatemala; to eleven-times weekly service between Los Angeles and San Salvador, El Salvador; and to twice daily service between Washington and San Salvador.

For more details on all the ways United is helping keep customers safe during their journey, please visit united.com/cleanplus.

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