United Airlines has announced the largest international expansion in its history with service to eight new cities.
Starting in May 2025, United will launch five new nonstop flights from its hub in Newark/New York to Nuuk, Greenland; Palermo, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Madeira Island, Portugal and Faro, Portugal. The airline is also adding three new nonstop routes from Washington D.C./Dulles, including its first-ever flight to Dakar, Senegal operating year-round and new seasonal nonstop flights to Nice, France and Venice, Italy.
The airline’s summer 2025 transatlantic schedule will be the largest in its history with more than 760 weekly flights. In addition to new flights, customers will have even more time to explore Venice, Italy; Athens, Greece; and Barcelona, Spain with earlier start dates next summer. The airline will also increase the number of weekly direct flights between Newark/New York-Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Newark/New York-Dubrovnik, Croatia, and Newark/New York–Athens, Greece.
United Adds Direct Flight in Asia
The airline is also adding new direct flights from Tokyo–Narita to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Kaohsiung as well as a new nonstop flight to Koror, Palau. These new flights will connect in Tokyo to United’s transpacific services to five hub locations in the continental United States.
In total next summer, the airline will offer 800 daily flights to and from 147 international destinations. All new flights are subject to government approval and will be available for sale on united.com and on the United app.
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