United Airlines will equip its flight attendants with Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus, putting important safety and service information at flight attendants’ fingertips while enhancing their ability to meet customers’ needs. The airline will begin distribution to its more than 23,000 mainline flight attendants during the second quarter of 2015.

United Airlines has announced new trans-Atlantic summer-season service between New York and Venice, Italy, along with new service between Chicago and Dublin, both subject to government approval. In addition, the airline will offer a second daily non-stop flight between Washington Dulles and Paris for the summer season.

United Airlines has launched four new Pacific routes, beginning with non-stop service betweens Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia, and between San Francisco and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The airline will also launch two new routes from its Guam hub, to Seoul, South Korea and Shanghai.

United Airlines has confirmed the first Ebola patient in the United States reached the country on one of its flights. The patient, who arrived in Dallas from Liberia, is believed to have flown United Airlines from Brussels to Washington Dulles on Flight 951 and Washington Dulles to Dallas-Fort Worth on Flight 822. The US Centres for Disease Control & Prevention, however, were quick to point out there is “zero” risk to other passengers on the flights, as the patient only began to display symptoms of the disease in the days following his arrival.

United Airlines has become the first North American carrier to take delivery of the Boeing 787-9, a stretched version of the Dreamliner that will allow the airline to accommodate more customers and further capitalize on its worldwide route network. The aircraft is the first of 26 of the newest member of the Dreamliner family United has on order.

Ethiopian Airlines has announced a codeshare agreement with United Airlines, effective August 30th, 2014. Ethiopian, the largest airline in Africa, currently flies to 83 international destinations across five continents.