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United Expands Winter Schedule and Adds Flights to Cities Like Fort Lauderdale, Orlando & Las Vegas

United Expands Winter Schedule and Adds Flights to Cities Like Fort Lauderdale, Orlando & Las Vegas

6 September 2025 Press Release Airline News

United today expanded its winter schedule, adding flights to 15 cities including Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Las Vegas. These new flights start January 6 and include: One additional daily roundtrip flight between: Houston and Orlando, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Baltimore and Miami Chicago and Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans and Las Vegas Newark/New York and Orlando and Fort Lauderdale Los Angeles and Las Vegas Two new routes between Newark/New York and Columbia, South Carolina and Chattanooga, Tenn. Three new weekly flights between Houston and Guatemala City, Guatemala and San Salvador, El Salvador, and one new weekly flight between Houston and San Pedro Sula, Honduras

United Set to Hire More Special Olympics Athletes As Customer Service Ambassadors

United Set to Hire More Special Olympics Athletes As Customer Service Ambassadors

20 July 2025 Press Release Airline News Organisations & Operators

United announced that it will expand the industry’s only Special Olympics Service Ambassador (SOSA) program to the airline’s hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Newark. The goal is to welcome 10 more people into the program and reach a total of 28 SOSA employees across all seven of its U.S. hubs, furthering its effort to create employment opportunities for people with physical and intellectual disabilities.

United Unveils the Elevated Aircraft Interior

United Unveils the Elevated Aircraft Interior

14 May 2025 Press Release Airline News Organisations & Operators

United Airlines has unveiled the United Elevated interior for new Boeing 787-9 aircraft that raises the standard of international premium travel among U.S. carriers and will include two, new business class suites, the greatest number of total premium seats in United’s fleet, an Ossetra caviar amuse-bouche service, Starlink connectivity and even larger 4K OLED seatback screens.

Air to Jet Fuel: United Announces Investment in Power-to-Liquid Fuels Company Twelve

Air to Jet Fuel: United Announces Investment in Power-to-Liquid Fuels Company Twelve

United today announced an investment in Twelve, an innovative low carbon fuels company that uses a process similar to photosynthesis to transform CO2 and water into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using renewable energy. This investment by the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund follows Twelve’s $83 million Series C funding round and project financing for its first SAF production facility, AirPlant™ One, located in Moses Lake, Washington. The facility is expected to begin production this year and plans to produce 50,000 gallons of SAF annually.

United Invests in Next Generation Blended Wing Aircraft Start-Up JetZero

United Invests in Next Generation Blended Wing Aircraft Start-Up JetZero

United today announced an investment in blended wing body (BWB) aircraft start-up JetZero. The company is creating an aircraft design that has the potential to deliver jet fuel efficiency and a greatly enhanced customer experience. The investment includes a path to order up to 100 airplanes and an option for an additional 100. The conditional purchase agreement is based on JetZero achieving development milestones, including flight of a full-scale demonstrator in 2027, among other conditions, including that the aircraft meet United’s safety, business and operating requirements.

United Airlines Breaks Ground on New $177M Ground Service Equipment Facility

United Airlines Breaks Ground on New $177M Ground Service Equipment Facility

28 March 2025 Press Release Airline News Organisations & Operators

United announced another investment in its Houston hub today by breaking ground on a new 140,000-square-foot Ground Service Equipment (GSE) Maintenance Facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and opening a new, state-of-the-art Technical Operations Training Center at the airport that will give employees a cutting-edge training experience.

United Airlines Shares How Travelers Can Treat Themselves Ahead of National Plan a Solo Vacation Day

United Airlines Shares How Travelers Can Treat Themselves Ahead of National Plan a Solo Vacation Day

15 February 2025 Press Release Airline News Travel Events News

This love-filled February, solo travel is on the rise and United is sharing travel hacks, popular destinations and app features to empower adventurers to get ready for National Plan a Solo Vacation Day on March 1 with the ultimate travel mantra: YOLO (You Only Live Once), Fly SOLO. Google searches for “solo travel” skyrocketed 223% in the past decade and solo fliers took 5% more trips with United in 2024 compared to 2023.