Travel new paths with United
Beginning in May of 2010, United Airlines will provide its first-ever service to and from Africa, with daily service from Washington, D.C., to Accra, Ghana, then continuing on to Lagos, Nigeria. In addition, we’re extending our existing daily Kuwait-Washington, D.C., flight to include the Kingdom of Bahrain, and we are also adding a new nonstop flight between Brussels and Chicago.*
*The introduction of all new services is subject to government approval.
Africa
Daily nonstop service from Washington Dulles to Accra, the capital of the west African nation of Ghana, begins May 2. The flight will continue from Accra to Lagos, Nigeria. The return flight will operate from Lagos to Accra and on to Washington, D.C.
The flights, which will be available for booking later this fall, will be operated on Boeing 767 aircraft according to the following schedule:
| Flight # |
Depart |
Arrive |
Start date |
| United 990 Washington, D.C., to Accra
|
10:10 p.m.
|
12:40 p.m.**
|
May 2, 2010
|
|
United 990 Accra to Lagos
|
2:20 p.m.
|
4:25 p.m.
|
May 3, 2010
|
| United 991 Lagos to Accra
|
9:15 p.m.
|
9:20 p.m.
|
May 3, 2010
|
United 991 Accra to Washington, D.C.
|
11:00 p.m.
|
6.25 a.m.**
|
May 3, 2010
|
| ** indicates next-day arrival |
|
|
Middle East
On April 18, we will launch the only same-plane service operated from the Western Hemisphere to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Our existing nonstop service from Washington Dulles to Kuwait will continue to Bahrain, with the return flight also stopping in Kuwait before continuing to Washington, D.C.
Flights are now available for booking and will be operated on Boeing 777 aircraft according to the following schedule:
| Flight # |
Depart |
Arrive |
Start date |
| United 982 Washington, D.C., to Kuwait
|
6:12 p.m. |
1:35 p.m.**
|
Existing service
|
|
United 982 Kuwait to Bahrain |
2:50 p.m.
|
3:55 p.m. |
April 18, 2010
|
| United 981 Bahrain to Kuwait
|
9:25 p.m.
|
10:30 p.m.
|
April 18, 2010
|
United 981 Kuwait to Washington, D.C.
|
11:45 p.m.
|
6:47 a.m.**
|
Existing service
|
| ** indicates next-day arrival |
|
|
Brussels
United will inaugurate nonstop service between Chicago and Brussels on March 28. This new route will enable easy connections to points in Europe and Africa via Brussels Airlines, which will join the Star Alliance® on December 9, 2009. The Chicago-Brussels flights are timed to offer convenient connections at Chicago O’Hare to and from dozens of cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Chicago-Brussels flights are now available for booking and will be operated on Boeing 767 aircraft according to the following schedule:
| Flight # |
Depart |
Arrive |
Start date |
| United 972 Chicago to Brussels |
6 p.m. |
9:20 a.m.** |
March 28, 2010
|
|
United 973 Brussels to Chicago
|
11 a.m. |
1:15 p.m. |
March 29, 2010
|
| ** indicates next-day arrival |
|
|
United will continue to offer nonstop service between Washington, D.C., and Brussels, as well.
Customers seated in United First® and United Business® cabins aboard all transoceanic B767 flights enjoy United’s International Premium Travel Experience, which includes lie-flat seats, iPod connectivity, more than 150 hours of movies and television shows on demand, and a selection of appetizers and entrees designed by world-renowned chef Charlie Trotter. United’s B777 aircraft will be outfitted with new United First and United Business cabins in 2010 and 2011.
