United Airlines plans over 3,500 domestic flights to tap holiday demand
Oct 7 (Reuters) – United Airways mentioned on Thursday it plans to function greater than 3,500 home flights in December, its largest home schedule because the begin of the pandemic, in search of to capitalize on pent-up vacation season demand from vacationers who didn’t see family and friends final yr.
The uscarrier mentioned vacation journey flight searches on its web site had been up 16% in comparison with 2019.
United mentioned it will provide new flights to widespread vacationer locations together with Las Vegas from the U.S. Midwest, in addition to add flights to ski locations similar to Aspen from its hub airports.
U.S. Airways are anticipated to profit from each home and worldwide journey demand in the course of the vacation season, after the Biden administration reopened the nation to fully-vaccinated air vacationers from around the globe beginning November.
Brokerage Cowen in a word earlier this week mentioned it expects fourth-quarter outlook for U.S. airways to replicate a powerful peak, doubtless above 2019 ranges, as individuals begin planning vacation journeys.
Reporting by Kannaki Deka in Bengaluru;
Enhancing by Vinay Dwivedi
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