The Chicago-based carrier is wagering that international travel will bounce back strongly despite the persistent pandemic.
A luggage carrier drives past a parked United Airlines jet near Terminal E at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.United Airlines plans to offer more flights across the Atlantic this summer than it did in 2019, a wager that international travel will bounce back strongly despite the persistent pandemic.
Patrick Quayle, the airline’s senior vice president of international network, said it was the biggest single transatlantic increase in United’s history.Later this week, United will begin serving several new destinations that it named last fall, including Portugal’s Azores and Spain’s Canary Islands. The company is also adding flights — for example, jumping to 22 daily flights from the U.S. to London in late May.
United’s annual revenue from U.S.-Europe flights fell from $7.4 billion before the pandemic to $2.2 billion in 2020. It edged higher to $3.4 billion last year, or 14% of total revenue. Despite intense lobbying by airlines, the Biden administration has given no indication of lifting the testing requirement.
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