United Airlines, the U.S. airline with the most comprehensive route network and the most trans-Pacific service, will further expand its global reach with new nonstop service from San Francisco to Tel Aviv, Israel, with service three times each week beginning March 30, 2016;
Auckland, New Zealand, with service three times each week beginning July 1, 2016, expanding to daily service in October; and Xi’an, China, previously announced, three-times-weekly service beginning May 8, 2016, for the summer season. Each new service is subject to government approval.
The airline intends to operate the new flights with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the world’s most advanced passenger airplane. San Francisco-Tel Aviv: Linking High-Tech Markets United has served Israel since 1999. The airline currently offers twice-daily Boeing 777 nonstop flights between Tel Aviv and New York/Newark.
San Francisco-Auckland
United’s three-times weekly service to Auckland (AKL), New Zealand’s largest city and main transportation hub to other points throughout the country, will launch July 1, 2016, with 787-8 aircraft. The schedule will expand to daily flights operating with 787-9 aircraft on Oct. 28, 2016, in time for the peak-winter travel season. The Auckland flights will operate in partnership with United’s Star Alliance partner Air New Zealand.
From its San Francisco hub, United operates nearly 280 daily flights to more than 90 destinations in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. United currently has 22 787 Dreamliners in its fleet and expects to take delivery of three more by the end of 2015.
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