Snowbirds Rejoice – United Airlines adds New Nonstop Direct Flights to Florida
In a move that completely breaks the hub-and spoke model for many large airlines, United Airlines recently announced that it will be adding as many as 28 daily non-stop direct flights to sunny Florida from cities in the Northeast and Midwest. – just in time for the upcoming winter season.
Currently, travelers from the included cities of Boston, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, New York/LaGuardia, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio would have to connect through one of the airlines major Hubs to get to Florida – adding travel times and the potential to miss a connecting flight due to potential weather delays.
With this announcement, however that all changes for the better for passengers who want to travel to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa.
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on the airline industry, United has been working to capture as much of the flying public as possible by reacting to demand fluctuations in various areas of the country.
This latest move is part of that continued strategy. Find out where customers want to fly and make moves to meet that demand – and its critically important revenue.
“The addition of these new flights represents United’s largest expansion of point-to-point, non-hub flying and reflects our data driven approach to add capacity where customers are telling us they want to go,” said Ankit Gupta, United’s vice president of Domestic Network Planning.
According to a press release, United Airlines will be rolling out the new direct flights beginning November 6. They will begin with new roundtrip flights from Boston, Cleveland and New York/LaGuardia to Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa.
The following month in December, they will continue to boost the direct flights to Florida by adding round trips from Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Milwaukee and Pittsburgh to Fort Myers and Tampa.
Although the service is still a few months away, passengers are able to book reservations as of today.
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