United Airlines to expand its Caribbean service
United Airlines announced that they are set to expand their service to the Caribbean region by next month as flights to Antigua, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Nassau and St Lucia resumes.
“For the month of November, we have adjusted our capacity to add flying for leisure travel to warm weather and beach destinations in Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean, along with ‘visiting friends and relatives’ travel across the globe,” said Patrick Quayle, United’s vice president of International Network and Alliances.
United will kick off its relaunch with a resumption of service from Newark to Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport.
The airline plans to fly 44% of its schedule in November compared to 2019, and a 4-point increase compared to October 2020.
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, United is adding 26 new routes for November, including:
- Restarting service between Houston and Santiago, Chile, three times weekly.
- Restarting service between Houston and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, three times weekly.
- Resuming service to seven Caribbean and Central American destinations, including Antigua, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Managua, Nassau, St. Lucia and Roatan.
- Expanding service on over 20 routes to popular beach destinations throughout Mexico, including new sew service to Acapulco and Zihuatanejo and expanded service to Cancun, Cozumel, Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta.
In a release, United said that they have been a leader in enacting new policies and innovations designed to keep employees and passengers safer when travelling since the pandemic started and is committed to continuing to do so in this “new normal”.
The airline also recently announced it plans to apply Zoono Microbe Shield, an EPA-registered antimicrobial coating that forms a long-lasting bond with surfaces and inhibits the growth of microbes, to its entire mainline and express fleet before the end of the year.