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By Donald Wood, TravelPulse
United Airlines announced Monday it will be expanding its domestic route network.
The carrier revealed it will connect passengers to 22 destinations from six of its hubs in the United States. In addition, United will launch nonstop service to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from Chicago, New York/Newark and Washington, D.C.
United now offers more nonstop flights to Hilton Head than any other airline.
On the East Coast, the airline will look to optimize key business and leisure destinations from Newark Liberty International Airport while shifting short-haul connecting flights to Washington Dulles International Airport.
“With more than 40 new domestic routes added this year, we remain committed to expanding our network to offer customers even more choices in their travel destinations,” United vice president Ankit Gupta said in a statement. “The expansion to Hilton Head Island from three of our hub cities and the introduction of New York's only nonstop service to Anchorage and Pensacola, are just some of the ways we are responding to customer interest and demand.”
The carrier is shifting shorter-haul flights to Elmira, New York; Lexington, Kentucky; and Manchester, New Hampshire from Newark to Washington. United is also introducing nonstop service between Washington and Asheville, North Carolina.
On the West Coast, United will begin nonstop service between San Francisco and Columbus, Ohio, on June 6, 2019, and between Los Angeles and Eugene, Oregon; Madison, Wisconsin; and Pasco/Tri-Cities, Washington, on March 31, 2019.
