United sends the 787-10 to Europe from Newark in 2019

United will operate its new Boeing 787-10 on six routes to Europe next summer, making good on comments that it would fly the aircraft across the Atlantic from its New York City-area base. The Star Alliance carrier will operate the longest variant of the 787 family once daily from Newark to Frankfurt and Tel Aviv from 30 March 2019, to Barcelona and Paris Charles de Gaulle from 29 April 2019, and to Brussels and Dublin from 22 May 2019, it says. “United is proud to offer more seats between New York and Europe than any other carrier and our Boeing 787-10 aircraft based in New York/Newark will enable us to connect even more New York City customers to Europe and beyond,” said Patrick Quayle, VP of international network at United. The shift to the 787-10, which seats 318 passengers in three classes, will add capacity on most of the transatlantic routes. It replaces a 240-seat Boeing 767-400ER on flights to Frankfurt and Paris, and an up to 292-seat Boeing 777-200 on flights to Barcelona, Brussels and Dublin. Only the Newark-Tel Aviv route will see a capacity reduction, as the flight shifts from a 366-seat 777-300ER to the 787. However, United begins new service to Tel Aviv from Washington Dulles in May, complementing the Newark route.<br/>