United boosts Denver hub with Frankfurt link

United Airlines will add service to Frankfurt from its Denver hub next May, making good on plans to expand European links from the Colorado airport. The carrier will offer year-round daily flights between Denver and Frankfurt with a 219-seat Boeing 787-8 from May 2, 2019, it said Thursday. The flight will complement its seasonal Denver-London service that began this year and resumes in March. The airline is in the midst of a growth spurt in Denver. It will grow capacity at the airport 9.7% this year, with the addition of numerous new routes to places like Jacksonville, London Heathrow and Norfolk. The growth is part of United's larger strategy to boost connectivity at its hubs and recapture what it views as its "natural share" of the US domestic market by growing 4-6% annually through 2020. <br/>