United to resume flights to more leisure destinations in November

United will resume 40 international routes in November, including many to leisure and beach destinations in Hawaii, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The Chicago-based carrier said Friday it is attempting to benefit from an increase in leisure demand, as business travel remains particularly depressed amid the coronavirus pandemic. “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 VP of international network and alliances. The new routes come as the weather in the northern hemisphere tips toward winter. The airline is banking on pent-up demand amongst potential holiday-makers who want a break in a warmer climate. The airline announced in August it will offer more daily nonstop flights connecting customers in the northern cities of Boston, Cleveland and New York to popular Florida destinations including Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa. United also says it will resume 29 international routes between the US and Asia, Europe and Latin America – flying 38% of its November 2019 international schedule. That’s up from 32% in October. The airline will reintroduce flights to Frankfurt from Denver and increase frequency to Frankfurt from Houston in Europe, and will convert cargo-only connections to passenger service between San Francisco and both Taipei and Seoul in Asia. United will also resume flights from Houston to both Santiago and Rio de Janeiro, as well as non-stop flights to numerous Caribbean and Central America destinations, including Antigua, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Managua, Nassau, St Lucia and Roatan. Overall, including domestic routes, the carrier will be flying 44% of its normal schedule, up four percentage points from October. <br/>