United extends point-to-point flights to Florida

In an effort to capture more of the leisure travel market while keeping its fleet active, United Airlines will extend its offering of point-to-point connections between the Northeast and Midwest USA to Florida beyond the winter holiday season. The carrier, which announced the new routes in August, says on 23 October that it will extend the nonstop flights through the end of the traditional US spring break, a period when many winter-weary northerners are looking for a sunny beach escape. The routes are set to begin in November and December, and will now end in early- to mid-April. “Extending our Florida point-to-point schedule reflects our proactive and demand-driven approach to offer more opportunities for customers to get to popular warm-weather destinations,” says United’s VP of domestic planning and scheduling Ankit Gupta. “The extended schedules have been designed with customers in mind and are aligned with holiday and spring break periods in Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, New York and Pittsburgh.” By December, the airline will offer 29 daily departures from the seven cities to the Florida destinations Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Tampa.<br/>