In October, the airline is scheduled to fly up to 592 flights a day from its hometown hub of O’Hare, more than any other time this year — surpassing the summer’s schedule.
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The airline will also add 50 additional flights this November from Chicago, with expanded service to warm-weather destinations like Phoenix, Austin and Orlando. In fact, United will fly 10% more seats to Florida compared to the same time last year.
This fall, United will also expand and extend its service to several Latin and Caribbean destinations, including:
– Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR): Extended weekend service in October
– Cozumel, Mexico (CZM): Extended weekend service in November
– Saint Martin (SXM): Extended weekend service in November
– Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA): Additional weekend service in October
– Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ): Additional weekend service in October
– San José del Cabo, Mexico (SJD): Additional weekend service in October
United’s growth this fall will follow a historic summer season in Chicago, where the airline will fly more seats from O’Hare than they have in the past 20 years. In July, United will fly a peak of 71,000 seats a day.
Thanks to the airline’s growing fleet of new, state-of-the-art aircraft like the A321neo and MAX9, United will fly more mainline aircraft from O’Hare this October than in the past two decades, providing customers with seat-back entertainment in every seat and larger overhead bins for every passenger’s carry-on bag. United flies more flights to more destinations than any other airline in Chicago.
United has recently hired more than 2,000 new local employees, bringing the total number in the Chicago land area to more than 18,000. The airline announced that they expect to hire 5,400 more by 2027.