United Airlines, the world's largest transpacific airline, today celebrates more than 20 years of flying from the United States to the Asia-Pacific region and reaffirms its commitment to continued growth in the region.
By April 2006, the company will have expanded its Asia-Pacific service by nearly 15% since October 2004, with new routes and increased capacity, and plans to continue to increase service to and from the region. Expansion to date includes its launch of service between San Francisco and both Ho Chi Minh City and Nagoya, Chicago-Shanghai, Nagoya-Taipei, and additional frequencies between the United States and both Australia and Hong Kong.
"The Asia-Pacific region is among the most important to United, and has some of the fastest-growing economies in the world," said Mark Schwab, vice president-Pacific. "We are proud to have a long history of flying to the region, and our commitment to international growth has never been stronger. We have an exciting year ahead, with the return of our San Francisco-Seoul nonstop service on April 2, and our highly anticipated move to the new Star Alliance terminal at Tokyo's Narita airport in June -- which will enable smoother connections and faster transit times for our passengers."
To mark the 20-year milestone, United employees in the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, Feb. 11, will wear traditional costumes representative of various cultures in the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, the San Francisco team will offer media tours of United's current configurations of the B777 and B747 (including United First®, United Business®, Economy Plus® and United Economy®
, as well as the international Red Carpet Club® -- which seats more than 400 customers, the International First Class Lounge and United's "Arrivals" lounge -- the only one in San Francisco.
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By April 2006, the company will have expanded its Asia-Pacific service by nearly 15% since October 2004, with new routes and increased capacity, and plans to continue to increase service to and from the region. Expansion to date includes its launch of service between San Francisco and both Ho Chi Minh City and Nagoya, Chicago-Shanghai, Nagoya-Taipei, and additional frequencies between the United States and both Australia and Hong Kong.
"The Asia-Pacific region is among the most important to United, and has some of the fastest-growing economies in the world," said Mark Schwab, vice president-Pacific. "We are proud to have a long history of flying to the region, and our commitment to international growth has never been stronger. We have an exciting year ahead, with the return of our San Francisco-Seoul nonstop service on April 2, and our highly anticipated move to the new Star Alliance terminal at Tokyo's Narita airport in June -- which will enable smoother connections and faster transit times for our passengers."
To mark the 20-year milestone, United employees in the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, Feb. 11, will wear traditional costumes representative of various cultures in the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, the San Francisco team will offer media tours of United's current configurations of the B777 and B747 (including United First®, United Business®, Economy Plus® and United Economy®
, as well as the international Red Carpet Club® -- which seats more than 400 customers, the International First Class Lounge and United's "Arrivals" lounge -- the only one in San Francisco.PR Newswire
