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Delta s launching a new route from Portland to Seoul, South Korea. Courtesy Port of Portland
In the latest air travel developments, Hawaii announces Phase 1 of its plan to open up to vaccinated travelers; France could lift restrictions on U.S. visitors starting next month; the U.K. eyes a “travel corridor” to the U.S.; Greece now welcomes international tourists who got their shots; Delta and United plan new routes to Athens and Reykjavik; United will revive service to some international destinations in June, including Tahiti; Delta announces a new transpacific route from Portland; American will introduce a new India route; United upgrades COVID services available on its mobile app and adds more domestic routes; California has route news from Humboldt County and LAX; JetBlue and American will expand their networks from the northeast as their partnership grows; Los Angel
United to add hundreds of daily flights, anticipating busy summer travel season
By Will Hager
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Bryan Del Monte, president of The Aviation Agency, talks about how he foresees the airline industry adapting in a post-pandemic world.
CHICAGO - In just over a month United Airlines will be expanding its flight schedule to the largest it has been since before the pandemic.
The airline announced Friday the addition of nearly 500 daily domestic flights in June, including new flights to popular tourism hubs in Hawaii, Alaska and Montana.
The expansion will bring United up to two-thirds of its domestic schedule from June 2019, signaling a bounce back in a travel industry gutted by COVID-19.
You can now find, book, and get results all through the United app. share this article
Whether or not travelers have been vaccinated for COVID-19, testing remains an important and often necessary tool for safe travel during the pandemic. United Airlines is hoping to make getting tested for COVID-19 even easier for its passengers.
The carrier has introduced a new tool that helps travelers find, book, and upload COVID-19 test results, all from the airline’s online Travel-Ready Center, which can also be accessed through the United app. The Travel-Ready Center was launched in January as a way for customers to access testing and vaccine requirements for the destinations they are traveling to and returning from.
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A new feature on the Travel-Ready section of United s app enables Covid-test info to be automatically loaded into the app.
United Airlines customers in several hub cities can now have Covid-19 test results delivered directly into the Travel-Ready Center feature of the airline s app.
The functionality means flyers will no longer have to upload the testing data themselves. Instead, they can choose from more than 200 testing providers in the network of TrustAssure labs in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the New York/Newark area. Once test results are in, United will validate the information and inform customers whether they are cleared to fly and able to receive their mobile boarding pass.
CHICAGO, 22 April 2021: United is adding three new flights to its international network by flying direct to countries that are reopening to vaccinated visitors.
Starting in July, United will offer new direct flights from
Newark Liberty International Airport to Dubrovnik, Croatia, from Washington
Dulles International Airport to Athens, Greece and from Chicago O’Hare
International Airport to Reykjavik, Iceland, all subject to government
approval.
United’s Travel-Ready Centre enables customers to upload their
Covid-19 testing and vaccine documentation and have it certified ahead of
check-in so customers can get their boarding pass before getting to the
airport.
The addition of these new routes reflects an increase in