Apr 01 2025
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United Airlines Teases New Longhaul Routes: My Predictions

By Leila

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United Airlines will announce new routes tomorrow and has offered us some clues via a short video. Here are my guesses.

My Predictions For New United Airlines Routes

United will announce new routes tomorrow…and I’d guess longhaul routes because I don’t think we’d see the video below for new domestic routes. The video is not as detailed as in years past, but shows a globe that comes to a stop on Asia and the Pacific. There are dots on all the routes United currently serves.

The video ends with teasing that new routes drops tomorrow at 8:00 am ET and shows three dots, suggesting three new routes.

Since these are dots and not lines, I am going to guess that United will announce new destinations, not just new routes (like, for example, the resumption of Los Angeles to Singapore).

I’ve predicted (incorrectly) for years that we will see Bangkok (BKK) launch, but I think that will happen this year…from San Francisco (SFO)…on the heels of another year of successful nonstop flights on Air Canada from Vancouver (YVR).

I’d wager a guess that most of us have been enjoying Season 3 of White Lotus and that HBO series alone will spur at least some demand. Will United finally add flights to Bangkok?

Other guesses:

  • Guam (GUM) – Could United support a nonstop flight from San Francisco to Guam? (I know that’s not a new dot)
  • Perth (PER) – There is not (currently) an airplane that can fly from Perth to Los Angeles or San Francisco nonstop, but what about flying via Guam (GUM)?
  • Fiji (NAN) – Continental once served Fiji from Honolulu (HNL)…it would be nice to see this return nonstop from San Francisco
  • Chongqing (CKG) – This sprawling municipality has 32 million residents

Other possibilities in Asia include Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Kuala Lumpur, but I question whether there would be adequate demand to fly to any of these destinations.

If United is focusing on Asia-Pacific, I also think that is wise because I predict we will see falling demand from Europe over disagreements over foreign policy and economic policy. Meanwhile, United continues to take delivery of new aircraft which suggests we will continue to see more new dots on the route map.

I’ll provide an update tomorrow morning once we find out what the new routes are.

What are your predictions for the new United routes?

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