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United Airlines to boost Mainland network with resumption of nonstop San Francisco-Beijing
August 14th 2023
United Airlines (UA) will resume direct San Francisco-Beijing from November after China and the U.S. agreed to increase flying between the two countries. Read More » In addition to the re-opened route, the Star Alliance member will increase San Francisco-Shanghai to daily from October 1. “We are grateful for this positive step forward in U.S.-China passenger air services and we thank the many officials from both countries who partnered to make this reinstatement of air service possible,” UA senior vice president of global network planning and alliances, Patrick Quayle, said. “This announcement is good news for United Airlines customers because we believe a daily flight to Beijing and a daily flight to Shanghai from San Francisco is consistent with the demand we see in the market right now, especially as our ability to serve China nonstop from our mid-continent hubs or the U.S. east coast is severely limited by Russian over flight restrictions.” The Beijing route’s schedule will be released in coming weeks, UA said.
