New Route News

In route news, United expands its China presence, Alaska adds several new markets, Delta tacks on a new Boston route, American changes its Hawaii fleet, and Hainan and Aeromexico begin new U.S. services.

United has added 10 new connecting routes to cities in China through its code-sharing partnership with Air China. United’s code is now on Air China flights from Beijing to Mianyang, Taiyuan, Sanya, Shanghai Hongqiao, Yinchuan, Xining, Liuzhou, Haikou and Lanzhou, and from Shanghai Pudong to Yinchuan. Air China’s code went onto a dozen mroe Unuted dopm,estic routes from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington Dulles and Houston. In other news, United has started daily seasonal service to Dublin, Ireland from Chicago O’Hare, continuing through August 18; and added a second daily seasonal Newark-Dublin flight, continuing through September 24.

Alaska Airlines said it will add a pair of new non-hub routes this fall. November 5 is the start date for Alaska/Skywest service linking Portland and Austin.
Delta has kicked off new daily service between Boston and Milwaukee.

Boston also got new service this month from Aeromexico, which has started flying six days a week (not Tuesdays) between Boston and Mexico City.

China’s Hainan Airlines will begin its new transpacific route between San Jose and Beijing on June 15.

South African Airways will change its Washington Dulles-Johannesburg flight on August 3, adding a stopover in Accra, Ghana four days a week (the only non-stops between the U.S. and Ghana), and reducing its IAD-Dakar-Johannesburg routing to three days a week.