United Airlines Nonstop Washington DC to Cape Town

DALLAS – United Airways (UA) has simply filed its utility with the U.S. Division of Transportation (DOT) for 3 weekly nonstop flights between Washington, D.C. (IAD) and Cape City (CPT) South Africa.

Upon approval, it is going to be the first-ever nonstop connection between the American capital and Cape City, South Africa’s legislative capital. Maybe the opening of such a route has been lengthy overdue, it’s one to certainly deliver nearer ties with the southern African nation when it comes to passenger and cargo motion.

The proposal made by United for the Cape City flights is tentatively scheduled to start on November 17, 2022, and might be operated on the Boeing 787-9 plane. The brand new CPT flights will join 55 cities throughout america to Cape City, representing greater than 90 p.c of your entire U.S. journey demand to Cape City.

United’s Dulles hub is a gateway to the nation’s capital and elsewhere, working greater than 230 each day flights to some 100 locations worldwide together with Accra in Ghana and Lagos in Nigeria.

Feedback from United Airways

Patrick Quayle, United’s senior vice chairman of Worldwide Community and Alliances stated, “If awarded by the DOT, this historic nonstop service will considerably improve journey choices for customers, strengthen ties between our nations’ legislative and diplomatic epicenters, and profit thriving journey and tourism industries serving our respective nations.”

“From creating new jobs to supporting key civic and assist organizations, United has taken super satisfaction in rising our household and operations in South Africa, and throughout the African continent,”

United flies to 4 cities in three nations on the African continent. Hopeful about its Cape City flights, by means of its associate airline Airlink and their CPT hub, potential native connections are additionally on the horizon.

The information comes a month after South Africa’s authorities granted Delta Air Traces’ (DL) bid to fly between Atlanta and Cape City by way of Johannesburg following a year-long impasse.

Cape City, South Africa’s tourism magnet, is a vacation spot wanted by competing carriers within the US in preparation for a post-pandemic restoration of worldwide air journey.

Featured picture: United Airways N25982 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Photograph: Luke Ayers/Airways