United Applies to Launch Historic, First-Ever Nonstop Service between Washington, D.C. and Cape Town

United’s proposed service would start Nov. 17, 2022, and function on 787-9 plane, maximized to fulfill shopper demand and profit each U.S. and South African vacationers. If authorised, the flights between Dulles and Cape City will join 55 cities throughout america to Cape City, representing greater than 90 % of your entire U.S. journey demand to Cape City. United’s Washington Dulles hub is a gateway to the nation’s capital and elsewhere, working greater than 230 every day flights to just about 100 locations around the globe – together with greater than 10 world capitals and new service to Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria.

“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,” mentioned Patrick Quayle, United’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Community and Alliances. “If awarded by the DOT, this historic nonstop service will considerably improve journey choices for customers, strengthen ties between our international locations legislative and diplomatic epicenters, and profit thriving journey and tourism industries serving our respective international locations.”

 United has labored diligently to develop an African community to advertise competitors and supply reasonably priced and constant service choices for U.S. vacationers. The service will complement United’s present flights to 4 cities in three international locations in Africa. It’s going to additionally permit clients to attach in Cape City to different factors in South Africa, and to different international locations within the southern area of the African continent with its South African primarily based accomplice Airlink and their Cape City hub.  

The Washington D.C. to Cape City route is the most important between the U.S. and South Africa with out nonstop service. D.C. is the second largest level within the U.S. for Cape City demand and holds the fifth largest South-African-born inhabitants. United’s proposed weekly flights will tackle this hole and complement United’s present South Africa service between New York/Newark and Cape City and Johannesburg, offering almost every day service to Cape City provided by a single provider.

United additionally maintains a detailed relationship with the Mandela Basis and BPESA (Enterprise Processing Enabling South Africa) a not-for-profit firm that serves because the business physique and commerce affiliation for International Enterprise Companies in South Africa. United just lately introduced a collaboration with journey firm Licensed Africa. Licensed Africa’s mission is to make journey to African international locations simple, immersive, and life altering for tens of millions of the African Diaspora throughout america.

About United

United’s shared function is “Connecting Individuals. Uniting the World.” From our U.S. hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates probably the most complete world route community amongst North American carriers. United is bringing again our clients’ favourite locations and including new ones on its solution to changing into the world’s greatest airline. For extra about learn how to be part of the United crew, please go to www.united.com/careers and extra details about the corporate is at www.united.com. United Airways Holdings, Inc., the dad or mum firm of United Airways, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq below the image “UAL”. 

SOURCE United Airways