United Airlines (Chicago) today announced it will operate additional flights to Shanghai and Chengdu, China, from the airline’s trans-Pacific gateway hub in San Francisco during the peak summer travel season. The current daily service between San Francisco and Shanghai will increase to two flights daily from May 6 to October 24, 2015, and the three-times-weekly service between San Francisco and Chengdu will increase to daily service from June 4 to September 1, 2015, both routes subject to government approval.
Second-daily Flight to Shanghai
Flight UA 891 will depart from San Francisco International Airport at 2:40 p.m. (1440) and arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 7:00 p.m. (1900) the following day (all times local). On the return, flight UA 890 will depart from Shanghai at 9:00 p.m. (2100) and arrive in San Francisco at 5:40 p.m. (1740) on the same day. Flight times will be approximately 13 hours, 20 minutes westbound and 11 hours, 40 minutes eastbound.
United will operate the flights with Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft featuring a total of 269 seats – eight flat-bed seats in United Global First, 40 flat-bed seats in United BusinessFirst and 221 seats in United Economy, including 104 Economy Plus extra-legroom seats.
The new summer-season service will operate in addition to United’s current daily year-round flights between San Francisco and Shanghai.
Daily Flights to Chengdu
Flight UA 9 will depart San Francisco daily at 1:20 p.m.(1320) and will arrive at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 6:40 p.m. (1840) the following day (all times local). On the return, flight UA 8 will depart Chengdu daily at 9:50 a.m. (0950) and arrive in San Francisco at 8:30 a.m. (0830) the same day. Flying times are approximately 14 hours, 20 minutes westbound and 13 hours, 40 minutes eastbound.
United will operate the San Francisco – Chengdu flights with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, featuring a total of 219 seats – 36 in United BusinessFirst and 183 in United Economy, including 70 Economy Plus extra-legroom seats.
Earlier this year, United launched the Chengdu service with three-times-weekly Boeing 787 flights from San Francisco, the first-ever nonstop trans-Pacific service to mainland China beyond Beijing and Shanghai. The Chengdu flights will return to three-times-weekly operations on September 2, 2015.
Copyright Photo: SPA/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner N28912 (msn 34828) climbs away from London’s Heathrow Airport.
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