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United Airlines expands in Europe with new summer destinations

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Today, United Airlines shared its Summer 2026 schedule, including new routes to cities in Croatia, Italy, Spain, and Scotland. With more than 3,000 weekly international roundtrips next summer, United leads the way amongst domestic carriers.

Summer 2026 flights take you across the globe

“United has an unmatched international network, and we pride ourselves on connecting our customers to unique, trendsetting destinations no other U.S. airline serves,” said Patrick Quayle, Senior Vice President of Global Network Planning and Alliances. “With the addition of these new flights and the return of all of our new routes from last year, United now flies to 46 cities across the Atlantic – more than any other airline – and is the clear flag carrier of the U.S.”

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Once Summer 2026 gets underway, United will be the only domestic carrier offering nonstop service via Newark/New York (EWR) to Split, Croatia; Bari, Italy; Glasgow, Scotland, and Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Other additions include flights between Washington-Dulles (IAD) and Reykjavík, Iceland (RKV), a new year-round direct flight between Newark/New York and Seoul, South Korea ICN), and four more weekly flights between Newark/New York and Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV). 

Besides these new flights, United will continue service to the nine international destinations it added in Summer 2025, with seasonal service to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Nuuk, Greenland; Palermo, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Madeira Island, Portugal; Faro, Portugal; and a continuation of year-round service from Dakar, Senegal; Puerto Escondido, Mexico, and Kaohsiung.

Next year, United will operate more than 850 daily flights, departing and returning, to over 150 international destinations. That includes 41 places served by no other domestic airline.

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