United Airlines has launched a nonstop daily service between its New York/Newark hub and Dubai International (DXB). The new service marks United’s return to Dubai after almost seven years. The airline previous operated scheduled flight on Dubai-Newark route till 2016.
The airline has deployed its Boeing 777-200ER on the route.
The launch is part of the airline’s commercial agreement with Emirates announced in 2022, which enhances the carriers’ networks and gives customers easier access to hundreds of destinations within the US and around the world. Customers from the US flying to Dubai can travel onwards with Emirates or flydubai to more than 100 different cities. Passengers flying from Dubai to New York can take advantage of onward connections with United to over 80 destinations across the Americas
Patrick Quayle, United’s senior vice-president of Global Network Planning and Alliances, said: “Our new service between New York/Newark and Dubai, along with our new partnership with Emirates and flydubai, makes it even easier for customers to travel to Dubai or connect to any of the hundred destinations offered by our partners across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.”
The airline believes that this non-stop flight will further reinforce Dubai’s positive relationship with the US travel trade ecosystem and boost its multifaceted destination proposition in the new era of travel.