United Airlines has stated that it applauds Spain’s decision to reopen travel to vaccinated visitors from June 7. The announcement comes following the European Union Council's formal recommendation that EU Member States can reopen to fully vaccinated tourists.
United has over 30 daily flights to 16 destinations in Europe this summer, including service between New York/Newark and Barcelona and Madrid.
"The EU Council's recommendation represents the turning of the page in the pandemic for our customers, employees and residents of the EU, and brings us all closer to reuniting the world," said Patrick Quayle, vice president of international network and alliances at United. "In addition to offering service to more destinations in Europe than any other U.S. carrier, only United allows customers to easily upload vaccine records and testing results to our app making international travel much easier."
United also recently announced a new collaboration with Abbott and became the first U.S. carrier to set up an easy way for international travellers to bring a CDC-approved test with them, self-administer while abroad, and return home through an innovative collaboration with Abbott.