United Airlines Gears Up to Welcome Summer 2026 With New Flights

In a bid to broaden its network,United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL) is gearing up for the summer season of 2026 with the launch of services to four new cities across Croatia, Italy, Scotland and Spain. All new flights are subject to government approval.This announcement places United Airlines as the only U.S. airline in Summer 2026 to offer nonstop flights to four new destinations from its hub in Newark/New York to Split, Croatia; Bari, Italy; Glasgow, Scotland and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.The service between Split and the United States will start on April 30, 2026. Flights will operate three times a week on a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.The service between Bari and the United States will start on May 1, 2026. The service to Bari will operate four times a week on a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. The daily seasonal service from Newark/New York to Glasgow will start on May 8, 2026, on a Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft. United Airlines also serves Edinburgh year-round and is the largest carrier between the United States and Scotland.With three times weekly seasonal service from Newark/New York beginning May 27, this will be the first regularly scheduled service between the United States and Santiago de Compostela. The flight will operate on a Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft.Apart from the aforesaid summer 2026 new schedules, UAL plans to offer daily flights between Newark/New York and South Korea, effective Sept. 4, 2026, on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.UAL has flown more flights to Tel Aviv this year than any other U.S. airline and will be the only airline operating flights between Tel Aviv and both Chicago and Washington D.C. when they begin in early November. On March 28, 2026, United Airlines will add a third flight to Tel Aviv from Newark/New York, operating on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.Apart from its new Summer 2026 destinations, UAL will continue flying to all nine destinations from its successful Summer 2025 expansion (the largest in the airline's history) including seasonal service to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Nuuk, Greenland; Palermo, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Madeira Island, Portugal; Faro, Portugal; and continue year-round service from Dakar, Senegal; Puerto Escondido, Mexico, and Kaohsiung.Patrick Quayle, senior vice president of Global Network Planning and Alliances, stated, "United has an unmatched international network, and we pride ourselves on connecting our customers to unique, trendsetting destinations no other U.S. airline serves. 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."Globally, UAL will provide more than 850 daily flights to and from over 150 international destinations, including 41 that no other U.S. airline serves, in 2026. This latest schedule expansion brings the count to almost 3,000 weekly international round-trips in Summer 2026, which will be served by United Airlines. This further strengthens the Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock’sposition in the airline industry globally. Stocks to ConsiderInvestors interested in the Transportation sector may also consider Wabtec Corporation WAB and Global Ship Lease GSL. Each stock presently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).  You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. 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