United Ramps up IAH Flight Schedule in Response to Consumer Uptick
United Airlines is adding new flights and resuming old ones out of Bush Intercontinental Airport as it looks to meet growing demand for vacations and visits.
Beginning May 27, the airline is adding new nonstop flights from Houston to Kalispell, Montana, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, it said Thursday in a news release. It also will resume its full pre-pandemic flight schedule to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean.
After more than a year of the pandemic, which devastated travel demand, United said it is seeing an uptick in flight bookings and is rebuilding its schedule in response.
"In the past few weeks, we have seen the strongest flight bookings since the start of the pandemic," said Ankit Gupta, vice president of United's domestic network planning and scheduling. "As we rebuild our schedule to meet that demand, adding in seasonal point-to-point flying is just one of the ways we are finding opportunities to add new and exciting service."
Twitter.com/amandadrane
___
(c)2021 the Houston Chronicle
Visit the Houston Chronicle at www.chron.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.