United Airlines is adding a slew of new trans-Atlantic flights by next summer in anticipation of a surge in travel, including four direct routes from Dulles International Airport.
The airline is adding two new direct flights next year from Dulles — to Berlin, Germany in the spring and Amman, Jordan in the summer, United (NASDAQ: UAL) announced Thursday. The flights are still pending government approval.
Service directly between Washington, D.C. and Amman, Jordan will start May 5, with flights scheduled three times a week with a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
United will also in 2022 resume two local routes that were paused because of the pandemic: one to Tokyo’s Haneda airport by March 26 and the other to Lisbon, Portugal by next summer.
“Given our big expectations for a rebound in travel to Europe for summer, this is the right time to leverage our leading global network in new, exciting ways,” Patrick Quayle, senior vice president of international network and alliances at United,…
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