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United Airlines is to launch daily, nonstop
flights between its New York hub, Newark Liberty International
Airport, and Istanbul, effective 1 July 2012, subject to
government approval. Westbound service from Istanbul would begin 2
July 2012.
Istanbul will be the 76th international
destination that United serves from New York/Newark and the 37th
city in United’s trans-Atlantic route network.
“We are excited to add Istanbul to our
global route network,” said Jim Compton, United’s executive vice
president and chief revenue officer. “This new service will
provide customers throughout the United States, Canada and Latin
America direct access to one of the most important cities in the
region.”
United flight 904
will depart New York/Newark daily at 7:27 p.m. and arrive in
Istanbul at 12:20 p.m. the next day. Flight 905 will depart Istanbul’s Atatürk International Airport daily at 1:55 p.m. and
arrive at New York/Newark at 6:02 p.m. the same day.
The
airline will initially operate the services with three-cabin
Boeing 767-300 aircraft with 183 seats – six in United Global
First, 26 in United BusinessFirst and 151 in United Economy,
including 67 Economy Plus seats with added legroom.
Effective 28 August 2012 the airline will operate the service with two-cabin Boeing
767-300 aircraft with 214 seats – 30 in BusinessFirst and 184 in
Economy, including 46 Economy Plus seats.
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