United Airlines Adds More Seats to Popular College Football Towns

Image: First United Boeing 787 Production Flight. (photo courtesy of United Airlines)
Image: First United Boeing 787 Production Flight. (photo courtesy of United Airlines)
TravelPulse Staff
by TravelPulse Staff
Last updated: 4:37 PM ET, Tue August 28, 2018

WHY IT RATES: Travel agents working with college football fans will be happy to inform their clients about United's increased capacity to key college football destinations.-Donald Wood, Breaking News Senior Writer.


United Airlines is giving sports fans something to cheer about this football season.

As college football kicks off, the airline is adding more seats to top college football markets, making it easier for fans across the country to travel to see their favorite team play. United is adding seats with additional flights and using larger aircraft to get our customers to their favorite college town.

"Each fall, football fans travel from near and far to cheer on their alma matter or favorite college team," said Ankit Gupta, United's vice president of Domestic Network. "Football brings families, friends and classmates together for thrilling and memorable moments, which is why we've added over 204,000 seats to top college markets this fall to help our customers more easily get to these exciting games."

United is adding more than 204,000 total seats from September through November, for an average daily increase of 2,200 seats to these markets compared to 2017.

United and United Express operate approximately 4,600 flights a day to 357 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers.

United is proud to have the world's most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 757 mainline aircraft and the airline's United Express carriers operate 551 regional aircraft.


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