by Donald Wood
Last updated: 10:06 AM ET, Thu November 15, 2018
United Airlines announced Wednesday it will operate its newest Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners on six trans-Atlantic routes from its New York/Newark hub beginning in March 2019.
United will fly the new Boeing planes on routes from Newark Liberty International Airport to Frankfurt, Germany; Tel Aviv, Israel; Barcelona, Spain; Brussels, Belgium; Dublin, Ireland; and Paris, France.
The carrier was the first North American airline to take delivery of the 787-10, which boasts 44 United Polaris business class seats, 21 United Premium Plus seats, 54 Economy Plus seats and 199 standard Economy seats.
Tickets for the Dreamliner flights will be available for purchase December 3 for travel beginning March 30.
"United is proud to offer more seats between New York and Europe than any other carrier and our Boeing 787-10 aircraft based in New York/Newark will enable us to connect even more New York City customers to Europe and beyond," United vice president Patrick Quayle said in a statement.
"We are thrilled to announce six international cities that will be served with this aircraft and we look forward to offering our customers all of the comforts and services of our most advanced aircraft," Quayle added.
The new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner will feature updated lighting patterns, a new seatback entertainment system and more. United also announced the planes will begin operating between New York/Newark and Los Angeles and San Francisco in January 2019.
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