United Airways has launched its continuous every day seasonal service between Glasgow and its Newark/New York hub, marking the arrival of the primary flight to Glasgow Airport. United is the one US airline to supply continuous service between Glasgow and america. The route marks United’s return to Glasgow, which the airline beforehand served till October 2019, and is the primary scheduled service by a US airline between Glasgow and america since 2019.
The returning service builds on United’s current providers from Scotland: every day flights year-round from Edinburgh to Newark/New York, virtually year-round, to every day flights between Edinburgh and Washington DC, in addition to a every day seasonal service between Edinburgh and Chicago O’Hare. United is the one airline to supply a every day service between Scotland and the US all 12 months spherical, providing extra seats and flights from Scotland to the US than another airline. In the summertime of 2026, it should function as much as 4 continuous flights per day from Scotland to the US.
“We’re delighted to return to Glasgow with the launch of our service to Newark/New York, additional underlining the significance of Scotland inside United’s international route community,” stated Karolien De Hertogh, Director Gross sales UK and Eire, United Airways. “With extra seats and flights from Scotland to america than another airline, our prospects in Scotland can take pleasure in even larger journey alternative and the power to attach seamlessly to greater than 220 additional locations within the Americas by way of our US hubs, whereas US vacationers can extra simply fly to Glasgow and benefit from the metropolis’s world-class museums, iconic structure, historic pubs, parks and gardens, or journey outdoors town and discover the larger Highlands.”
“We’re happy to welcome the return of United Airways direct service between Glasgow and New York, restoring one in all our hottest long-haul routes,” stated Kam Jandu, CEO of AGS Airports. “The route has at all times been in excessive demand, beforehand carrying vital passenger numbers, in addition to key Scottish exports akin to whiskey and seafood. Passengers may also take pleasure in entry to the expanded North American vacation spot by way of Newark Airport, making onward connectivity a lot simpler than earlier than.
“This new service is a big increase to connectivity, offering a significant hyperlink for vacationers from the west coast of Scotland, whereas supporting inbound tourism, permitting extra guests to expertise Scotland’s world-famous sights, together with golf, whiskey and spectacular surroundings.
“This achievement displays our crew’s continued efforts and powerful collaboration with companions throughout the Glasgow Metropolis Area as we stay targeted on bettering Glasgow’s community connectivity and delivering a best-in-class passenger expertise as a part of our £350 million funding programme.”
“This is good news for Glasgow and for guests and enterprise vacationers on either side of the Atlantic,” stated Councilor Susan Aitken, Chief of Glasgow Metropolis Council and Chair of the Glasgow Metropolis Area Cupboard. “The US is one in all our most necessary worldwide markets, and this new direct service will make it even simpler for folks to go to Glasgow, do enterprise right here and expertise all that our metropolis and the broader area have to supply.
“It strengthens Glasgow’s international connectivity, helps financial development and international funding, and underlines town’s place as an outward-looking, internationally linked vacation spot. Congratulations to our companions at Glasgow Airport and United Airways on the launch of this necessary new route.”
The brand new service between Glasgow and Newark/New York is a part of United Airways’ broader summer time 2026 program and underlines its place because the main US airline throughout the Atlantic, serving extra locations than another US airline. By summer time 2026, United would be the solely U.S. airline flying nonstop flights to 4 new locations from its Newark/New York hub: Cut up, Croatia; Bari, Italy; Glasgow, Scotland and Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The airline can be including its first service between Washington/Dulles and Reykjavik, Iceland, in addition to a brand new year-round nonstop every day service from Newark/New York to Seoul, South Korea.
Because the chief in U.S. flights throughout the Atlantic, United will proceed that momentum by serving a complete of 44 locations throughout the Atlantic by 2026 and providing almost 770 weekly transatlantic roundtrip flights by summer time 2026. Along with 4 new locations, United will proceed to serve eight locations in 2026 from its largest-ever enlargement final summer time, together with seasonal service to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Nuuk, Greenland; Palermo, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Madeira Island, Portugal; Faro, Portugal; and continues its already year-round service from Puerto Escondido, Mexico and Kaohsiung.
All over the world, United will supply as much as almost 930 every day flights to and from greater than 150 worldwide locations by 2026 – together with 43 that no different U.S. airline serves.