The Thrifty Traveler Podcast · Thursday, August 27, 2026
United Airlines has announced a significant expansion of its route network, with 13 new destinations planned for the upcoming year. This expansion is facilitated by their new Airbus A321 L R aircraft, enabling longer-haul flights.
“All right, let's move on to United, which just this week on Tuesday announced, uh, a Baker's dozen of new routes. I mean, take a deep breath. I'm going to try and get through all these in one breath. There's no way this is going to work, but let's try it.”
“United next year is adding flights from Newark to Luxembourg, Lubliana, no way I pronounce that correctly, Slovenia, uh, Olbia in Sardinia, Italy, and Catania in Sicily, Italy. Ipia in Spain, Valencia in Spain, Teresa in the Azores of Portugal, Marseille in France, uh, from DC to Dulles to Toulouse, as well as DC to Milan in Italy, Denver to Paris, San Francisco to Okinawa, LA to Osaka, and they're also resuming San Francisco to Tel Aviv, Israel.”
“Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, a lot of these routes are really fun and interesting and, uh, you know, United flies in the new Airbus A321 L R is making a lot of these routes possible from the US.”