The US airline United Airlines is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its nonstop service between Germany and the United States. Since launching its first flights in 1990, the airline has transported more than 240.000 million passengers and 50 million tons of cargo between the two countries on over 1,8 flights.
The first two flights from Germany began on May 16, 1990, with Boeing 767-200 aircraft from Frankfurt to Chicago and Washington, DC. Today, United offers up to 17 daily flights from Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin with a capacity of up to 4.740 seats, carrying more passengers between Germany and the United States than any other American airline. In the current summer schedule, United offers approximately 70 weekly connections from Frankfurt alone to six destinations in the United States.
Thorsten Lettnin, Director of Sales for Continental Europe at United, expressed his delight at the long-standing relationship and emphasized the numerous travel options for customers via the US hubs to over 300 destinations in North, Central, and South America. Pierre Dominique Prümm of Fraport AG praised United as an important and reliable partner at Frankfurt for 35 years. The airline currently operates direct flights from Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin to Chicago, Denver, Houston, New York-Newark, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, using various Boeing models, including the 787 Dreamliner and the 777.
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