United Sets Its 'Largest' 2024 Transatlantic Schedule

United Airlines plans to operate its "largest-ever" transatlantic summer schedule in 2024, with nonstop flights to 38 cities, the carrier announced Thursday. 

The carrier on May 24 will debut service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Faro, Portugal, becoming the "first and only airline to directly connect" the U.S. with Faro, according to United. The flight will operate four times weekly using Boeing 757-200 aircraft.

United also is resuming seasonal service on May 23 between Newark and Reykjavik, Iceland, which last operated in summer 2022, using Boeing 757-200 aircraft. In addition, the carrier on March 30 will add a second daily flight between Newark and Brussels using Boeing 757-200 aircraft, and on May 23 will add a second daily flight between Washington Dulles and Rome using Boeing 767-300 aircraft. Service between Newark and Malaga, Spain, on May 2 will increase to daily using Boeing 757-200 aircraft.

The carrier also is starting "summer" service earlier on certain routes, including Feb. 15 between Washington Dulles and each Lisbon, Barcelona and Rome. Service between Newark and Nice, France, will start March 30, which is also when service between Chicago and each Rome and Milan will begin. Newark-Naples service will start April 5, while on May 2 service will start between San Francisco and Rome.

United also plans to increase its Latin American schedule next summer by 10 percent, including new service between Denver and each San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Montego Bay, Jamaica, and between Newark and each Barbados and Curaçao.