United Airlines has announced the launch of 13 new intercontinental routes from the United States, some of which will be operated by its state-of-the-art Airbus A321XLR aircraft. All of these new services will begin in 2027, as part of the Northern Summer season.

Catania, Ibiza, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Marseille, Milan, Olbia, Paris, Terceira, Toulouse, and Valencia will be the European cities served by United Airlines’ new routes. In addition, United will add two new routes to Japan, strengthening its operations in the US-Japan market.

As noted in the press release, these will be the US carrier’s new routes: Denver – Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles – Osaka Kansai, Newark – Catania (new), Newark – Ibiza (new), Newark – Ljubljana (new), Newark – Luxembourg (new), Newark – Marseille (new), Newark – Olbia (new), Newark – Terceira (new), Newark – Valencia (new), San Francisco – Okinawa (new), Washington, D.C. – Milan, and Washington, D.C. – Toulouse (new).

Los Angeles – Osaka · March 27th, 2027

Daily

• UA 801  Los Angeles LAX 14:40 · 18:50+1 KIX Osaka
• UA 802  Osaka KIX 20:50 · 15:25 LAX Los Angeles

To be operated with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

San Francisco – Okinawa · March 27th, 2027

Monday, Thursday, and Saturday

• UA 833  San Francisco SFO 10:35 · 15:50+1 OKA Okinawa
• UA 834  Okinawa OKA 17:50 · 12:50 SFO San Francisco (Tue/Fri/Sun)

To be operated with Boeing 777-200(ER) aircraft.

Newark – Luxembourg · April 2nd, 2027

Daily

• UA 503  Newark EWR 19:25 · 09:20+1 LUX Luxembourg
• UA 502  Luxembourg LUX 11:05 · 13:55 EWR Newark

To be operated with Airbus A321XLR aircraft.

Washington – Toulouse · April 26th, 2027

Daily

• UA 222  Washington DC IAD 18:10 · 08:15+1 TLS Toulouse
• UA 221  Toulouse TLS 10:15 · 13:20 IAD Washington DC

To be operated with Airbus A321XLR aircraft.

Newark – Ljubljana · May 12th, 2027

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

• UA 283  Newark EWR 16:20 · 06:40+1 LJU Ljubljana
• UA 284  Ljubljana LJU 09:55 · 13:40 EWR Newark

To be operated with Boeing 767-400(ER) aircraft.

Denver – Paris · May 27th, 2027

Daily

• UA 483  Denver DEN 20:35 · 13:50+1 CDG Paris
• UA 484  Paris CDG 15:45 · 17:50 DEN Denver

To be operated with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

Newark – Olbia · May 27th, 2027

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday

• UA 298  Newark EWR 21:25 · 12:00+1 OLB Olbia
• UA 299  Olbia OLB 14:00 · 18:00 EWR Newark (Wed/Fri/Sun)

To be operated with Boeing 767-300(ER) aircraft.

Newark – Catania · May 28th, 2027

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

• UA 250  Newark EWR 20:25 · 11:35+1 CTA Catania
• UA 251  Catania CTA 13:35 · 18:05 EWR Newark (Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat)

To be operated with Boeing 767-300(ER) aircraft.

Washington – Milan · May 28th, 2027

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

• UA 356  Washington DC IAD 17:40 · 08:15+1 MXP Milan
• UA 357  Milan MXP 10:20 · 13:55 IAD Washington DC (Tue/Thu/Sat)

To be operated with Boeing 767-300(ER) aircraft.

Newark – Ibiza · May 31st, 2027

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday

• UA 549  Newark EWR 23:15 · 13:15+1 IBZ Ibiza
• UA 550  Ibiza IBZ 15:15 · 18:30 EWR Newark (Tue/Wed/Fri/Sun)

To be operated with Airbus A321XLR aircraft.

Newark – Valencia · June 2nd, 2027

Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

• UA 690  Newark EWR 23:15 · 13:00+1 VLC Valencia
• UA 691  Valencia VLC 15:30 · 18:30 EWR Newark (Mon/Thu/Sat)

To be operated with Airbus A321XLR aircraft.

Newark – Marseille · June 4th, 2027

Daily

• UA 600  Newark EWR 18:20 · 08:30+1 MRS Marseille
• UA 601  Marseille MRS 10:30 · 13:45 EWR Newark

To be operated with Airbus A321XLR aircraft.

Newark – Terceira · June 9th, 2027

Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

• UA 248  Newark EWR 22:25 · 07:40+1 TER Terceira
• UA 249  Terceira TER 09:40 · 11:45 EWR Newark (Mon/Thu/Sat)

To be operated with Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Alaska, American, and Delta

Along with United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta Air Lines have confirmed new intercontinental routes from the United States, primarily to Europe, for Northern Summer 2027. Some of these routes will be operated by wide-body aircraft, while others will be served by narrow-body aircraft, including the Airbus A321XLR.

Alaska Airlines

• Seattle (SEA) – Athens (ATH): 3 weekly · May 12th, 2027 · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Seattle (SEA) – Paris (CDG): 5 weekly · May 25th, 2027 · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

American Airlines

• Chicago (ORD) – Tokyo (NRT): March 19th, 2027 · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• New York (JFK) – Amsterdam (AMS): March 28th, 2027 · Airbus A321XLR
• New York (JFK) – London (LHR): March 28th, 2027 starts 4th daily flight · 787-9
• Philadelphia (PHL) – Porto (OPO): March 28th, 2027 · Airbus A321XLR
• New York (JFK) – Nice (NCE): May 6th, 2027 · Airbus A321XLR
• Philadelphia (PHL) – Vienna (VIE): May 6th, 2027 · Airbus A321XLR
• Charlotte (CLT) – Barcelona (BCN): May 27th, 2027 · Boeing 777-200(ER)
• Philadelphia (PHL) – Reykjavik (KEF): May 27th, 2027 · Airbus A321neo

Delta Air Lines

The airline will begin its first route between Austin and Europe, becoming the first US carrier to operate long-haul flights to and from the capital of Texas.

• Austin (AUS) – Paris (CDG): 7 weekly · March 27th, 2027 · Airbus A330-300

Air India

Starting October 25th, the Indian airline will launch a new route between India and Canada, which will be served on Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft with a capacity of 328 or 342 passengers in a three-class configuration. According to the carrier’s website, the new Mumbai–Toronto service will operate on the following schedule:

Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

• AI 193  Mumbai BOM 04:00 · 10:00 YYZ Toronto
• AI 192  Toronto YYZ 12:30 · 14:10+1 BOM Mumbai

As you can see in our database, Air India also operates flights to Vancouver (daily from Delhi with Boeing 777-300ER), among other Canadian cities.

Aerolíneas Argentinas

For Southern Summer 2026/2027, Aerolíneas Argentinas will initiate three new seasonal routes from Argentina—two from Buenos Aires and one from Córdoba. All of them will be flown by Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, with two of these routes being offered for the first time (*).

• Córdoba (COR) – Cabo Frio (CFB): 2 weekly · December 26th
• Buenos Aires (AEP) – Cartagena (CTG): 5 weekly · January 1st, 2027 (*)
• Buenos Aires (EZE) – Willemstad (CUR): 4 weekly · January 2nd, 2027 (*)

Aerolíneas Argentinas will operate the Buenos Aires – Willemstad (Curaçao) – Oranjestad (Aruba) – Buenos Aires route twice a week, and the Buenos Aires – Oranjestad – Willemstad – Buenos Aires route also two times per week. The airline already serves Aruba’s capital.

SKY Airline

The South American low-cost airline will introduce new routes from its two main hubs in the region, Chile and Peru. Five of these six new services will be launched for the Southern Summer 2027 and will be operated by Airbus A320neo and Airbus A321neo aircraft.

• Lima (LIM) – Rio de Janeiro (GIG): December 28th
• Santiago (SCL) – Punta Cana (PUJ): December 29th
• Santiago (SCL) – Salvador de Bahia (SSA): December 29th
• Temuco (ZCO) – Balmaceda (BBA): January 1st, 2027
• Cuzco (CUZ) – Santiago (SCL): January 3rd, 2027
• Lima (LIM) – Puerto Maldonado (PEM): March 1st, 2027

Santiago – Punta Cana will be its first international route featuring the Airbus A321XLR, with plans to add the first aircraft to its fleet in Q4 2026.

British Airways

British Airways will add a new destination in the Canary Islands.

For Northern Winter 2026/2027, the British airline will inaugurate flights from London Heathrow to Fuerteventura, which it will serve twice a week using 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. The first flight is scheduled for December 13th.

Brussels Airlines

Evenes (Norway), Kemi, and Kittilä (both in Finland), Brussels Airlines’ new destinations in Europe.

The airline will operate three new routes between Brussels and the Nordic region during the Northern Winter 2026/2027, using Airbus A320neo aircraft configured for 180 passengers. In accordance with its press release, two of these new services will be seasonal.

• Brussels (BRU) – Kittila (KTT): 3 weekly · December 10th
• Brussels (BRU) – Kemi (KEM): 2 weekly · from December 25th to March 10th, 2027
• Brussels (BRU) – Evenes (EVE): 1 weekly · from February 6th, 2027 to March 6th, 2027

TAP

As of October 25th, TAP Air Portugal will launch flights to Cape Verde from Porto for the first time. The service will operate twice weekly and will feature Airbus A320neo aircraft with 174 seats.

Thursday and Sunday

• TP 1561  Porto OPO 20:50 · 00:20+1 SID Espargos
• TP 1562  Espargos SID 01:20 · 06:40 OPO Porto

9AIR

The Chinese airline will begin flying between Guangzhou and Jakarta on September 22nd, using 189-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft. This route will mark 9Air’s entry into Indonesia, its sixth market after China, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday

• AQ 1221  Guangzhou CAN 20:20 · 00:25+1 CGK Jakarta
• AQ 1222  Jakarta CGK 01:25 · 07:35 CAN Guangzhou (Wed/Fri/Sun)

Aeroflot

Effective October 15th, Aeroflot will operate flights between Moscow Sheremetyevo and Phu Quoc, its third destination in Vietnam following Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang. As per its website, services will be flown twice a week using Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

Thursday and Sunday

• SU 282  Moscow SVO 21:40 · 11:10+1 PQC Phu Quoc
• SU 283  Phu Quoc PQC 13:10 · 20:00 SVO Moscow (Monday and Friday)

Currently, the Russian airline operates 20 weekly flights between Russia and Vietnam. Nha Trang is its main destination, accounting for 18 of those frequencies distributed between Irkutsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, and Yekaterinburg.

Hainan Airlines

Haikou–Penang, Hainan’s new route.

Starting October 11th, the Chinese airline will launch this new service, which will run twice per week on Boeing 737-800s seating 189 passengers.

Wednesday and Sunday

• HU 477  Haikou HAK 16:30 · 19:40 PEN Penang
• HU 478  Penang PEN 20:45 · 00:10+1 HAK Haikou

This will be Hainan Airlines’ first route to Penang. As per our database, the carrier currently operates 16 flights a week between China and Kuala Lumpur (7 Chongqing, 7 Haikou, and 2 Qionghai), its only destination in Malaysia.

VietJet Air

VietJet Air arrives at Sydney’s new airport.

The Vietnamese airline will launch the Ho Chi Minh City–Western Sydney route beginning on January 9th, 2027. These flights will complement the existing Ho Chi Minh City–Sydney (SYD) route, currently offered five times a week.

Tuesday and Saturday

• VJ 87  Ho Chi Minh City SGN 21:25 · 10:00+1 WSI Sydney
• VJ 88  Sydney WSI 12:05 · 16:30 SGN Ho Chi Minh City (Wed/Sun)

Flights on the Western Sydney – Ho Chi Minh City route will be served by Airbus A330-300s.

Qantas Freight

The Qantas Group’s cargo subsidiary began operations at Sydney’s new airport, marking the start of cargo services in Western Sydney.

On July 13th, Qantas operated a special flight between Sydney and Western Sydney using an Airbus A321-200 (P2F), and the first scheduled flight took place on July 27th. According to our database, the airline operates between five and 10 daily cargo flights from and to Western Sydney airport.

flynas

As of October 5th, the Saudi low-cost airline will introduce its first-ever route between Medina and Europe, to be operated by 174-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Monday and Wednesday

• XY 961  Medina MED 05:30 · 10:10 BRU Brussels
• XY 962  Brussels BRU 11:10 · 19:00 MED Medina

Flynas currently operates flights between Jeddah and Belgian capital, offering four weekly frequencies using the same aircraft.

Riyadh Air

The new Saudi airline continues to launch international routes, all from/to Riyadh, with the aim of developing its intercontinental hub.

As for another new international market, the Philippines will be added to its schedule effective September 9th, with a daily service to be conducted by 290-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

Daily

• RX 873  Riyadh RUH 01:05 · 15:55 MNL Manila
• RX 874  Manila MNL 17:25 · 22:15 RUH Riyadh

Airlink

Beginning November 15th, the South African carrier will launch flights between Johannesburg Lanseria and Harare, operated by Embraer 190 aircraft seating 98 passengers. These services will complement the airline’s existing operations on the Johannesburg – Harare route, which currently features 36 weekly flights to and from OR Tambo International Airport (JNB).

Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday

• 4Z 90  Harare HRE 17:45 · 19:25 HLA Johannesburg

Monday, Thursday, and Saturday

• 4Z 91  Johannesburg HLA 07:00 · 08:40 HRE Harare

Airlink also operates to Zimbabwe’s capital from Cape Town and Durban, once daily each.

Uganda Air

Uganda’s flag carrier will launch a new international route in Africa, to be operated with CRJ-900 aircraft with a capacity of 76 passengers in a two-class configuration.

According to its website, Uganda Airlines will fly daily between Entebbe and Kigali starting November 18th. On this route, the carrier will compete with RwandAir, which currently serves two daily flights with Boeing 737 and Dash 8 aircraft.

New aircraft added during August

Cover photo: © Sakiko Togawa – JetPhotos (Newark, United States)

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