ICYMI: United Airlines will be introducing daily non-stop San Francisco-Manila flights by October 29 as the US carrier expands its Asia-Pacific network at a time of increasing demand for air travel.
Currently, it offers routes to San Francisco with stops in Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore or Guam and travel time as long as nearly 39 hours. Roundtrip ticket prices can range from $1,050 to $3,725 for economy; $2,496 to $4,506 , premium economy; and $3,916 to $9,832 , business class.
The new flight will be serviced by Boeing 777-300ER, which is the airline’s biggest jet. Its layout includes 60 seats in the business cabin; 24 seats in premium cabin; and 266 seats in economy section. “With this new nonstop service, we will be able to offer our Manila customers not only the convenient daily nonstop service to San Francisco, but also more than 70 one-stop destinations in the mainland U.S., Canada and Latin America via our hub in San Francisco,” said Wally Dias, United regional director of sales for Greater China, Korea and Southeast Asia.
Among local players, only Philippine Airlines has direct flights to the United States, connecting Manila to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Honolulu. “PAL has always embraced healthy competition among different players across our network,” the flag carrier said.Subscribe to our daily newsletter
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