United Adds Routes To Croatia, Greece, And Iceland

Very smart adds.

Hopefully by next summer the croatia service will become daily.

United has always been the leader in adding innovative routes. Props to them because they seem to be spot on with many (such as SFO-Tel Aviv, Tahiti, EWR-Cape Town)

I am surprised the airline is choosing the 767 over the 787 because I can’t believe all of United’s 787-8’s will be used this summer

Great adds... at the moment there is only 1 763 with the old (non-Polaris) seats, and that’s due to be reconfigured, so even though the map shows the old configuration, by far the most likely customer experience will be the new seat (just the 30J layout with no Premium Plus).

So these are all seasonal routes (for now)?

@aaron by having service from July - August, it thus infers that it is seasonal

DBV will likely operate on a Polaris-equipped 763. There's only two frames left with the sCO configuration, and one just entered HKG for Polaris mod.

The seat map always shows the sCO configuration until the aircraft is routed 48-72 hours prior to departure. I assume this logic will change once all 763s have Polaris.

Surprising to see UA use the 767-300ER on EWR-ATH and the 787-8 on IAD-ATH. UA has used the 767-400ER on EWR-ATH in the past. For operational simplicity, would it not make sense to use 787s or 777s on these routes (or align with 787-8s together).

There's tons of pent-up travel demand out there. Curious if people will use it going to Europe or if they'll stick to domestic destinations. Several of my childless friends are already planning a Croatia trip this summer

I wonder if AA will react. They were the only operator from the US to Croatia launching in 2019, but they cancelled their PHL to Dubrovnik route indefinitely before Summer 2020.

With all the international routes planned for this summer, wonder when we will see the Polaris Lounges start to reopen?

The question is when will the US open their borders to reciprocate?

@Sharon

Looks like the flights are offered till October, not August.

Poor Croatia, so very, very over-touristed.

Surprised they aren't starting them in May or June, with so many people itching to travel.

Out of curiosity, I just flew a 787-10 Polaris single seat (3A) and found it tight to get in and out. I am not fat, 6' tall, 180 lbs, and I had to go sideways in and out of the opening to get to the seat. Not an issue but waking during the night, I did have to "think" about it. How are larger people dealing with the access? Preparing a trip with a colleague soon and I really don't want to book the middle row for myself.

1) why are they starting so late?? why not May, at least June?

2) Why Dubrovnik and not Split? Split has the beaches, access to the islands (Hvar, Brac), and Ultra Europe festival week is in Split

still, impressive and awesome that Polaris seats are offered.

Wow, offering a ten-hour flight in a rickety old 767 for a bit of sun on the Adriatic. Very appealing. I'm happy they are not using a DC3 on this route!...