Starting November 1, United will be two new evening flights between Guam and Hong Kong – a 50% increase in seat capacity to meet the travel demand during the winter season.

The extra flights will boost the overall number of non-stop flights between the airline’s Guam hub to Hong Kong from its current four-times weekly schedule to six-times weekly from November 1 to March 28, 2019. As with the current scheduled flights, the airline will be using its Guam-based Boeing 737s on the route.



The current schedule of the flights (UA159/UA116) operate every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. The extra flights will operate on Tuesday and Thursdays.



The additional flights are also being marketing by United, the Guam Visitors Bureau, and tour agents in Hong Kong, which has launched its “Fly to Guam” campaign to boost interest among Hong Kong residents to visit the US territory.

“We are pleased to be able to add seat capacity between Guam and Hong Kong to provide more business and leisure travel options for our customers," said Sam Shinohara, United’s managing director of airport operations for Asia/Pacific. "This is a direct reflection of the increase in demand between Guam and Hong Kong and long-term partnerships with our business partners such as travel agencies and Guam Visitors Bureau.”

After more than a year since North Korea’s nuclear threats on the island, there has been a renewed interest to develop more flights to Guam. Despite Delta’s ending of its services last year, United and Japan Airlines have increased flights from the island to Japan especially during the winter travel season.

“We continue to monitor the market and adjust seat capacity to meet the demand in a timely manner to support all routes we serve from our Guam hub,” Shinohara added. “As Guam’s hometown airline for 50 years, United is fully committed to supporting tourism, Guam’s number one industry and economic driver.”

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