After receiving approval for new routes to Tokyo-Haneda from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), United Airlines announced new flight schedules for flights to Haneda.

Starting next spring, United will launch flights from Haneda to four US cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and Washington, D.C. Those flights will start on March 28 and the airline announced tickets will be on sale starting August 17. The new services will join the existing flights United operates between Haneda and San Francisco.

While Delta Airlines announced it will shift its entire Tokyo operation to Haneda, United will keep its flights to Denver, Guam, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark and San Francisco from Narita.

Among the new Haneda routes, it will end flights from Narita to both Chicago and Washington DC. United's flights to Haneda will see the use of Boeing 777-200ERs on the Chicago, Newark, and Washington DC. Flights to Los Angeles will use Boeing 787-10s and 787-9s will be used on the Haneda-San Francisco service.

Between Tokyo and the United States, United will offer travelers from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Newark the choice of flying into Narita or Haneda.

"Our new service to Haneda gives our customers more choice and connections to more than 65 destinations throughout Asia. With service beginning next spring, we look forward to providing convenient service for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and beyond," said Patrick Quayle, United's vice president of International Network. "United has offered nonstop service between the U.S. and Japan for more than 40 years and we are excited to expand our Japan network at Tokyo's Haneda Airport and continue to be the largest U.S. carrier to Japan."



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