United NW26 Intercontinental Network Changes – 17MAY26
Published at 0000PDT / 0700GMT 18MAY26
United in recent weeks filed changes to its planned intercontinental service for Northern winter 2026/27 season, effective 24-25OCT26. Latest update as of 17MAY26 include the following.
Selected seasonal service reductions in Jan/Feb 2027 are not highlighted in this post.
Chicago O'Hare – Rome Fiumicino 05JAN27 – 18FEB27 Seasonal service suspension (Previous: 17DEC26 – 17FEB27)
Denver – Munich 05JAN27 – 18FEB27 Seasonal service suspension (Previous: 05JAN27 – 17FEB27)
Houston – Medellin 01DEC26 – 04JAN27 Seasonal increase from 1 to 2 daily, 737 MAX 8
Houston – Santiago de Chile eff 11NOV26 767-300ER replaces 777-200ER, 1 daily
Newark – Frankfurt eff 24OCT26 Reduce from 11 to 7 weekly (17DEC26 – 19FEB27 remains unchanged at 7 weekly)
Newark – Palermo 24OCT26 – 16DEC26 Service extension, 3 weekly 767-300ER
Newark – Porto 04JAN27 – 18FEB27 Seasonal service suspension (Previous: 30NOV26 – 19FEB27)
Newark – Rome Fiumicino Seasonal UA510/511 service in 2027 operates from 12FEB27, initially 4 weekly 767-300ER (Overall 11 weekly 767-300ER/-400ER)
Newark – Sao Paulo Guarulhos eff 25OCT26 787-9 replaces 777-200ER, 1 daily
Newark – Venice Marco Polo 24OCT26 – 17DEC26 Service cancelled. Venice converts to summer seasonal
San Francisco – Brisbane Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly during following periods, 777-200ER operating: 24OCT26 – 30NOV26, 12JAN27 – 25JAN27
San Francisco – Osaka Kansai 11JAN27 – 14FEB27 Seasonal service reduction from 7 to 5 weekly, 777-200ER
San Francisco – Seoul Incheon
24OCT26 – 10FEB27 UA805/806 777-200ER replaces 787-9
19JAN27 – 15FEB27 Seasonal service reduction from 14 to 12 weekly, 787-9/777-200ER (Previous: 15FEB27 – 22FEB27)
San Francisco – Taipei Taoyuan 11JAN27 – 16FEB27 Reduce from 14 to 10 weekly, 777-200ER/-300ER
Washington Dulles – Barcelona
eff 24OCT26 767-400ER replaces -300ER
18DEC26 – 04JAN27 Increase from 4 to 7 weekly during this period
05JAN27 – 10FEB27 Seasonal service suspension (Previous: 04JAN27 – 17FEB27)
Washington Dulles – Dublin 04JAN27 – 18FEB27 Seasonal service suspension (Previous: 04JAN27 – 17FEB27)
Washington Dulles – Edinburgh 24OCT26 – 03JAN27 Planned 5 weekly 757-200 service cancelled (Service resumes on 04MAR27)
Washington Dulles – Lagos 04DEC26 – 21JAN27 Increase from 4 to 5 weekly, 787-8 (Previous: increase to 6 weekly)
Washington Dulles – Lisbon 05JAN27 – 17FEB27 Seasonal service suspension
Washington Dulles – Madrid
eff 24OCT26 1 daily service extended to winter season, 767-400ER (-300ER from 01DEC26)
05JAN27 – 18FEB27 Seasonal service suspension
Washington Dulles – Rome Fiumicino eff 11FEB27 777-200ER replaces 767-400ER, 1 daily
Previously reported changes:
Chicago O'Hare – Reykjavík Keflavík Service extends to 03JAN27, 3 weekly 737 MAX 8
Chicago O'Hare – Tokyo Narita eff 24OCT26 1 daily 787-8 (Last served until 2020)
Houston – Buenos Aires Ezeiza 24OCT26 – 10NOV26 1 daily service suspended
San Francisco – Christchurch eff 02DEC26 787-9 replaces -8 in NW25, 3 weekly
San Francisco – Papeete (Tahiti) 08JAN27 – 20JAN27 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly, 787-9
San Francisco – Sapporo New Chitose eff 11DEC26 3 weekly 787-9, new route