UNITED applies Daily Los Angeles – Shanghai from late-May 2011

UNITED on 12OCT10 filed application with the US DoT seeking for approval to operate Los Angeles - Shanghai Pu Dong service. The Star Alliance member plans to operate the service with Boeing 777-200ER from 20MAY11.

Effective March 2011, there are 35 weekly combination frequencies for allocation to the US carriers under the US-China bilateral agreement. UNITED, together with Continental, is the largest US carrier to operate service between the two countries