United Airlines yesterday announced that direct flights between Taipei and San Francisco would be doubled to 14 per week on Oct. 30.
The expanded service, which must first be approved by the government, would provide travelers from Taiwan more flight options to San Francisco and convenient connections to destinations in the US, Canada and Latin America, the airline said.
“As the only US airline serving Taipei, we are excited to be able to double the current daily frequency of service between Taipei and San Francisco from this coming winter schedule. Combined with the new early-afternoon Taipei departure time and late-evening San Francisco departure time, our twice-daily Taipei-San Francisco service will provide our customers in Taipei with more flight options to San Francisco and one-stop connections to more than 70 destinations in the mainland US, Canada and Latin America via our hub in San Francisco,” said Walter Dias, the airline’s regional director of sales for Greater China, South Korea and Southeast Asia.
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The new flight UA852 is to leave Taipei daily at 1:10pm and arrive in San Francisco at 8:25am on the same day. The return flight UA853 would depart from San Francisco at 11:25pm and arrive in Taipei at 5:45am two days later.
The new flights would utilize the Boeing 777-200ER wide-body aircraft that offers 50 seats in its “United Polaris” business cabin, 24 seats in its “United Premium Plus” cabin and 202 seats in “United Economy.”
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