Aviation
UNITED TO LAUNCH HANGZHOU
March 10, 2016

United Airlines will begin flying from San Francisco to Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan International Airport from July 13, 2016.

 

Self Photos / Files - UA789The flight will be operated three times a week with a Boeing 787-9.

 

Hangzhou will be the airline’s fifth destination in mainland China, after Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xi’an. It will also be United’s 14th Asia-Pacific destination from its trans-Pacific hub in San Francisco.

 

Details of the flight are as follows.

 

UA982

Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays

SFO 14:15

18:10 HGH [+1]

UA983

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

HGH 11:30

08:25 SFO

 

United recently announced that it will retire its 22 747-400s from the fleet by the end of 2018, and will convert orders for 787s that were scheduled for delivery from 2020 into four 777-300ERs and five 787-9s, to be delivered from 2017.

 

United already has widebody firm orders for 35 Airbus A350-1000s, 10 777-300ERs and 27 787s, according to the airline.