East Meets West: United Airlines Proposes New Daily Nonstop Air Service to China from Two Major California Cities.Chicago, U.S.A., July 17, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - United Airlines (UAL UAL United Airlines (ICAO code) UAL Unified Accelerator Library (Brookhaven National Laboratory) UAL User Account Lockdown UAL User Access Layer UAL Universal Auxiliary Language UAL User Agent Layer ) today announced it will apply to the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin daily, nonstop service from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden to China. UAL's application addresses the rapidly rising, unmet demand for service to China from the West Coast. 2008 UAL's application proposes nonstop service between San Francisco and Guangzhou in 2008. San Francisco has the largest Chinese-American population of any city in the nation and the proposed route would be the first daily, nonstop U.S. carrier service between the U.S. and Guangzhou. Guangzhou is the business center of the Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta Region (PRD) in China occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl river flows into the South China Sea. Since the "Open Door Policy" was adopted by the Communist Party of China in the late 1970s, the portion of the delta in region of China and home to a large number of U.S. and other manufacturing facilities. It is also the third most populous city in China. The San Francisco area has more Guangzhou traffic than any other metropolitan area without nonstop service. Highlights of the San Francisco to Guangzhou service include: - The new route would operate nonstop on a B777 aircraft with a three-class configuration and 253 seats. - United's West coast hub in San Francisco will offer valuable connections to a large number of cities in the western and southern U.S. through United's extensive network as well as that of code-share partners. 2009 United also proposes the first ever, daily nonstop service by a U.S. carrier between Los Angeles and Shanghai in 2009. The Los Angeles, region has a population of more than 18 million people and is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. without nonstop service to China by a U.S. carrier. California accounts for nearly one-third of all Shanghai traffic, far more than any other state. Shanghai is the largest city in the People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China. Highlights of the Los Angeles to Shanghai service include: - United proposes a B747 aircraft with 347 seats and a three-class configuration to provide maximum passenger options and comfort. - United's West Coast hub at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX will offer valuable online connections to a large number of cities in the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century through United's own extensive online network and those of its code share partners. - At Shanghai, passengers will benefit from United's code share alliances with Air China and Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Airlines (上海航空) is an airline based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It operates domestic and international services. Its main bases are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport [1]. , allowing convenient roundtrip connections to three additional Chinese cities. "Our East meets West proposal is simple: add capacity to those urban areas with the least service and most pressing demand. Awarding frequencies to San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2008 and 2009 will serve the most customers, and provide them the greatest opportunities for nonstop service to China and beyond," said Michael Whitaker Michael Whitaker (born March 18 1960) is a British Olympic equestrian rider, who competes in the sport of show jumping. Biography Younger brother of John Whitaker, Michael Whitaker began competing on ponies at the age of 7 years. , senior vice president, United Airlines. In its application to the U.S. Department of Transportation, United also proposed new flights between Washington, D.C. and Shanghai, as an alternative to the Los Angeles-Shanghai service. The application explained that should service from Los Angeles be awarded to another airline, United's top priority is the Washington, D.C. - Shanghai service. Within the east coast, the Washington, D.C. area is the fastest growing region and is the largest area without nonstop service to Shanghai. The recent success of the Capital-to-Capital route underscores the public need for more direct flights from Washington, D.C. to China. About United Airlines United Airlines (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : UAUA UAUA United Airlines, Inc (stock symbol) UAUA Unisys Airline Users Association ) operates more than 3,600 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 210 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 855 destinations in 155 countries worldwide. United's 55,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com. Source: United Airlines Contact: Japan Press Office Rie Fukushima, Advertising & Public Relations Tel: 81-(0)3-3240-8910 Cell: 81-(0)90-2635-7972 Worldwide Press Office Tel: 312-997-8640 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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