United Expands Service to Central America From Its Hub At Los Angeles International Airport.Business & Transportation Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2002 United Airlines (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :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 that it will add new seasonal weekend service between 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 (LAX) and San Salvador San Salvador, city, El Salvador San Salvador (sän sälväthōr`), city (1993 pop. 402,448), central El Salvador, capital and largest city of the country. It is the center of El Salvador's trade and communications. , El Salvador El Salvador (ĕl sälväthōr`), officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,705,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. (SAL) and Guatemala City Guatemala City City (pop., 1994: city, 823,301; 1999 est.: metro area, 3,119,000), capital of Guatemala. The largest city in Central America, it lies in the central highlands at an elevation of about 4,900 ft (1,490 m). , Guatemala (GUA) starting December 13, 2002 through February 9, 2003. The LAX-SAL service will be flown using Airbus 320 aircraft configured for two classes of service with United's popular Economy Plus product. United currently flies between 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 Salvador, Monday through Friday. The LAX-GUA weekend service will be flown using Boeing 757 aircraft, configured with 24 seats in United First and 158 seats in United Economy. United currently operates daily flights between Los Angeles and Guatemala City with continuing service to San Jose, Costa Rica. "These additional flights complement United's extensive Latin America service from our Los Angeles hub," said Sean Donohue, United Airlines vice president -- North America Sales. "We're proud to offer our customers additional travel opportunities to Central America during the upcoming holiday season." The flight schedules are as follows:
Los Angeles-San Salvador (SAL)
Flight Depart LAX Arrive SAL Friday and Saturday
1963 11:10 p.m. 6:02 a.m.
Flight Depart SAL Arrive LAX Saturday and Sunday
1964 8:50 a.m. 12:12 p.m.
Los Angeles - Guatemala City (GUA)
Flight Depart LAX Arrive GUA Friday
1969 11:30 p.m. 6:10 a.m.
Flight Depart GUA Arrive LAX Saturday
1966 8:30 a.m. 11:31 a.m.
United Airlines operates more than 1,900 flights a day on a route network that spans the globe. News releases and other information about United Airlines can be found at the company's website at www.united.com. |
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