United Airlines wants to fly from Haneda to Houston – Business Traveller
United Airlines has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for daily nonstop flights between Tokyo’s Haneda airport and Houston’s Bush Intercontinental airport.
If approved, United will become the first U.S. carrier to offer a nonstop service between Houston and Haneda.
In its pitch to the DOT, United argues that the new route would benefit the Houston region’s rapidly growing population, 240+ Japanese-affiliated companies, as well as consumers living in communities across the Southern U.S.
While Houston has only one flight to Haneda (operated daily by All Nippon Airways with Boeing 787-9 aircraft), New York/Newark has five, Los Angeles has seven, Chicago has three, and Washington, D.C. and Dallas/Fort Worth each have two.
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