United Airlines has said that it will offer year-round service between Denver International Airport and London Heathrow, beginning November 1, 2019.
United began summer seasonal service to London Heathrow in March 2018. While the Denver-London route has grown significantly – nearly 60 per cent since 2017, today around 700 people travel between the two cities in a day. London ranks as Denver’s largest long-haul market, and second-largest international market -next to Cancun, Mexico.
‘We are delighted that United has seen such success with nonstop service to London-Heathrow and will offer the flights year-round beginning this winter,’ said DEN CEO Kim Day. ‘The increased capacity is the reflection of both strong local demand as well as the growth of connection opportunities through United’s hub in Denver.’
United will operate the Denver-London Heathrow flight six days per week November through March and daily during the rest of the year on the 219-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. United’s additional long-haul service from Denver includes year-round, nonstop service to Frankfurt, Germany and Tokyo-Narita, Japan.
With this announcement, Denver Airport now has year-round, nonstop service to London on two airlines, United and British Airways. United’s new service will increase Denver’s nonstop winter capacity to Europe by six percent and increase nonstop winter flight departures to an average of 36 per week.
