United
Airlines has reportedly indefinitely postponed the launch of two highly
anticipated routes just weeks before their inaugural flights were due to take
off.
The first affected
route is the planned nonstop service from Newark Liberty International Airport
(EWR) to Faro International Airport (FAO) in Portugal‘s
renowned Algarve resort region, which was first seen in Cirium schedules was
confirmed later by a United spokesperson.
The Big Four
airline had planned to begin flying this 3,494-mile route, intending to offer service four times
weekly, on May 24
and continue throughout the peak summer travel season, but United has ultimately
ended up scrapping it just weeks before its scheduled commencement.
The
Points Guy (TPG) reports that the carrier centered a sizeable marketing
effort around the Algarve route when it was…
