United Airlines has resumed its thrice-weekly non-stop service between its New York/Newark hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Cape Town, with a special (grey) water salute marking the arrival of the first flight UA1122 into Cape Town International Airport last night (Thursday, December 2).
The seasonal service was operated for the first time from December 2019 to March 2020, but the Covid pandemic meant that these flights did not operate from December 2020 to March 2021.
United is the only airline providing a non-stop transatlantic service between Cape Town and North America and the only carrier with a non-stop service between South Africa and New York. United operates more non-stop flights between South Africa and the US than any other airline.
The Cape Town-New York/Newark route builds on United’s existing service between Johannesburg and New York/Newark, launched in June this year.
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