United Adding Almost 25,000 August Flights
United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) said it is responding to an increase in customer demand by adding about 25,000 flights to its August schedule. The airline said it will be at an overall flight capacity of about 40% in August, compared with 2019 schedules. The domestic schedule represents about half of its 2019 August schedule, and it's at about 25% for international flights. This is an increase from the July schedule that represents about 30% of the year-ago levels.
The company said "customers are slowly returning to flying" and prefer "leisure destinations, trips to reunite with friends and family, and getaways to places that encourage social distancing." United said that the number of passengers measured at airport security checkpoints surpassed 25% of prepandemic levels for the first time this week.
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