This Wednesday (1) at 3:03 p.m. local time, the first United Airlines flight took off from San Francisco International Airport bound for Zurich. The company resumes non-stop operations between the two cities after a 33-month suspension.
United will fly once a day with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, configured for 257 passengers. With this schedule, the airline will offer 1,799 seats per week on each leg.
Swiss International Air Lines, its direct competitor, has six services per week on the above route on Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft.
See also: United Airlines inaugurates flights to Ponta Delgada.
Schedule between San Francisco and Zurich – United Airlines
Flight times
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| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| UA 44 | San Francisco (SFO) | 2:20 p.m. | Zurich (ZRH) | 10:20 a.m. +1 |
| UA 45 | Zurich (ZRH) | 1:35 p.m. | San Francisco (SFO) | 4:15 p.m. |
Frequencies
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| Flight | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| UA 44 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| UA 45 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
As these are seasonal operations, United Airlines will fly between San Francisco and Zurich until next October the 29th.
Current European destinations in San Francisco – United States
- Amsterdam (AMS): Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
- Frankfurt (FRA): Boeing 777-300(ER) and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
- Munich (MUC): Boeing 777-300(ER)
- Paris (CDG): Boeing 777-200 and Boeing 777-300(ER)
- Zurich (ZRH): Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
