Delta & United Airlines Add More Flights To Shanghai

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Delta and United currently operate two weekly flights each between the United States and Shanghai with both airlines routing their operations through Seoul Incheon Airport. An agreement announced yesterday between the United States and China to increase the number of flights between the two counties from four to eight will now see both carriers doubling the number of flights they offer to Shanghai.

United Adds Two More Flights Out Of San Francisco

Both United Airlines’ weekly flights between the US and Shanghai operate out of San Francisco and the airline is quite literally doubling down on this route. From 4 September United Airlines will add two more weekly flights between San Francisco and Shanghai on (all flights will continue to route via Seoul) with the currently published September schedule looking like this:

UA857 SFO 11:00 – 15:10+1 day ICN 16:55+1 day – 17:45+1 day PVG
UA858 PVG 21:40 – 12:25+1 day ICN 02:10 – 20:55-1 day SFO

These flights will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with true Polaris Business Class seating on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays for the outbound and on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays for the inbound flights.

Delta Adds Flights To Shanghai From Two US Cities

As things stand, Delta offers two weekly flights between the US and Shanghai (via Seoul) but, unlike United, it offers those flights from two different cities. Like United, however, Delta is doubling down on its existing services.

Seattle Flights

From 25 August, Delta will offer two weekly flights between Seattle and Shanghai via Seoul. This is the schedule through 24 October:

Detroit Flights

From 24 August, Delta will offer two weekly flights between Detroit and Shanghai via Seoul. This is the schedule through 24 October:

Both routes are being operated by Delta’s Airbus A350 aircraft which means that Business Class passengers can look forward to the excellent Delta One Suites across the Pacific.

Bottom Line

Following the agreement reached between the US and China governments to increase the number of flights between each other’s nations to eight, Delta and United Airlines will each now operate two more flights to Shanghai and will remain the only two US airlines operating between the United States and China.