United to fly Dreamliner to London
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United Airlines is to fly its Boeing 787 Dreamliner between Houston and Heathrow for two months, it has announced.
The carrier’s new aircraft will fly between the airport from 4 February to 29 March 2013, with its first Dreamliner international route connecting Houston and Amsterdam from 4 December to 29 March.
As well as the Heathrow and Amsterdam services, the aircraft will also be used on services between Los Angeles and Tokyo from 3 January; Houston to Lagos on 7 January; Los Angeles to Shanghai from 30 March and Denver to Narita on 31 March. The aircraft will also be used on domestic routes.
United has become the second airline to announce it will use its Dreamliner for various routes, with Ethiopian Airlines using the same method to supply demand during peak travel periods on particular routes.