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Touchdown! United Airlines Adds 74 Flights for College and Professional Football Games This Fall
United to fly new routes, add additional flights and operate larger aircraft to get more fans than ever to the best football games this season CHICAGO, Aug.
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[{"type":"text","content":"United to fly new routes, add additional flights and operate larger aircraft to get more fans than ever to the best football games this season\n\n\nCHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As football fans across the U.S. get ready to cheer on their favorite teams on the road this fall, United is adding new routes, more flights and flying planes with more seats to give diehard fans every chance to get in on action on their rival's home turf. To meet an expected increase in demand for fans to travel to watch their favorite teams in person this season, United is adding 74 flights, including 52 new direct flights between college towns and professional football markets on gameday weekends this September through November. The airline will operate three times more direct flights to college towns this year than it did in 2019.\n\"Nothing brings people together like the opportunity to cheer on the teams they love,\" said Ankit Gupta, vice president of domestic network planning at United. \"This upcoming season, United is adding even more direct flights to college and professional football games than we've ever added before so our customers can reunite with the teams, tailgates and touchdowns they may have missed last season.\" \n\nCollege Football\nUnited is adding 58 new flights to help some of the most loyal fans in college sports cheer on their teams including adding 44 point to point flights for 21 of their biggest away games. Some of these flights include: \nSeptember:\nAustin, TX to Bentonville, AR to see University of Texas at University of Arkansas Lincoln, NE to Lansing, MI to see University of Nebraska at Michigan State UniversityOctober:\nState College, PA to Cedar Rapids, IA to see Pennsylvania State University at University of Iowa Birmingham, AL to College Station, TX to see University of Alabama at Texas A&M University Syracuse, NY to Greenville/Spartanburg, SC to see Syracuse University at Clemson University Los Angeles, CA to South Bend, IN to see University of Southern California at University of Notre Dame Raleigh, NC to South Bend, IN to see University of North Carolina at University of Notre DameNovember:\nBaton Rouge, LA to Birmingham, AL to see Louisiana State University at University of Alabama South Bend, IN to San Francisco, CA to see University of Notre Dame at Stanford UniversityProfessional Football\nUnited isn...