COLUMBUS – United Airlines has announced the addition of daily nonstop flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to San Francisco beginning in June, increasing the number of planned or existing daily nonstop flights from Columbus to the West Coast to five.
The first flight departs from San Francisco for Columbus the evening of June 6 and returns the next morning, June 7 airport spokeswoman Angie Tabor said.
The Airbus A319 will carry 128 passengers.
San Francisco is United’s sixth nonstop destination from John Glenn International, where the airline offers up to 26 daily flights between Chicago O’Hare, Denver, Houston Intercontinental, Newark and Washington, D.C., Dulles airports.
This new flight to the West Coast comes on the heels of Alaska Airlines’ announcement to start Seattle service on March 7 and American Airlines’ Nov. 5 expansion to two daily nonstop flights to Los Angeles.
Delta Air Lines also provides a daily nonstop flight between Columbus and Los Angeles.