United Airlines Removes Summer Boeing 777-200 Flights Between Washington Dulles & San Diego

These flights will provide more choice to guests and communities across our network, whether they are members of the United States military, tourists chasing cherry blossoms, or residents of Hawaii connecting to the East Coast.”In addition, Southwest Airlines has 20 weekly flights from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) to San Diego in June. As a result, during the month, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines will offer 55 weekly flights from the Washington-Baltimore area to San Diego.

In June 2024, Spirit Airlines also had daily flights from Baltimore to San Diego, yet these flights have been removed as of August 2024. However, these were offset by Alaska Airlines’ addition of flights between Washington-National and San Diego.Still, the airline will have plenty of domestic flights with the widebody jet, with up to 325 weekly direct flights in June and routes all across the US.United Airlines has two economy-heavy 777-200 configurations. One of these has 28 first class and 336 economy class seats, while the other, present on four 777-200ER aircraft (N219UA, N220UA, N221UA, and N222UA) is split between 32 first class and 330 economy class seats, according to ch-aviation’s data.Shutterstock
United Airlines has adjusted its flight schedule for the Boeing 777-200, replacing one of the daily flights to San Diego with itineraries to Las Vegas.

Replacing San Diego with Las Vegas
According to data from the aviation analytics company Cirium’s Diio Mi airline planning tool, United Airlines will change one of the daily 777-200 flights from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (LAS).The switch from San Diego to Las Vegas will happen in late May, with United Airlines ending daily 777-200 flights to the former city on May 20th, and instead, will begin flying to Las Vegas on May 22nd. Ishrion Aviation flagged the change on Bluesky.Cirium’s Diio Mi showed that the change will be valid until August 18. While this could change, by September, United Airlines should once again move back the 777-200 to flying between Washington-Dulles and San Diego. In June, the other domestic destinations the airline has scheduled the 777-200 to operate flights to from Washington Dulles include Denver International Airport (DEN) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

In June 2024, in addition to Denver, Los Angeles, and San Diego, United Airlines also had 777-200 flights from Washington Dulles to San Francisco International Airport (SFO).Increasing competition
However, compared to June 2024, United Airlines will have to compete with one additional daily flight from Washington, DC, to San Diego following the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision to allocate the beyond-perimeter slots to Alaska Airlines on January 8.

On March 21, Alaska Airlines began flying from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to San Diego, adding another flight from the Washington-Baltimore area to the Californian airport.“These flights will provide more choice to guests and communities across our network, whether they are members of the United States military, tourists chasing cherry blossoms, or residents of Hawaii connecting to the East Coast.”