United Airlines (Chicago) has announced plans to launch new nonstop service from its Chicago hub at O’Hare International Airport to Elmira, New York, and State College, Pennsylvania. The airline also plans to begin new service from Chicago O’hare to Topeka, Kansas, subject to government approval. ExpressJet Airlines (Atlanta) will operate the United Express flights using 50-seat regional jet aircraft. The State College and Topeka flights will begin on January 7, 2014, and the Elmira service will begin on February 13, 2014.
The weekday flight schedules follow. Weekend schedules may vary. Schedules are subject to change.
| Chicago – Elmira | Elmira – Chicago | |||
| Departs | Arrives | Departs | Arrives | |
| 2:15 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 6:15 a.m. | 7:18 a.m. | |
| 9:00 p.m. | 11:45 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | 6:33 p.m. | |
| Chicago – State College | State College – Chicago | |||
| Departs | Arrives | Departs | Arrives | |
| 1:55 p.m. | 4:33 p.m. | 6:20 a.m. | 7:17 a.m. | |
| 6:45 p.m. | 9:23 p.m. | 5:03 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | |
| Chicago – Topeka | Topeka – Chicago | |||
| Departs | Arrives | Departs | Arrives | |
| 1:00 p.m. | 2:44 p.m. | 6:00 a.m. | 7:36 a.m. | |
| 8:30 p.m. | 10:14 p.m. | 3:14 p.m. | 4:50 p.m. | |
Elmira and Topeka are both new destinations in United’s route network. The airline currently serves State College from its hub at Washington Dulles.
With these new routes, United has added service to ten new destinations from Chicago O’Hare since the beginning of 2013. Other new year-round and seasonal destinations include Mobile, Alabama; Fairbanks, Alaska; Nassau, Bahamas; Shannon, Ireland; San Jose, Costa Rica; Thunder Bay, Ontario; and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
United and United Express operate nearly 570 daily flights from the O’Hare hub to more than 125 domestic and more than 30 international destinations.
Copyright Photo: ExpressJet’s Embraer ERJ 145XR (EMB-145XR) N11194 (msn 145940) arrives at the Dulles International hub near Washington.
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