United Airlines Adds Washington Dulles-Senegal Flights in Summer 2025 Schedule
New routes include first-ever flights to Nuuk, Palermo, Bilbao, Madeira Island, and Faro
United Airlines (UA) has announced its Summer 2025 schedule, which includes service to eight new cities, including its first-ever flight to Dakar, Senegal.
From its hub in Newark/New York, the U.S. carrier will launch five new nonstop flights* to destinations no other U.S. airline serves, including Nuuk, Greenland; Palermo, Italy; Bilbao, Spain; Madeira Island, Portugal; and Faro, Portugal, starting in May 2025.
Additionally, United is adding three new nonstop routes from Washington D.C./Dulles: year-round service to Dakar, Senegal, and new seasonal flights to Nice, France, and Venice, Italy.
Washington Dulles-Senegal Flights
United stated it will commence Washington/Dulles-Dakar, Senegal service on May 23, 2025.
The airline noted it will now fly to “more destinations in Africa than any other U.S. carrier,” adding that the year-round, three-times-weekly service “will help further Africa’s growing tourism industry,” which has seen 13% more arrivals in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to UN Tourism.
Expanding United’s African Network
This new service expands United’s existing African routes to Cape Town, Johannesburg, Accra, Lagos, and seasonal service to Marrakesh.
Additionally, the airline will add more weekly direct flights between Newark/New York and Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and Athens, Greece
*All new routes are subject to government approvals
