United To Begin Ord-grand Cayman Nonstop Service

[Cosmo]

This afternoon, United announced the addition of seasonal Saturday-only nonstop service in the ORD-GCM market beginning December 20, 2003. We can now see that United is finally expanding its network again, albeit at the breathtaking pace of one weekly A320 flight per announcement. Oh, well, I guess it's better than the alternative of reducing the scope of its operations.

Here's the press release.

 

[phllax]

Isn't this attempt #2 to serve GCM?

 

[Fly]

Isn't this attempt #2 to serve GCM?

If it is......it's the first time since I've been here. So, did they try this before 1986?

 

[N230UA]

Yes.

United used to serve GCY from MIA, along with a number of other Caribbean/LatAm destinations during its "Latin American experiment".

Other noteworthy (failed) "south of the border" destinations:
From MIA:
- Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
- Panama City, Panama
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil
From LAX:
- Cabo San Lucas
- Guadalajara

Proof: my collection of 1993/1994/1995 Hemispheres