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The first United Airlines flight will arrive in Tahiti on October 30th. It will connect us to San Francisco, and especially to the Californian hub of the airline giant. From there, connections will carry passengers across the continent, and even the rest of the world. United will also sell Polynesia to its millions of frequent travelers, a boon for tourism professionals.
This Tuesday, June 5th, we met Marcel Fuchs, United Airlines Pacific and Commercial Vice President of United Airlines. The opportunity to take stock of plans in French Polynesia from one of the largest airlines in the world. He began by explaining that the opening of this line to Tahiti was in the logical continuation of the history of the group, which serves Hawaii for 70 years, provides a connection to Guam in Micronesia, has 5 daily flights to Australia and New Zealand and performs 14 transpacific flights daily.
>>> The first United flight to Tahiti will take off on October 30th.
He then gave us the details of United’s plan for Tahiti: three flights a week to San Francisco on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. That’s more than 1,300 seats a week for sale … For that, United counts above all on its usual passengers, its millions of frequent travelers who expressed the desire to visit new exotic destinations. “Polynesia and its 118 paradise islands is a must for all ‘Bucket lists’ (list of things to do at least once in his life, ed) of the great travelers. It is a destination where you go once in your life, for a honeymoon for example. And it’s United’s strategy to connect all those dream destinations to the United States. For example we will open a line to Porto, Portugal, or to Reykjavik in Iceland. We are in Polynesia to stay, and we will promote the destination to our millions of customers, from the angle ‘Polynesia, the journey of a lifetime’! Nobody can promote a destination like we do. ”
United Airlines wants to seduce the Polynesian clientele
The airline also hopes to seduce the Polynesian population through the quality of its service. Marcel Fuchs has thus detailed the service on board (see box). Above all, he praised the considerable interest of the Californian hub of United Airlines, a master asset he intends to promote to the Polynesians.
Marcel Fuchs and his team. They are working on the opening of the line Tahiti – San Francisco for a year!
Because San Francisco Airport (SFO) is one of the seven North American hubs of United. Flights arriving from Tahiti will land in the middle of the morning, in time for transit to three-quarters of United Airlines flights departing from SFO to the rest of its destinations. To give us an idea, the vice-president of the company presents some figures that make you dizzy: “United carries 12 million passengers every year from San Francisco, with 2000 company pilots based there. Nearly 300 cities are served directly or with one stop. It’s the best service anybody can offer to travel to North America. ”
In addition, United is also part of Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world.” All your traveler miles Star Alliance frequent flyers are available at other alliance companies, and we can book flights with our partners. Star Alliance includes companies like Air New Zealand, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines … And with these 27 companies, 1000 cities in the world are accessible! ”
The figure: 14,000 roundtrip tickets will be offered by United on the PPT-SFO line every 5 months.
Competitive prices
These prices are valid from October 30 to December 3, 2018, for round trips, excluding taxes. According to the company, it will take around 10,000 francs additional taxes, which will vary depending on the airport of arrival:
PPT – San Francisco: 71,200 Fcfp (all prices are excluding taxes)
PPT – Las Vegas: 73 400 Fcfp
PPT – New York City:
PPT – Chicago: 97,500 Fcfp
PPT – Miami: 97,500 Fcfp
Who is United Airlines?
United Airlines, Inc., commonly known as United, is a major American airline based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the largest airline in the world since its merger with Continental Airlines in 2010, ahead of American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. United operates a large network of national and international routes, with a significant presence in the Asia-Pacific region. United is a founding member of Star Alliance, the largest alliance of airlines in the world with a total of 28 member airlines. The EAS is operated by independent carriers under the United Express brand.
What is included with the ticket
United especially boasts its high tech advances. Already, the plane that will come to Tahiti will be a 787-8 Dreamliner of last generation with all the comfort of these devices. And, for the more geeks, the mobile application of the airline allows you to follow the news of his flight, make his registration, follow his luggage in real time, serves boarding pass and connects to the plane to allow you to watch the movies offered by the entertainment service on board directly on your tablet. The application even allows you to register on the flights of some United!
Flight details
United will operate three weekly flights to Tahiti-Faa’a airport on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Flight schedules:
– Departure from Papeete at 23:45, arrival in San Francisco at 9:50 the next morning (8:05 flight)
– Departure from San Francisco at 14:45, arrival at Papeete at 21:25 at night (8:40 flight)
The world in one stop
United flights will arrive at the company’s hub in San Francisco in the middle of the morning, along with flights arriving from around the world. This system is organized to allow easy connections to most destinations served by the company. For example, since San Francisco United passengers will have access in a few hours of transit to direct flights to 79 North American cities, thirty international cities (including Tahiti soon) and flights with a stopover to more than 200 cities.
The hub also serves the five continents, especially Europe. On the other hand, international law prevents United Airlines, an American company, from selling tickets from France to France. So United will not sell flights Papeete – Paris … Even if the trip is technically possible. Travelers who insist will have to book two separate tickets.
219 seats per flight
The United Dreamliners are configured to offer 219 seats, of which:
– 113 seats in economy class
– 70 in “economy +”
class – 36 in “business” class
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