United Airlines Launching Newark To Dubai Route

The two airlines are expected to announce a partnership in the near future. A new route has been added by United.

United’s Newark to Dubai route launches March 2023

On March 27, 2023, United Airlines will be launching a daily nonstop flight between Newark and Dubai. The flight's schedule will be listed below.

The Newark to Newark flight is departing at 10:15PM and arrives at 8:20PM.

The flight is blocked at 13hr 25min in the east and 14hr 50min in the west. The flight will be using a large plane. Premium economy seats, extra legroom economy seats, and regular economy seats are included.

It will be the first time in over a year that United will fly to the Persian Gulf state. The airline used to operate a route between Washington and the Middle East. The US carriers got into a fight with the Gulf carriers.

How this fits into the Emirates & United partnership

A codeshare agreement and frequent flyer perks are expected to be included in a new partnership between the two airlines. This route makes perfect sense because we all expected United to come back to the area.

• Newark is a massive hub for United, yet Emirates doesn’t fly there nonstop from Dubai; rather Emirates only flies to Newark via Athens (which is an awesome fifth freedom route)
• Emirates’ NYC-area presence is otherwise at New York JFK, and I don’t see that changing; Emirates has a large lounge there, and it’s also a huge market even without connections beyond New York
• So I assumed that either Emirates or United would launch nonstop flights between Newark and Dubai, and I’m not surprised that it’s United

If someone chooses to fly a US airline over a Gulf carrier, they need to have their head checked. There is no denying that United's Boeing 777 Polaris business class is a premium cabin hard product.

Is better than the business class of the airline.

The soft product and experience on the A380 are completely different.

Bottom line

There will be a new daily flight between Newark and DUBAI. This is part of a larger partnership between the two airlines. I would like to know if there are any other routes between the USA and the U.S. that are part of this agreement.

What do you think of United's return to the Middle East?

The tip of the hat to Ishrion A.