United Airlines: Taking You Further

FEBRUARY 29, 2024 | BY UNITED AIRLINES

United has a proud history in the Netherlands stretching back over 30 years, having maintained a number of long-standing partnerships with key organizations and businesses in the Netherlands.

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Longstanding partnerships in the Netherlands

2024 is a very special year for United Airlines in the Netherlands, marking the airline’s 25th anniversary of its Amsterdam to New York/Newark service. United has a proud history in the Netherlands stretching back over 30 years, with the airline’s first service operating between Amsterdam and London Heathrow in 1991 and transatlantic service to Washington Dulles starting in 1993. Today, United operates daily services from Amsterdam year-round to its hubs at New York/Newark, Washington Dulles, Chicago O’Hare and Houston, as well as summer seasonal service to San Francisco, with onward connections to hundreds of destinations across the Americas.

Over the past three decades, United has demonstrated its on-going commitment to the Netherlands and the importance of this region within the global United network through a number of long-standing partnerships with key organizations and businesses in the Netherlands. Together with the U.S. Embassy, United has regularly co-hosted customer events and over the past decade has sponsored the bi-annual AmCham Young Professionals Award, a prestigious and exciting team challenge for young professionals working for member companies of AmCham, supporting the next generation of professionals in the Netherlands.

In May 2023, United opened its new Distribution Center in Amsterdam, allowing a speedier and more efficient supply of aircraft parts across Europe. This is the first United Distribution Center of its kind in Europe, providing support across the region. With the new Amsterdam warehouse, United can seamlessly move parts within the Schengen space, efficiently dispatching throughout the region to support aircraft in need and ensuring even better customer service.

Committed to a making a positive contribution globally

Since 2019, United has also partnered with Winq, the number one independent media platform in the Netherlands for the LGBTQ community, proudly supporting the Winq Diversity Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations who have made extraordinary contributions to equality, diversity and inclusion in the Netherlands. This partnership underscores United’s long-term mission to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace and world.

In 2023, United was the first U.S. airline to add Braille to aircraft interiors, helping travelers with visual disabilities more easily navigate the cabin independently, identifying row numbers, seat assignments and lavatory locations The airline also introduced an industry-first wheelchair filter for customers who require the use of a mobility device. Passengers may check their personal wheelchair or other mobility device in addition to checking bags free of charge, adding their wheelchair specifications prior to travel in the United app or website.

Having pledged to reduce its GHG emissions 100% by 2050 without relying on traditional carbon offsets, United has invested in the future production of over 5 billion gallons of SAF - the most of any airline in the world – and in 2023, it began using SAF on flights departing Amsterdam. It is also the only airline with a venture fund dedicated to investments that can decarbonize air travel, including carbon capture, hydrogen-electric engines, electric regional aircraft and air taxis. In addition, the airline has launched a $200 million fund to support start-ups focused on accelerating SAF research, production and technologies.