United Adds New Transborder Route

United is set to add a new service between the U.S. and Canada later this year. The airline currently operates over 160 flights between the two countries.

Ryan Ewing

Friday, January 10, 2025 at 08:52 AM ET

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A United Boeing 737-800. (Photo: Shutterstock | Markus Mainka)

Key Takeaways:

United is set to add a new service between the U.S. and Canada later this year. The airline currently operates over 160 flights between the two countries.

Starting May 22, 2025, the Chicago-based carrier will connect Los Angeles and Toronto. As first flagged by JonNYC on X, the new route will operate once daily on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Outbound flights will leave Los Angeles at 11:45 p.m., arriving in Toronto at 7:45 a.m. the following day. Return flights depart at 10:15 a.m., landing in Los Angeles at 12:43 p.m. local time.

At the time of writing, United’s Star Alliance partner Air Canada operates five daily flights from Toronto to Los Angeles, per Cirium Diio schedule data.

Ryan Ewing

Ryan founded AirlineGeeks.com in February 2013 and has spent more than a decade covering the airline business. His work has been featured by CNN, WJLA, CNET, and Business Insider. His aviation experience spans airport operations, Part 135 regulatory compliance, and airline crew workforce planning, along with time behind the yoke of a Cessna 172 and interviews with airline executives. Ryan now serves as Group President of Firecrown Media’s Aviation Group. He holds a B.S. in Air Transportation Management and an MBA from Arizona State University and teaches Airline Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.