United new – United Airlines is rolling out fresh fall and winter service from Washington, D.C., Newark and Houston, with new year-round flights to Los Cabos and a new seasonal route to St. Croix.
United’s latest schedule expansion is aimed squarely at travelers trying to escape the cold—starting with four routes now appearing in the airline’s plans.
Flights are set to move between New York-area hubs, the Washington, D.C. region, and Houston, with destinations that include Southern California, St. Croix, and two parts of Mexico. Some routes will begin in late October and run seasonally until early next spring. while others are designed as year-round additions.
From Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside Washington, D.C., United is launching two new options. One of them is IAD–John Wayne Airport (SNA): once-daily, year-round service beginning Aug. 11. The other is IAD–Los Cabos International Airport (SJD): four times weekly, year-round service beginning Oct. 25. Flights will operate Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) gets a seasonal Caribbean addition with EWR–Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (STX) in St. Croix. This is a Saturday-only service scheduled to start Oct. 31, 2026, and run until March 27, 2027.
From Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), United is adding IAH–Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport (TGZ). The service is planned as three times weekly, year-round flights beginning Oct. 28, with departures operating Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The carrier’s push also carries a clear story for the Washington, D.C. market. By connecting IAD to John Wayne Airport (SNA). United is offering East Coast travelers a route to Southern California without having to route through far busier Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)—a difference that matters when crowds and traffic build up at peak times.
United’s Mexico growth is also part of the picture. The new route to Chiapas—served through Tuxtla Gutierrez International Airport (TGZ)—is positioned as an expansion beyond more traditional Mexican leisure destinations like Cancun and Puerto Vallarta. When it launches, United says it will be the only nonstop service from the U.S. to Chiapas, a region known for its waterfalls, lakes, canyons, ancient ruins and street food culture.
The timing of these changes lands shortly after another major scheduling move. This four-route expansion by United came roughly a week after the carrier added new service from Cleveland, where it is planning its biggest schedule in a decade from what was once a hub for the Chicago-based carrier.
For airline watchers, there’s another datapoint in the background: on Wednesday, United finished as the runner-up in TPG’s 2026 Best Airlines Report.
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St. Croix getting new flights?? Finally something good in the winter.
So they’re doing Washington to Los Cabos like 4 times a week or whatever but then it says year-round?? I’m confused. Either way I guess it’s good if you like flying at weird hours.
Wait, St. Croix flights start 2027 but it says late October?? I feel like they mixed up the dates. Also isn’t Los Cabos already nonstop from like every major airport? Doesn’t sound that new.
United keeps saying it’s to avoid LAX traffic, but Dulles is kinda far too lol. And ‘only nonstop to Chiapas’ sounds like marketing, because I swear someone always has a route there if you connect. Still though, Tuxtla Gutierrez 3x weekly year round is tempting, might be the one place my cousin can actually get to without switching airlines 3 times.