United Airlines has announced the addition of five new and returning European routes from its East Coast hubs, including flights from Newark to Glasgow and Santiago de Compostela. These two destinations will become United’s longest Boeing 737 MAX 8 routes to Europe.
The airline is resuming service to Glasgow after a seven-year break. United previously operated this route with a Boeing 757 until 2019, inheriting it from Continental Airlines. With this move, United becomes the only US carrier serving Glasgow Airport. The new service to Santiago de Compostela marks the first time the Spanish city will have regular direct flights to the US.
Until now, United operated just two European routes with its 166-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8: Newark to Funchal (Madeira) and Ponta Delgada (the Azores), both in Portugal. Flights to Ponta Delgada began in May 2022, while Funchal was added in June 2025 after Azores Airlines ended its Funchal-JFK service due to low seat occupancy rates reported by the US Department of Transportation—50% in 2022, rising slightly each year but still below expectations by industry standards.
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