United Airlines to offer new routes to Croatia, Greece and Iceland

United Airlines has announced it would begin offering flights to Croatia, Greece, and Iceland in July. These countries are already open or soon will be available to vaccinated travelers.

The new services the airline has started have seen an increased demand as over 3,000 bookings were made shortly after the launch. Despite the warnings against international travel and complications like a requirement for a negative test to come back to the US, Americans have shown their desire to travel.

“We have seen in recent weeks, immediately after a country provides access with proof of a vaccine, leisure demand returns to the level of 2019 quickly. We’ve adjusted our schedule to take advantage of these opportunities this spring and summer,” said Andrew Nocella, Executive VP and CCO at United.

United Airlines is looking forward to the UK reopening, which is likely to be prompted by successful vaccinations between the two countries. Other US airlines such as Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic are also pushing for this.