The CES 2022 event will return to Las Vegas in person January 5-8, 2022, featuring exhibits from over 1,600 technology companies from around the world. In response to feedback from its business customers and increased demand, United Airlines has just announced that it will be expanding its flight schedule to make it easier for attendees to travel to the groundbreaking tech convention.
The airline today announced 14 new direct flights between Las Vegas and Boston for early January. San Jose, California; and Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Florida. It will also add 30 new flights from its hub airports in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York / Newark and Washington DC / Dulles.
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“The return of in-person conferences and events is a very positive sign of the recovery from the pandemic and United is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this growing demand,” said Ankit Gupta, senior vice president of Domestic Planning and United Express. “We’re adding around 80 percent of the capacity we allocated for CES in 2020, showing that business travel is on the rise and our customers are eager to meet with customers and colleagues.”
Between October 27 and November 9, searches on the United website for Las Vegas flights around the CES 2022 dates increased 70 percent compared to the previous two weeks. United also recently conducted a survey of its business customers and found that nearly 20 percent of them expect travel to meetings and conferences in the next year to actually exceed pre-pandemic levels.
United will operate 81 flights to Sin City during the main conference arrival days (January 3-4) and 109 flights on the main departure days (January 8-10). Tickets for all of these flights are now available for purchase on United’s website.
United’s new Las Vegas flights:
– Eight direct flights from San Jose, California
– Six direct flights from Fort Lauderdale, Boston and Orlando
– 15 additional flights from San Francisco and nine flights on a larger aircraft
– Eight additional flights from Los Angeles and four flights on a larger aircraft
– Five additional flights from Washington DC / Dulles
– Two additional flights from New York / Newark
Please visit united.com for more information.
