NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE AND
UNITED AIRLINES EXPAND PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICAGO-HONOLULU FLIGHT
Direct Service from Chicago to Honolulu
Launches June 3, 2004
February 24 – In true Freestyle Cruising fashion, Norwegian
Cruise Line passengers will have even more freedom of choice
with the addition of service from Chicago to Honolulu with
United Airlines beginning June 3, 2004.
“This new direct flight from Chicago will offer more
convenience and comfort aboard United Airlines’ state
of the art Boeing 777 to Hawaii,” said Andy Stuart,
Executive Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Passenger
Services. “Additionally, it will provide more business
opportunities for Chicago area travel agents and offer another
connection option for many other gateway cities.”
Last September NCL and United announced a long-term partnership
(through December 2007) for air transportation to and from
the Islands of Hawaii from United’s hubs in Denver,
Los Angeles and San Francisco. The direct route from Chicago
further strengthens this partnership and offers NCL passengers
an additional no-hassle flight option to Hawai`i.
"We are delighted to further expand our relationship
with Norwegian Cruise Line,” said Graham Atkinson, Senior
Vice President – Worldwide Sales and Alliance, United
Airlines. “Our longstanding commitment from NCL continues
to be an important factor as we add capacity to Hawai`i.”
The new United Airlines flight announced yesterday will
offer daily service from Chicago O’Hare (ORD) to Honolulu
(HNL) on a Boeing 777 aircraft configured with 36 seats in
first class and 312 sets in economy class. The outbound flight,
UA001, will depart ORD at 10:15 a.m. and arrive HNL at 1:45
p.m. The return flight, UA002, will depart HNL at 4:25 p.m.
and arrive ORD at 5:15 a.m. the next morning.
United has been serving Hawaii since 1947. United, United
Express and Ted operate more than 3,400 flights a day on a
route network that spans the globe. News releases and other
information about United can be found at the company's web
site at www.united.com.
Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is an industry innovator.
NCL recently announced its new brand, NCL America, under which
its US flagged ships will operate. NCL is also the leader
in roundtrip seven-day cruising from U.S. and Canadian ports,
offering its popular Homeland Cruising program seasonally
from Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Los Angeles, Miami, New
Orleans, Philadelphia, Orlando (Port Canaveral), San Juan,
Seattle and Vancouver, and year round from New York, Houston
and Honolulu.
Artist’s renderings of the ship’s
redesign can be downloaded at www.ncl.com/hires.
For further information on NCL and NCL America,
contact a travel agent or NCL in the U.S. and Canada at (800)
327-7030; in Miami-Dade County, Fla., (305) 436-0866; visit
NCL’s web site at www.ncl.com;
or on AOL at keyword: NCL.
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