Updated Mar.8,2006 20:24 KST

United Resumes Incheon-San Francisco Non-stops
U.S.-based United Airlines (UA) announced Wednesday that it will resume direct flights between Incheon and San Francisco on the 4th of next month.

UA will fly the popular Boeing 777 on the once-daily route which leaves Incheon at 1:50 p.m. and 1:23 p.m. from San Francisco.

UA had operated the Gimpo-San Francisco route since 1986 but discontinued it last September due to soaring oil prices, among other factors.

UA currently runs a Narita (Japan)-Incheon route twice a day and with the resumption of the non-stop between Incheon and San Francisco, the airline's flights to and from Seoul will increase from 14 to 21 a week.

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