United Airlines to cease their service from Newark New York to Birmingham Airport on 5 October 2017

United Airlines have announced that they will cease operating their daily non-stop
service from Newark New York to Birmingham Airport on Thursday 5 October 2017

Continental Airlines - which merged with United Airlines in 2010 - commenced the route
back on Tuesday 15 July 1997 when Boeing 757 N12114 operated the inaugural flight
- Boeing 767's and Douglas DC10's have also been used on the route over the years
which at its peak was operated on a twice daily basis using Boeing 757's

This announcement comes just 6 months after American Airlines dropped their daily
non-stop service from Birmingham Airport to New York JFK on Friday 6 January 2017

"One stop" connecting services from Birmingham Airport to the USA and Canada are
available using the services of Aer Lingus, Air France, Brussels Airlines, Icelandair,
KLM, Lufthansa, Scandinavian SAS, Swiss Air Lines and their code share Partners
Wednesday 12 July 2017