The airline announced Tuesday that the year-round service will be operated on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The new route will complement existing service from Newark/New York, Washington Dulles, Chicago and San Francisco.
The announcement comes as United continues to expand and invest in Denver, which the airline calls its fastest-growing hub.
Patrick Quayle, the airline’s senior vice president of global network planning and alliances, told reporters on a call Monday that Paris was the only new international destination from Denver under consideration at this time.
“If you look at really the arc of how we’ve been investing in Denver, it’s been methodical,” Quayle said. “We’re adding capacity at a nice measured rate where the market can absorb it.”
United has invested nearly $1 billion at Denver International Airport since 2021. The airline provides service to more than 200 total destinations from Denver, including more than 20 international destinations.
Last week, United completed its first phase of an expansion at its pilot training facility in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood. The airline is preparing for a second phase at a new campus on 113 acres near DIA.
Beyond Denver, United announced 10 new international destinations and three new routes across Europe and Asia, while introducing its newest international aircraft: the “Born to Explore” Airbus A321XLR.
Beginning as early as March 2027, United will offer new nonstop flights to Okinawa, Japan, from San Francisco International Airport; Toulouse, France, from Washington Dulles International Airport; and eight destinations from Newark Liberty International Airport: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Marseille, France; Ibiza and Valencia, Spain; Terceira, Portugal; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Olbia, on the Italian island of Sardinia; and Catania, on the Italian island of Sicily.
United will also add new flights from Los Angeles to Osaka, Japan, and from Washington, D.C., to Milan, Italy. The airline said it plans to resume flights from San Francisco to Tel Aviv, Israel.
United’s Airbus A321XLR will support service to destinations including Ibiza, Luxembourg, Marseille, Toulouse and Valencia.
The A321XLR is scheduled to begin flying select domestic routes in September and transition to international service Dec. 1, starting with flights from Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam and Dublin. Tickets for the first international flights will go on sale Thursday, Aug. 27.
United also plans to bring back the international destinations it added in summer 2026 for summer 2027, including flights from Newark/New York to Split, Croatia; Bari, Italy; Glasgow, Scotland; and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
The airline said it will serve more destinations in Japan, Spain, Portugal, Italy and France than any other U.S. carrier, according to Tuesday’s announcement.
“We aim to have a destination on our route map for every traveler, at every stage of their lives,” Quayle said.
“Whether it’s a business trip, a dream honeymoon, a bucket-list adventure, or a trip home to see family, we’re making the world feel smaller and connecting cultures at a scale no other airline in the world can match.”
The airline now flies to more than 160 international destinations.
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