United Airlines announced that it is expanding global flights to Asia and Australia, including daily flights to Vietnam and Thailand starting in October 2025.

According to NBC News, “In the expansion, United is using a tactic that’s unusual in its network: Its airplanes from Los Angeles and San Francisco that are headed for Hong Kong will then go on to the two new destinations. The Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, service begins on Oct. 26.” In December 2025, the airliner is scheduled to “launch nonstops from San Francisco to Adelaide, Australia, which will operate three days a week.”

This expansion adds to United Airlines’ recent strategy of “adding far-flung destinations not served by rivals to its routes, like Nuuk, Greenland, and Bilbao, Spain, which start later this year.”