United will resume flights to Nicaragua after almost 3 years with its service between Houston (IAH) and Managua (MGA) starting January 4, 2023. The company’s last operation on this route was on March 31, 2020, on a Boeing 737-700.
The Chicago-based carrier is the third U.S. airline to return to U.S.-Nicaragua operations after American Airlines and Spirit, which begin nonstop service to Managua (MGA) on November 30 and December 1 from Miami (MIA) and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) respectively.
The Nicaraguan capital will be United’s tenth Central American destination served from Houston (IAH), the company already offers nonstop service to Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and Belize.
«We are happy to announce the resumption of our daily, nonstop flights between Managua and Houston, which will connect our customers to more than 220 destinations in the United States and to our global route network,» said Frederick Thome, Director of Sales for Latin America, Andean Region and Central America at United Airlines.
According to data obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium, in January between the United States and Nicaragua there will be an offer of 14,540 weekly seats distributed among Avianca, American Airlines, Spirit and United. The only airline that has not announced its return to Managua (MGA) is Delta, which prior to the pandemic offered service from Atlanta (ATL) with a weekly flight.
Flight Itinerary
- Houston – Managua Flight UA 1432 IAH 09:27 – MGA 13:08 daily flights.
- Managua – Houston Flight UA 1433 MGA 14:15 – IAH 17:41 daily flights.
The route will be operated on Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft with 166 seats in three classes (16 United First/48 Economy Plus/102 Economy) and promotional fares are available from USD 593 round trip.
Based on Cirium data, United will offer 2,324 seats per week between Houston (IAH) and Managua (MGA), representing a 130% increase over pre-pandemic levels.
United’s January schedule between Houston and Central America
(Sourced through Cirium, subject to change).
- Belize (BZE): 10 weekly flights on Boeing 737-800.
- Guatemala City (GUA): three daily flights on Boeing 737 MAX 8/737-800.
- Liberia – Guanacaste (LIR): 16 weekly flights on Boeing 737-800/-900.
- Managua (MGA): daily flights in Boeing 737-800.
- Panama – Tocumen (PTY): two daily flights in Boeing 737-900.
- Roatán (RTB): daily flights on Boeing 737-800.
- San Salvador (SAL): two daily flights in Boeing 767-300ER and 737-900.
- San Pedro Sula (SAP): daily flights on Boeing 757-200.
- San José de Costa Rica (SJO): two daily flights in Boeing 757 and Boeing 737-800.
- Tegucigalpa – Palmerola (XPL): daily flights on Boeing 757-200.
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