United Airlines announced it is expanding its winter schedule, adding flights to 15 cities including Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Las Vegas. These new flights start Jan. 6 and include:

• One additional daily roundtrip flight between:
  • Houston and Orlando, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Baltimore and Miami
  • Chicago and Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans and Las Vegas
  • Newark/New York and Orlando and Fort Lauderdale
  • Los Angeles and Las Vegas
• Two new routes between Newark/New York and Columbia, S.C. and Chattanooga, Tenn.
• Three new weekly flights between Houston and Guatemala City, Guatemala and San Salvador, El Salvador; and one new weekly flight between Houston and San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

United is also adding extra flights between Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles and will fly larger aircraft between Chicago and New York LaGuardia to help customers outside United’s hubs connect to these added flights.

Patrick Quayle, United’s senior vice president of global network planning and alliances, said, “If Spirit suddenly goes out of business it will be incredibly disruptive, so we’re adding these flights to give their customers other options if they want or need them.”