The airline will resume its year-round daily non-stop service between Edinburgh and New York Newark from 5 March 2022. Seasonal services to Chicago and Washington resume on 7 May. 

United will be the first airline to resume service between Scotland and the US. All flights will be daily on single-aisle Boeing 757s.

Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh airport chief executive, said: “It’s incredibly exciting to be resuming our transatlantic services with United to allow direct travel between Scotland and the US for the first time in two years. It will allow families to reunite, friends to reconnect and re-open the strong tourism destinations on both sides of the Atlantic.”

Bob Schumacher, United’s UK and Ireland sales director, added: “With the return of services, our customers in Edinburgh can once again take advantage of direct connections to the US as well as an unrivalled route network from United’s hubs at Newark, Chicago and Washington, offering convenient non-stop connections to 129 destinations across the Americas.”