United Airlines and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) on Dec. 3 celebrated the airline’s growth and the construction developments for the much anticipated, more than half-a-billion-dollar Concourse E that will transform the customer experience over the coming years at Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia.
United is the D.C. region’s largest airline, with more than 8,000 local employees and more flights and destinations than any other carrier.
“Washington Dulles has emerged as a global gateway and these new investments will help deliver the world-class facility that our employees and customers deserve,” said United CEO Scott Kirby.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) said “Dulles serves as a critical economic development hub for Virginia and helps travelers get where they need to go.”
The modernized concourse will greatly enhance the Dulles experience for United customers, including adding direct and easy access to the airport’s existing Aerotrain station that allows for smoother transport between the main terminal and other concourses. The United gates will feature the latest traveler amenities and technology expansive gate seating, along with concessions and retail space.
The 14-gate concourse is one phase of a long-term, multi-phase project for United’s growth at Dulles that is part of MWWA’s master plan for the airport’s future.
“United’s commitment to Dulles – through its support of the new concourse, its long-term expansion plans, including new flights and destinations, investment in new training and technical facilities and the addition of thousands of local jobs – is a testament to the strength of our partnership in promoting regional economic growth and pursuing our mutual goal of providing world-class service to the traveling public,” said Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and CEO Jack Potter.
United serves as a crucial gateway between our nation’s capital and the rest of the world, this includes nonstop service to over a dozen world capitals from Accra and Brussels to Mexico City and Tokyo and places in between. This summer, United will add a new world capital destination with the addition of its inaugural nonstop service to Dakar, Senegal beginning May 2025.
As United’s operations at Dulles continue to grow as a transatlantic gateway to the world, this summer United will be the first airline to offer the Washington region nonstop service to Nice, France and Venice, Italy.
United also deepened its commitment to the region through District’s sports culture, recently becoming the official global airline partner of the Washington Capitals, Mystics, and Wizards. United is also the Founding Partner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s upcoming transformation to help revitalize downtown Washington as a world-class sports and entertainment destination.
