Commencing April 2007, United Airlines will add three early evening flights from Hong Kong to San Francisco, bringing its weekly total on this route to 10.

The additional flights form part of 40 new weekly, year-round flights announced by the carrier to strengthen its network between the Asia Pacific region and the U.S. over the next six months.

"As the world’s largest transpacific passenger carrier, we’re pleased to be offering additional flights to our customers in Hong Kong," said Andrew Stephen, General Manager, Hong Kong. "The new evening flights will offer business travelers the option of working most of the day in Hong Kong and still arriving in San Francisco later the same day. It will also provide passengers, including our customers from Southern China that transit through Hong Kong to the U.S., with a broader choice of service."

In addition to daily flights to San Francisco, United currently operates 10 nonstop flights a week from Hong Kong to Chicago and daily intra-Asia flights to Tokyo, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City. Once the additional three flights commence, the airline will operate 41 flights from Hong Kong each week.