United Airlines’ Malaga & Mallorca Flights In 2025

Loyal fans will look to new horizons this coming summer, with their favorite airline planning to connect to two unique Spanish secondary airports. Palma de Mallorca
Located in the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean Sea and on the Spanish coastline of Andalucia, they are set to wow passengers with direct flights from the airline’s Newark hub.

Malaga and Palma take off

According to data from Cirium, an online aviation analytics company, United Airlines will launch multiple weekly flights between Newark Liberty International Airport
(EWR), Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), and Malaga Airport (AGP) in May.

The airline will utilize its older fleet of Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft on the route, as outlined below:

As the only direct carrier to connect Palma and Malaga to the United States, the airline will maintain a monopoly on the flights. Its closest competitors can only offer one-stop services (such as Iberia via Madrid, Lufthansa
via Frankfurt/Munich, or Air France
via Paris Charles de Gaulle).

Daily flights to Malaga / Multiple weekly services to Mallorca

Flight schedule data shows that United will deploy its Boeing 757-200 to link New York and Malaga daily. The service, which can accommodate up to 176 passengers onboard, will follow the below schedule:

• UA350, departing Newark at 17:50, arriving in Malaga at 07:35 the following day. Block time of seven hours, 45 minutes.
• UA351, departing Malaga at 09:35, arriving in Newark at 12:15 the same day. Block time of eight hours, 40 minutes.

Source: GCMap

For those destined for Palma de Mallorca, the four weekly flights onboard a Boeing 767-400 will operate as below:

• UA236, departing Newark at 16:15, arriving in Palma at 06:15 the following day. Block time of eight hours.
• UA237, departing Palma at 10:00, arriving in Newark at 13:10 the same day. Block time of nine hours, ten minutes.

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Seasonal routes from Newark

These seasonal routes are expected to be popular for United and will coincide with the airline’s wider summer network. The carrier recently announced many new services that will launch next summer in addition to current year-round services. Overall, United’s summer seasonal transatlantic offerings from the Big Apple include:

• Athens
• Bilbao (from May 31, 2025)
• Dubrovnik,
• Faro (from May 23, 2025),
• Funchal (from June 7, 2025),
• Málaga
• Naples
• Nice

Source: GCMap

• Nuuk (from June 14, 2025)
• Palermo (from May 21, 2025)
• Palma de Mallorca
• Ponta Delgada
• Porto
• Reykjavík–Keflavík
• Shannon
• Stockholm–Arlanda
• Venice

Crunching the numbers on flights to Palma and Malaga

Newark to Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca (or Majorca) is more commonly called Palma, the largest city on the Balearic Islands of Mallorca (Majorca). The island is a popular tourist destination in the summer, with many European carriers serving the island’s airport to their respective hubs. Air Europa
, easyJet Europe, Eurowings Europe, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair
, and Vueling have a substantial network at the airport.

According to the data from Cirium, between May and September 2025, the Star Alliance member will operate five return services in May, 17 for June, 18 for July and August, and 14 return trips for October. This equates to around four weekly return services, representing 73 Europe-bound flights for the season. This will add over 16,800 seats between New York and Palma de Mallorca.

Photo: Tom Boon | Simple Flying

Newark to Malaga

Malaga is a popular tourist hotspot in the Malaga Province, in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalucia, Spain. Malaga International Airport is one of the busiest in Spain. The airport is an operating base for easyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair, and Vueling.

While United will be the only transatlantic operator at Malaga, the airport still welcomes many European legacy carriers. Those looking to travel further afield can fly year-round with Qatar Airways
to Doha, and seasonal services are operated with Etihad Airways
to Abu Dhabi.

This upcoming summer, United Airlines will operate daily services in May, June, July, and August and until late September. The carrier will sustain 146 direct flights between New York and Malaga for the summer, representing 25,696 seats onboard the airline’s Boeing 757-200.

Not the only US carrier expanding in Spain

While United will offer more direct services to Spain than any other US carrier next summer, one of the airline’s closest competitors is keeping a close watch. Will add a second daily service between New York John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) and Barcelona El Prat (BCN) in April.

It was previously reported that the carrier would launch the second service on May 7. However, flight data has identified the carrier will now commence the service on April 23.

These additional flights to Barcelona will be complemented by Delta’s existing year-round connection from its home at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
, while Boston will also be added as a seasonal link from May 23.

Plenty of competition

Delta will face stiff competition on the route between Barcelona and New York, with multiple other carriers already cashing in on demand. Other US carriers operating from New York / Newark include American Airlines and United, while Spanish low-cost carrier LEVEL
(a subsidiary of IAG) also serves the route.

Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying

While Spain remains a popular tourist destination year-round, its popularity soars throughout the IATA Northern Hemisphere summer season. Given United’s ever-growing transatlantic network, many Americans are making the most of the carrier providing the most choice of Spanish destinations.

Even though the destinations these airports serve are fantastic in their own right, it would be assumed that some travelers are using these services as just a springboard to their final destination. For example, Palma de Mallorca is a quick ferry ride to the party hotspot Ibiza, and Malaga is the gateway to Gibraltar and the rest of Southern Spain.

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