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United Airlines often makes a big splash by adding new routes to off-the-beaten-path destinations on big wide-body planes.

This week, though, the Chicago-based carrier is adding service to a handful of smaller U.S. cities on regional jets.

Fresh off announcing its return to Moab, Utah, United on Friday confirmed four new and returning routes from its Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) hub.

The United Express service will see the carrier bring back flights from Newark to cities in Arkansas, Nebraska and Tennessee.

And, it'll give my Virginia hometown a new link to the New York City area (details below).

United's 4-route regional addition

Here's the rundown of United's four routes announced Friday:

Route Frequency Aircraft

EWR to Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Airport (CHO) near Charlottesville, Virginia Daily Bombardier CRJ550

EWR to McGhee-Tyson Airport (TYS) in Knoxville, Tennessee Twice daily CRJ550

EWR to Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Bentonville, Arkansas Daily Embraer 175

EWR to Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) in Omaha Daily E175

All four of the routes will launch Sept. 24.

United Express expansion

The Newark-Charlottesville service is an all-new route for United, bolstering its footprint at the Central Virginia airport.

United already operated CHO service to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and has long flown a very short route to Dulles International Airport (IAD).

Charlottesville is home to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the University of Virginia, and it's a short drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains. (You can catch a fabulous view of the mountains upon takeoff or landing, depending on your seat.)

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The Rotunda at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. SEAN CUDAHY/THE POINTS GUY Meanwhile, United's Newark service to Knoxville, Bentonville and Omaha may be familiar to residents of those cities.

The carrier last operated Northwest Arkansas-Newark flights in 2022.

Its last regularly scheduled service to Newark from Omaha and Knoxville came in 2020 and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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