United Airlines will increase its flight frequency between Guam and Sendai, Japan from twice weekly to four times weekly, beginning Oct. 1, 2012, the airline announced.United will introduce additional flights on Monday and Friday, in addition to the current Thursday and Sunday weekly schedule.United has been providing service between Guam and Sendai for 21 years, and we are very happy to return to pre-Japan earthquake levels of flight frequency,” said Barry Bergmann, United’s managing director for Micronesia and Southeast Asia.

The March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan caused Guam’s visitor arrivals to dip in the months following the disaster.United will return to its regular flight schedule between Guam and Sendai, as it was before the temporary closure of Sendai Airport following the Great East Japan Earthquake.The decision to increase flights to four times a week was based on the strong support of our current service by our customers and travel agency partners along with the strong demand we see for the future, Bergmann said.Sendai is one of 10 cities in Japan that United connects to from Guam with nearly 70 weekly flights.A Boeing 737-700 will operate the four-times-weekly nonstop service between Guam and Sendai. The aircraft has 12 business class seats and 112 economy seats.Bergmann said United also is planning three additional round-trip charter flights to meet an increasing demand for travel to Guam.We will continue to monitor the market demand, and add capacity accordingly, in order to continue to provide the highest level of service to our customers in the region,” Bergmann said.