{"id":295709,"date":"2026-05-01T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295709\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:59:09","slug":"bakersfield-to-lax-flights-on-united-airlines-to-start-august-11-at-meadows-field-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295709\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield-to-LAX flights on United Airlines to start August 11 at Meadows Field Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/meadowsfield.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meadows Field Airport<\/a> in Bakersfield will add a new nonstop option this summer, with the announcement that United Airlines will begin direct flights to Los Angeles International Airport starting August 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The new route expands United\u2019s presence at Meadows Field, where the airline will serve three destinations from BFL: Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines will continue to offer service from Bakersfield to Dallas\/Fort Worth and Phoenix, providing additional connections for travelers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meadows Field Airport's TSA entrance{ }{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/88af32dd-c56c-4547-8c2d-82a25320b347-Image.jpg\"\/>Meadows Field Airport&#8217;s TSA entrance{ }Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (1)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an exciting step forward for our community. Each new route expands access, supports local businesses, and strengthens our region\u2019s economic vitality. We\u2019re proud to partner with both United Airlines and American Airlines in delivering these essential connections,&#8221; stated Meadows Field officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield will add a new nonstop option this summer, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-295709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}