{"id":441869,"date":"2026-08-24T09:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441869\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:38:24","slug":"united-resumes-ultra-short-lax-to-bakersfield-flights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441869\/","title":{"rendered":"United resumes ultra-short LAX to Bakersfield flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Airlines relaunched daily service between Los Angeles and Bakersfield on August 11, using regional jets. The 109-mile route takes about an hour block time but only 24-30 minutes airborne. SkyWest operates the flights under United Express branding.<\/p>\n<p>Flights UA4804 and UA4730 operate daily, departing LAX at 10:43 AM and returning from BFL at 2:03 PM. Actual airtime is roughly half the scheduled duration due to LAX taxi delays. The Embraer E175s are operated by SkyWest, serving Kern County\u2019s economic needs alongside American Airlines routes.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-[1.05rem] leading-[1.75]\">Travelers gain a faster alternative to driving or connecting via hubs, saving time on short intra-state trips. For regional airports, new routes mean increased connectivity and potential revenue from passengers who might otherwise skip air travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"United Airlines relaunched daily service between Los Angeles and Bakersfield on August 11, using regional jets. The 109-mile&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-441869","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\/441869","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=441869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}