United Previews New Dulles Concourse E Ahead of Tuesday's Opening

United Airlines and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority previewed a new concourse at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday, ahead of its public opening on November 10.

The 435,000-square-foot Concourse E adds 14 United gates, direct access to the AeroTrain, dining and retail space, and a nearly 40,000-square-foot United Club. It is the airport's first new concourse in almost two decades.

The new gates can serve domestic and international flights. United says the added capacity will help support more than 300 daily departures from Dulles next summer.

This is the first of four planned Concourse E construction phases. Later phases are expected to add up to 36 more United gates, a new international customs processing area and a Polaris lounge.

The opening is one part of the airport's broader Dulles Global Gateway program, a capital investment plan of more than $20 billion over the next decade. That program also includes changes to the Main Terminal, expanded AeroTrain service and other new or modernized concourses.

United also plans to begin international Airbus A321XLR service from Dulles to Amsterdam and Dublin in December. Those flights are separate from the concourse's November opening.