United adds new flights for Husker away games this fall

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A major airline is expanding travel with Nebraska football fans in mind.

United Airlines is adding direct flights from Lincoln to Detroit ahead of Nebraska playing at Michigan on Nov. 12 as well as flying bigger planes from Lincoln to Iowa ahead of the Huskers playing Iowa on Nov. 25.

A round-trip flight from Oklahoma City to Lincoln is being added on Sept. 16 before the Huskers take on University of Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 17.

In all, the airline is adding more than 120 flights for more than 45 of the season's biggest games around the country