United eyes Mexico

CHICAGO — United Airlines said Monday that it has applied to fly five new routes from Chicago and Los Angeles to cities in Mexico under a new bilateral agreement between the two countries. The service will begin this winter if it gets government approval, United said. The Chicago routes would include service on United's discount carrier Ted to Cancun 11 times a week and daily service to Puerto Vallarta. The airline also wants to fly three daily Ted routes between Los Angeles and Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Cancun.