United Airlines said late Saturday it will drastically reduce flights to two New York City airports amid the coronavirus outbreak.
FILE PHOTO: United Airlines passenger jets taxi with New York City as a backdrop, at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, U.S. December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenUnited said starting Sunday it will go from 157 daily flights total at Newark and New York LaGuardia to just 17.Newark, the airline's hub in the New York area, will drop from 139 daily flights to 62 destinations to 15 flights a day to nine destinations, while LaGuardia will go from 18 to 2 flights a day.
United said regardless of whether employees are on duty, the airline will maintain pay and benefits of local employees in those locations. The reductions will be in effect for at least three weeks. On Monday, low-cost U.S. carrier Spirit Airlines Inc said it was canceling all flights to and from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey after U.S. officials warned against travel to the area because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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