United Airways has dropped service at one more U.S. airport.
United will now not service Westchester County Airport in White Plains, in suburban New York Metropolis. United operated the flight to its dwelling base in Chicago. The service will finish on June 30.
The airline has now ended service at 39 U.S. airports.
Many of the cuts got here through the pandemic, as airways paired again their schedules.
“Since we’ve got a restricted variety of regional jets and pilots to fly them, we frequently consider how finest to make use of these sources to supply handy service to smaller airports throughout the nation. Primarily based on this evaluation, we’ve got determined to droop service between White Plains and Chicago beginning 7/1. We’ve already begun proactively contacting our clients to supply them different flights to Chicago from LGA, EWR and different close by airports,” United stated in a assertion.
Westchester County Airport (HPN) was a handy possibility for a lot of who didn’t wish to drive into the town or New Jersey.
The airport will nonetheless be serviced by American, JetBlue, and others. Like United, American has a hub in Chicago. In actual fact, American operates three day by day flights between Westchester and Chicago. However Chicago can be the headquarters of United. Paradoxically, United charged $11.00 extra for a flight from Chicago to HPN, however sorely lacked in market share to the airport, in line with stats from the Division of Transportation.
However most airways, United included, have dropped smaller airports because the pilot scarcity has worsened.
