United Airlines slashes Asia flight capacity

Sunday, 01 Mar, 2020 0

United Airlines has taken a hatchet to its remaining Asia flight schedules.

It extended flight cancellations to Greater China and also announced it will cut services to three more countries.

Capacity cuts will come in the form of suspended routes, service reductions and downgrading  to smaller aircraft.

They will impact services to Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka.

Tokyo Narita flights from Houston and Los Angeles are being suspended from March 8.

The Chicago route will be suspended through March 27, 2020 and will then resume but from Tokyo Haneda, which is an already planned move.

It is also cutting the daily Newark-Tokyo Narita route from daily to five times a week.

The San Francisco to Seoul route is being culled to just three flights a week from March 8 through April 24, 2020, and Singapore seat capacity is being halved during the same period.

As the US carrier with the most services to Asia, the Chicago based airline has most to lose due to the plunge in travel demand.

Rivals Delta Air Lines and American have also significantly cut trans-pacific capacity.



 

profileimage

TravelMole Editorial Team

Editor for TravelMole North America and Asia pacific regions. Ray is a highly experienced (15+ years) skilled journalist and editor predominantly in travel, hospitality and lifestyle working with a huge number of major market-leading brands. He has also cover in-depth news, interviews and features in general business, finance, tech and geopolitical issues for a select few major news outlets and publishers.



Most Read

Vegas’s Billion-Dollar Secrets – What They Don’t Want Tourists to Know

Visit Florida’s New CEO Bryan Griffin Shares His Vision for State Tourism with Graham

Chicago’s Tourism Renaissance: Graham Interviews Kristin Reynolds of Choose Chicago

Graham Talks with Cassandra McCauley of MMGY NextFactor About the Latest Industry Research

Destination International’s Andreas Weissenborn: Research, Advocacy, and Destination Impact

Graham and Don Welsh Discuss the Success of Destinations International’s Annual Conference

Graham and CEO Andre Kiwitz on Ventura Travel’s UK Move and Recruitment for the Role

Brett Laiken and Graham Discuss Florida’s Tourism Momentum and Global Appeal

Graham and Elliot Ferguson on Positioning DC as a Cultural and Inclusive Global Destination

Graham Talks to Fraser Last About His England-to-Ireland Trek for Mental Health Awareness

Kathy Nelson Tells Graham About the Honour of Hosting the World Cup and Kansas City’s Future

Graham McKenzie on Sir Richie Richardson’s Dual Passion for Golf and His Homeland, Antigua
TRAINING & COMPETITION
Skip to toolbar
Clearing CSS/JS assets' cache... Please wait until this notice disappears...
Updating... Please wait...