Right here is the place the airline has lower companies.
Small airports serving (often) small communities have been badly hit for the reason that pandemic struck. United alone has ended service to 36, most just lately Pueblo, Colorado. The cuts are in enormous contrast to United’s historic aircraft order placed on December 13th. In fact, many of the 36 airports will nonetheless be served by different carriers, and specific routes will stay operated on an Important Air Service (EAS) foundation, simply by a distinct operator.
United has primarily lower the airports due to the continuing pilot scarcity and parked regional plane. Many airports had been served by single-class, 50-seater regional jets, that are more and more being withdrawn, and might’t maintain multi-class, bigger RJs, with their a lot better economics. Some airports had been solely just lately added to the community.