United Airlines is slashing routes from some of its biggest hubs as the nation's fourth-largest carrier continues to aggressively drop small cities amid a nationwide pilot shortage.
Jeenah Moon/Getty ImagesThe airline's West Coast hubs will see most of the cuts.United Airlines is slashing routes from some of its biggest hubs as the nation's fourth-largest carrier continues to aggressively drop small cities amid a nationwide pilot shortage.
The Chicago-based carrier is suspending 12 routes originating in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, and Newark, the Points Guy first reported and the airline later confirmed to Insider.
United regularly adjusts its schedule for a variety of reasons, including demand and the broader need of its network, the airline said.fourth largest airline in the United StatesUnited has been cutting routes for over a year now and grounding regional jets due to not having enough pilots.
"Airlines are going to seek out markets that they believe will give them an advantage, but if a city isn't profitable, they will cut it,"
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