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According to Simple Flying, United Airlines has pulled these flights as a result of both travel restrictions in various countries and low demand."Many of these cuts are not surprising. Markets like Auckland, Melbourne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong have not announced plans to reopen for foreign tourists, which is the primary driver of demand on these routes," the flying news outlet reported.
The airline might continue to pare down service in the coming months, but the company appears optimistic about its summer in Europe—which might explain why most of the cuts occur only until March., United's chief commercial officer, told investors on a fourth-quarter earnings call that the airline was"booked ahead from a passenger and revenue perspective" in the European market from March onwards, per Simple Flying.
has been warning about the toll that Omicron is taking on the travel industry. After a hit to its first-quarter revenue because of the variant, the airline lowered its 2022 growth forecast, noting that it would fly less this year than it did in 2019, CNBC reported. This means the airline isto increase 2022 flight capacity by 5 percent from pre-pandemic levels.
"The United team has been fighting through unprecedented obstacles to, once again, overcome the new and daunting challenges that COVID-19 is bringing to aviation, and I am grateful to each one of them for their commitment to taking care of our customers," Kirby recently said in an earnings release call."Omicron is impacting near term demand, we remain optimistic about the spring and excited about the summer and beyond.
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