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Back in December, I wrote about United Airlines adding several new routes that were supposed to start in June. This was done to counter some of what American was flying from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). United wants the Chicago airport for itself and said it wanted to drive American out. It put together a bonkers schedule of flights (with 87 routes seeing increases) that likely would have crippled operations at the airport. The FAA said no way and forced United to make cuts for the summer. We’re now seeing some of that take hold with nine routes not running until the fall and one being cancelled.
The following routes will not run from June to October 25th:
- University of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI) (United will fly this route up to 4x daily with American offering it up to 3x daily)
- Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) (United will fly this route up to 4x daily with American offering it up to 3x daily)
- Capital Region International Airport (LAN) (United will fly this route up to 4x daily with American offering it up to 2x daily)
- La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) (United will fly this route up to 4x daily with American offering it up to 3x daily)
- Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI) (United will fly this route up to 4x daily with American offering it up to 2x daily)
- Tri-Cities Airport (TRI) (United will fly this route up to 3x daily with American offering it up to 1x daily)
- Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field (ERI) (United will fly this route up to 3x daily with American offering it up to 1x daily)
- Rochester International Airport (RST) (United and American will fly this route up to 3x daily each)
Flights between Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport (MQT) were cancelled. American offers this route 2x to 3x daily.
Anthony’s Take: United’s CEO has made it clear that he feels that Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) is not big enough for both American and United to have hubs there and he’s not backing down. The FAA made UA pull the plug on some flights and these are some of the casualties.
(Image Credits: United Airlines.)
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