United Airways is halting flights out and in of John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport on the finish of the month.
The Chicago-based United stated it warned weeks in the past that it would droop service if the Federal Aviation Administration didn't grant the airline further flights at JFK. On Friday, it adopted by means of, telling its workers in an inside memo that it might droop flights from JFK on October 29 with the final inbound flights.
"Given our present, too-small-to-be-competitive schedule out of JFK — coupled with the beginning of the winter season the place extra airways will function their slots as they resume JFK flying — United has made the troublesome choice to briefly droop service at JFK," the corporate stated within the replace emailed to CBS MoneyWatch.
United had resumed flights out of JFK final 12 months after a five-year lapse, buying unused takeoff and touchdown authorizations generally known as slots that had been granted to different carriers however went unused in the course of the pandemic. These airways have since reclaimed the slots as customers' urge for food for journey has returned.
United is constant "constructive" discussions with the FAA within the hopes of acquiring further slots that will let it function on the airport, the service acknowledged within the doc.
United at the moment operates 4 flights a day from JFK, the New York space's busiest airport: two to Los Angeles and two to San Francisco.
The airline is working to make new preparations for passengers with tickets past that date, it acknowledged.
The FAA is working to deliver further flight capability to airports within the area, the company stated.
"The FAA is devoted to doing its half to soundly increase New York Metropolis airports and airspace capability. We'll comply with our truthful and well-established course of to award future slots to extend competitors between airways so passengers have extra choices. We're inspired United will retain and relocate its JFK employees to its different New York Metropolis airports," the company acknowledged in an electronic mail to CBS MoneyWatch.
The 100 individuals who work for United at JFK are being transferred to positions at close by airports, the service acknowledged.