Coronavirus outbreak: United, American suspend flights to and from Hong Kong
United Airlines and American Airlines on Tuesday suspended their flights to Hong Kong as U.S. carriers continue to manage the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
United said it would cease flying from San Francisco International to Hong Kong through Feb. 20, with the final flight departing San Francisco on Wednesday, and the final flight departing Hong Kong on Friday.
The airline cited a drop in demand and said it would monitor the situation to see if additional changes were needed.
American said Tuesday that it would suspend its flights to Hong Kong from Dallas-Fort Worth International and Los Angeles International through Feb. 20, also citing demand.
Delta Air Lines stopped flying to Hong Kong from Seattle in 2018.
United, American and Delta had suspended direct flights to mainland China amid the coronavirus outbreak, and many overseas carriers have done so as well.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific said Tuesday that it planned to cut its global capacity by 30% in the short term, and 90% on the mainland, Reuters reported.
At least two China-based airlines continue to fly directly from the U.S. to the mainland.
At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, China Southern Airlines had two flights in the air from China to U.S. airports, one from Guangzhou to Los Angeles International and another from Guangzhou to New York JFK, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
Air China had one flight en route from Beijing to Los Angeles International. Another Air China flight was scheduled to depart San Francisco on Wednesday for Shanghai.
Cathay Pacific had flights en route from New York, Chicago O’Hare, Los Angeles and San Francisco to Hong Kong Tuesday evening, as well as flights from Hong Kong to New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Anchorage, Alaska.
