United makes major cuts for flights to Asia, offers its pilots a month off at reduced pay

United Airlines has made this announcement:

We are extending the suspension of flights between our U.S. airport hub locations and Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Hong Kong through April 30. Additionally, we are reducing capacity to Tokyo-Narita, Osaka, Singapore and Seoul. We will stay in close contact with the CDC and other health organizations as we continue to evaluate our schedule.

Routes	March	April
Los Angeles (LAX) to Tokyo-Narita (NRT)	Flights suspended starting March 8	Flights suspended until April 24
Houston (IAH) to Tokyo-Narita (NRT)	Flights suspended starting March 8	Flights suspended until April 24
Chicago O’Hare (ORD) to Tokyo-Narita (NRT)	Flights suspended March 8 – 27	Starting March 28, flights to Tokyo-Haneda (HND) will operate daily*
New York/Newark (EWR) to Tokyo-Narita (NRT)	No change	Reduction to 5x weekly (from daily)
San Francisco (SFO) to Osaka-Kansai (KIX)	No change	Reduction to 5x weekly (from daily)
San Francisco (SFO) to Singapore (SIN)	Reduction to 1x daily (from 2x daily)	Reduction to 1x daily (from 2x daily)
San Francisco (SFO) to Seoul–Incheon (ICN)	Reduction to 3x weekly (from 1x daily)	Reduction to 3x weekly (from 2x daily)

*Tokyo-Haneda (HND) schedule not affected (daily SFO-HND and starting March 28 daily ORD, LAX, IAD, EWR)

We suspend travel to China and Hong Kong

February 12, 2020

As we continue to evaluate our operation between our U.S. airport hub locations and Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai as well as Hong Kong, we have decided to extend the suspension of those flights until April 24. We will continue to monitor the situation and will evaluate our schedule as we remain in close contact with the CDC and other public health experts around the globe.

We suspend travel to Hong Kong

February 4, 2020

In response to the continued drop in demand, we are suspending travel to Hong Kong beginning February 8 until February 20. Our last flights will depart San Francisco on February 5 (flight 877 and flight 869) and the last returning flight will depart Hong Kong on February 7 (flight 862).

In other news, United is offering its pilots a month off at reduced pay rates due to flight cuts.

Read the full report from CNBC.

United Airlines aircraft photo gallery (Boeing):