United Airlines Abandoning JFK
United Airlines will stop flying to Kennedy Airport in October and shift premium cross-country flights to its hub in Newark.
The move will strengthen United’s position in Newark, where it is already the dominant airline, while withdrawing from an airport where it lags far behind Delta, JetBlue and American in passengers.
The problem for United at JFK: It didn’t offer any connecting flights for passengers who arrived from Los Angeles and San Francisco.
United has 270 employees at JFK. Executives said they would be offered jobs elsewhere but some layoffs were likely.
This article appeared in print on page 18 of edition of Hamodia.
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