到3月底，美国联合航空公司将决定在近40年中首次成为国内航空公司，因为该公司决定终止在新型冠状病毒大流行中的所有长途飞行。
曼联周五表示，星空联盟航空公司将在3月28日之前暂停其95％的国际飞行，包括其飞往非洲，亚太地区，欧洲和南美的所有航班。剩下的唯一的国际服务将是飞往墨西哥的“少量白天航班”，以及该航空公司从关岛开出的岛上航班的某些航线。
新的时间表将于3月22日发布，与美联航的口号“与人联系”相去甚远。团结世界。”
在首席执行官Oscar Munoz和总裁Scott Kirby以及航空公司工会领导人在信中对美联航进行的最新一次长途裁员数小时后，在一封信中说：“为了保持我们的公司地位，不久将需要采取更多削减成本的措施漂浮。”
他们说：“由于疫情对旅行需求的惊人影响，我们仍然是受这场危机的经济影响最严重的国家之一。”该航空公司在4月和5月将系统容量至少降低了60％。
在COVID-19危机中，美联航的国际裁员规模是迄今为止美国三巨头中最深的。美国航空暂停了飞往伦敦和东京的除三条长途航线之外的所有航线，并保留了前往加勒比海和墨西哥的一些航班。达美航空保留着最国际化的航线，包括五大洲的目的地，尽管它的运营缩减了70％。
但是，危机仍在继续，航空公司可能会进一步裁员。
美国政府已警告美国公民不得出国旅行，并于周四发布“请勿旅行”咨询。此外，除了货运和基本旅行以外，它还关闭了加拿大和墨西哥的所有边境，以减缓COVID-19的传播。
曼联的最新裁员计划将使其航线图暂时恢复到1980年代初以来从未见过的几乎所有国内状态。直到1983年开始飞往香港和东京的航班，该航空公司才缺少长途航线，直到1986年收购了泛美航空公司的太平洋业务后，它才成为主要的国际航空公司。
United Airlines will be primarily a domestic carrier for the first time in nearly four decades by the end of March with its decision to end all long-haul flying amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Star Alliance carrier will suspend 95% of its international flying, including all of its flights to Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and South America by March 28, United said late Friday. The only remaining international services will be a “small number of daytime flights” to Mexico, as well as some routes on the carrier’s island-hopper schedule from Guam.
The new schedule, available from March 22, is a far cry from United’s slogan: “Connecting People. Uniting the World.”
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United’s latest long-haul reductions came hours after CEO Oscar Munoz and president Scott Kirby, as well as the leaders of the airlines’ labor unions, told employees in a letter that “even more cost-cutting measures will be required soon to keep our company afloat.”
“We continue to be among the most severely affected by the economic impact of this crisis, due to the outbreak’s breathtaking effect on travel demand,” they said. The airline has cut system capacity by at least 60% in April and May.
United’s international cuts are the deepest of the U.S. big three to date in the COVID-19 crisis. American Airlines is suspending all but three long-haul routes to London and Tokyo, and keeping some flights to the Caribbean and Mexico. Delta Air Lines is keeping the most international routes, including destinations on five continents, even as it winds down 70% of its operation.
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However, the crisis is remains dynamic and further cuts by airlines are likely.
The U.S. government has warned American citizens from traveling abroad, issuing a “do not travel” advisory on Thursday. In addition, it is closing both the Canadian and Mexico borders to all but cargo and essential travel to slow the spread of COVID-19.
United’s latest cuts will see its route map temporarily return to a nearly all-domestic state unseen since the early 1980s. The airline lacked any long-haul routes until flights to Hong Kong and Tokyo began in 1983, and it only became a major international player when it bought Pan Am’s Pacific operation in 1986.
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