In an effort to reduce overall costs to the airline, United recently announced they will be cutting Cleveland as one of their hubs. This move will cut about 60% of United’s flights to and from Cleveland as well as cut about 470 jobs. United is presently working to save approximately $2 billion as United’s expenses are rising faster than the revenue that the airline is bringing in.
“Our hub in Cleveland hasn’t been profitable for over a decade, and has generated tens of millions of dollars of annual losses in recent years,” said, Jeff Smisek, United Airlines CEO. “The demand for hub-level connecting flying through Cleveland simply isn’t there.”
Presently, United has outlined the flight reductions as follows:
Service to be cancelled from March 31, 2014:
Cleveland – Oklahoma City
Service to be cancelled from April 1, 2014:
Cleveland – Burlington, VT
Cleveland – Hartford
Cleveland – Madison
Cleveland – Manchester, NH
Cleveland – Montreal
Cleveland – Philadelphia
Cleveland – Providence
Cleveland – Raleigh
Service to be cancelled from May 6, 2014:
Cleveland – Charlotte
Cleveland – Louisville
Cleveland – Minneapolis
Cleveland – Nashville
Service to be cancelled from May 22, 2014:
Cleveland – Phoenix
Service to be cancelled from June 2, 2014:
Cleveland – New Orleans
Service to be cancelled from June 5, 2014:
Cleveland – Austin
Cleveland – Buffalo
Cleveland – Columbus OH
Cleveland – Dayton
Cleveland – Erie
Cleveland – Flint
Cleveland – Grand Rapids
Cleveland – Greenville
Cleveland – Harrisburg
Cleveland – Indianapolis
Cleveland – Kansas City
Cleveland – Pittsburgh
Cleveland – Richmond
Cleveland – Rochester NY
Cleveland – Syracuse
Cleveland – Toronto
Planned seasonal service on following route also cancelled:
Cleveland – Portland ME
Cleveland – Portland OR
Cleveland – Seattle
All service reductions are subject to change without notice.
