United Suspending More Asian Flights
United Airlines announced it is reducing the number of flights to Japan, Singapore and South Korea due to Coronavirus fears. The airline is reducing capacity to Tokyo-Narita, Osaka, Singapore and Seoul.
United will cut flights from San Francisco International Airport to Singapore beginning in March from two flights daily to one flight per day. Flights from SFO to Seoul, Korea will be reduced from daily to three times per week starting in March. More flight reductions will occur in April.
United is also extending the suspension of flights between U.S. airport hub locations and Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Hong Kong through April 30.
| 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)