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United Airline cuts some Hong Kong flights due to weak demand

United Airlines has announced it will be suspending flights on its Chicago-Hong Kong and Guam-Hong Kong routes beginning early September. The “decline in demand”, was citing amidst increasing unrest in Hong Kong . .
    
Hundreds of Hong Kong flights have been cancelled due to the ongoing protests.
    
United Airlines yesterday announced cut backs on its routes to Hong Kong from September, due to ongoing difficulties.
    
Flights into and out of Hong Kong have been severely disrupted over the past month as a result of widespread protests against a proposed extradition bill.
    
The protests have forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights that led to the resignation of Cathay Pacific’s CEO Rupert Hogg after a backlash against his stance on the demonstrations.
    
United Airlines will still operate multiple services to Hong Kong each day.
    
Hong Kong flight suspensions will be a significant blow to the total capacity on those routes.
    
Alongside the existing daily flight to Hong Kong from both Newark and San Francisco, United will add an additional daily service from San Francisco. This means United will remain the leading US carrier in terms of international flights to the city.
    
At the moment these suspensions are just a temporary measure and feasibly, provided the situations in Hong Kong improves, could be reintroduced at a later date.
    
A United Airlines spokesman said the cancellations will “help us better match our capacity to customer demand.”

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