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United Airlines Is Quitting New York’s JFK Airport Once Again

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United Airlines Quitting JFK Airport

United Airlines Is Quitting New York’s JFK Airport

United Airlines is quitting New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport once again.

The Chicago-based airline revealed in a memo sent out to employees that it will suspend its service to John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York starting in late October.

“Given our current, too-small-to-be-competitive schedule out of JFK — coupled with the start of the Winter season where more airlines will operate their slots as they resume JFK flying — United has made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend service at JFK,” United said in the memo that was seen and first reported by Reuters.

The airline had threatened last month to do just that, if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did not give United additional flights at NYC’s busiest airport.

United Airlines is the third largest domestic airline behind American and Delta. The airline had previously said that without additional permanent slots, it cannot operate out of JFK effectively compared to the larger schedules and more attractive flight times flown by competitors such as JetBlue and American.

United said the decision would impact 100 employees who work at JFK, who would be transferred to other nearby stations.

The FAA said Friday it is “dedicated to doing its part to safely expand New York City airports and airspace capacity. We will follow our fair and well-established process to award future slots to increase competition.”

In 2015, United left JFK and decided to concentrate on its local hub at Newark. Back then it leased its 24 year-round slots to rival Delta Air Lines.

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