United pares London and Dublin flights as US travel ban widens

United Airlines has nixed some flights to London and Dublin following the US govt’s expansion of its travel ban to include passengers arriving from the UK and Ireland. From March 20 until at least the end of April, United intends to operate just 3 daily flights to London and 1 daily flight to Dublin. The 3 daily London flights will depart from Newark, San Francisco and Washington Dulles, the airline says. Prior to the latest schedule adjustment, United had planned to fly 18 daily flights to and from London, and 3 daily flights to Dublin. But the US govt announced its European travel ban had been expanded to encompass Ireland and the UK. That is in addition to a ban, which took effect March 14, on passengers from 26 other European countries. <br/>