United slashes flights at Newark, LaGuardia amid coronavirus pandemic

United is drastically reducing operations at two New York-area airports amid the coronavirus pandemic. The temporary reductions at Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport take effect Sunday and will last at least three weeks, according to a letter to United employees. New York City has been hit especially hard as COVID-19 spreads, with more than 63,300 confirmed cases and 1,905 deaths as of Saturday evening, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. At Newark, one of United's hubs, the carrier will drop from its current 139 flights per day to 62 destinations to 15 daily flights to just nine destinations. At LaGuardia, United will go from 18 flights per day to four destinations to two daily flights to one destination.<br/>