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CLEVELAND, Ohio – United Airlines confirmed Saturday that departures from Cleveland will be cut by about 60 percent due to unprofitable operations in the city.
Northeast Ohio Media Group spoke with several travelers to get their feelings on what the cutbacks will mean. Here’s what they had to say:
Omar Garcia of Cleveland uses United to fly to Puerto Rico. It’s what he’s flown since he came to America five years ago from Bayamon, Puerto Rico. It’s the same airline his mother, brothers, sisters and their families used to move to America.
He was at the airport Saturday to pick up another sister who was flying direct from the island.
“I fly United because it’s the cheapest flight I can find,” he said.
Garcia said with such a long flight to begin with, he would rather his family be flying straight to where he lives instead of another airport nearby like Akron, Pittsburgh or Detroit.
“It’s the best airline because it’s cheaper,” Garcia said. “I find this flight cheap (for my sister). It’s a nice price.
“I can fly another company but I think United gave me a good deal. I think it’s bad news for me and a lot of people.”
Eric Holman of Rocky River flies “the cheapest fare.” He was at the airport Saturday to pick someone up. Holman knows all to well, though, about an airline pulling out of airport. He’s originally from Pittsburgh and closely followed the news in January about US Airways ending a six-year operation center in Pittsburgh, but its effects were noticeable long before that announcement.
“When they built the airport (in Pittsburgh), they built it to be a point of interest,” he said. “When US Airways started leaving, the airport is just dead.”
As for Cleveland, Holman said between the loss of jobs and limited flights, “it could have a big impact to this area.”
I'm surprised it took United this long after the merger to start dumping Cleveland. I figured they'd dump as much of the Continental side of the company as they could.
Northeast Ohio Media Group spoke with several travelers to get their feelings on what the cutbacks will mean. Here’s what they had to say:
Omar Garcia of Cleveland uses United to fly to Puerto Rico. It’s what he’s flown since he came to America five years ago from Bayamon, Puerto Rico. It’s the same airline his mother, brothers, sisters and their families used to move to America.
He was at the airport Saturday to pick up another sister who was flying direct from the island.
“I fly United because it’s the cheapest flight I can find,” he said.
Garcia said with such a long flight to begin with, he would rather his family be flying straight to where he lives instead of another airport nearby like Akron, Pittsburgh or Detroit.
“It’s the best airline because it’s cheaper,” Garcia said. “I find this flight cheap (for my sister). It’s a nice price.
“I can fly another company but I think United gave me a good deal. I think it’s bad news for me and a lot of people.”
Eric Holman of Rocky River flies “the cheapest fare.” He was at the airport Saturday to pick someone up. Holman knows all to well, though, about an airline pulling out of airport. He’s originally from Pittsburgh and closely followed the news in January about US Airways ending a six-year operation center in Pittsburgh, but its effects were noticeable long before that announcement.
“When they built the airport (in Pittsburgh), they built it to be a point of interest,” he said. “When US Airways started leaving, the airport is just dead.”
As for Cleveland, Holman said between the loss of jobs and limited flights, “it could have a big impact to this area.”
I'm surprised it took United this long after the merger to start dumping Cleveland. I figured they'd dump as much of the Continental side of the company as they could.
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