No Nonstop Flights Between Cleveland Hopkins and New York City for Now Due to coronavirus Pandemic
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Clevelanders who need to travel to the New York City area should be prepared for a long drive — there are currently no nonstop flights operating between the two cities.
All three airlines that fly between the two cities — American, Delta and United — have discontinued the routes because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In recent weeks, New York City has emerged as the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., with more than 100,000 cases in the city as of early Tuesday. All major airlines have dramatically reduced flying into and out of the metro area.
Cleveland Hopkins typically has more than a dozen daily flights to New York’s three major airports, LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy in the city and Newark Liberty in New Jersey.
United is scheduled to resume service to Newark in early May; Delta plans to restart service to LaGuardia and JFK in early June; and American plans to resume service to LaGuardia in early June.
American also suspended its service to LaGuardia from the Akron-Canton Airport.
In addition, American suspended service from Cleveland to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., last week, scheduled to resume in early June.
This is the first time Cleveland has been without service to New York since 9/11, when all U.S. air travel was shut down for several days.
The reductions are part of a dramatic downsizing of air service across the United States and the world. On Sunday, the Transportation Security Administration screened just 90,510 passengers in the United States — down 96% from 2.5 million on the same day a year ago.
Cleveland Hopkins’ numbers are down a similar percentage, according to the airport.
It is still possible for Clevelanders to fly to New York. They’ll just have to connect to get there. United is routing Cleveland passengers through Washington Dulles or Chicago to get to Newark; American travelers will likely connect in Charlotte; and Delta fliers will likely fly to New York via Detroit.
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