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United is first to cut US flying due to virus outbreak

by AP Airlines Writer
| March 5, 2020 12:05 AM

United Airlines will reduce flights, freeze hiring and ask employees to volunteer for unpaid leave as the airline struggles with weak demand for travel because of the new virus outbreak.

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