![]() ![]() ![]() So to address the shortage, some in the industry and in Congress are calling for some big changes. The Regional Airline Association says its member airlines, including SkyWest, Republic, Envoy, Endeavor, and Mesa, which fly regional routes on behalf of the big legacy carriers such as American Eagle, Delta Shuttle and United Express, are not cutting service to these smaller airports because they want to, but because they don't have enough pilots to staff the flights. ![]() United's single daily flight to Mason City also stops in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and is that small city's only flight each day, too.Įven Chicago's O'Hare, one of the world's busiest airports, has nearly 25% fewer departures each day than it did in 2019, because of the sharp drop in the number of regional airline flights to smaller cities, according to the aviation data analytics firm OAG. Places like Twin Falls, Idaho Mason City, Iowa and Elko, Nev., are down to one flight a day. American and Delta have dropped dozens of cities from their flight schedules, too. United Airlines has ended service to 25 destinations since the pandemic began. The pilot shortage is also forcing airlines, especially regional carriers, to reduce the number of flights they offer, particularly to smaller cities. ![]()
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