American Airlines Cuts Most NYC-Area Flights Amid Pandemic

American Airlines planes parked at the gate during the COVID-19 outbreak at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, on April 5, 2020. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

American Airlines announced that it’s suspending more inbound and outbound flights at all three major airports in the New York metropolitan area as COVID-19 infections continue to mount.

The air carrier said that between April 9 and May 6, it will operate a total of 13 daily flights from New York’s JFK and LaGuardia airports and Newark Liberty airport in New Jersey. A year ago, American flew an average of 271 daily flights across all three airports, so the drop in flight volume represents a cut of around 95 percent.