Delta, United offer to trim flights at busy airports

Delta Air and United Airlines said they may reduce flight service from John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International airports in the New York City vicinity, as well as Washington’s Reagan National Airport. — Bloomberg

NEW YORK: Delta Air Lines Inc and United Airlines Holdings Inc are offering to trim flights by as much as 10% at some of the country’s busiest airports this summer to ease congestion and delays – but only in return for a promise from federal regulators that they can get them back.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reached out to airlines with multiple slots at airports in greater New York City and Washington, DC and asked them to drop flights in exchange for flying larger aircraft, the agency said.