United Airlines is dropping three routes and leaving two cities.
The carrier will stop flying to Texas and Arizona in the fall.
The short route between Los Angeles and San Diego will no longer be operated by United.
In the past, United Airlines has dropped cities from its network.
The company confirmed to Insider that it is cutting three routes and leaving two cities. The carrier is ending service between Los Angeles and San Diego, which has been going on for 40 years.
The details are listed here.
The flights between Texas and Houston will end in September.
The flights between the three cities will end on October 30.
There will be no flights between Los Angeles and San Diego in October.
Both cities will only have commercial airline service from American Airlines now that United has left. From Dallas/Fort Worth and Phoenix, the carrier flies to the states of Texas and Arizona.
"We've made the difficult decision to suspend service to two cities this fall and have already started working with customers on alternate plans."
Denver, Newark, Washington DC, Houston, Chicago, and San Francisco are some of the other United hubs that will continue to serve flights to San Diego.
United just started the service in February and dropped Texarkana because of that. The route was an experiment funded by the airport authority.
The small community air service development program gave the airport almost one million dollars to start the service.
The service was supposed to run for a year, but low booking forced United to end it early.
The airline saw a four-month growth in passenger numbers at Texarkana since it started the service and the airport's parking lot was at full capacity for the first time in its history.
"We realize this was a business decision, and we appreciate United's willingness to give us a chance during a difficult time," said the director of the airport.
There may still be an opportunity to increase its American service.
It is unfortunate that United left TXK, but we will continue to strengthen our partnership with American Airlines and look for ways to add more destinations.
In the past, United has dropped small cities. The carrier announced in November that it would be exiting 11 markets, cutting another 14 in December, and then nixing 17 more in February.
A combination of low demand, high operating costs, and staffing shortages have led to the shredding of regional networks by United, American, and Delta Air Lines. American and United have stopped flying 100 regional jets because they don't have enough pilots.
In November, Henry Harteveldt told Insider that airlines don't have a civic responsibility to serve small towns.
In the wake of the most financially brutal 18 months that the global airline industry has experienced, airlines are going to seek out markets that they believe will give them an advantage, but if a city isn't profitable, they will cut it
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