United Airlines to indefinitely suspend flights out of Columbia starting next year

United Airlines will indefinitely suspend flights out of Columbia Regional Airport effective Jan. 4, 2022, the City of Columbia announced Thursday.

United will "end service to Columbia at the start of the new year" because of "changes in the long-term sustainability of this route," Charles Hobart, a spokesperson for the airline, wrote Thursday in an email to the Tribune.

United currently operates two daily flights to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

"We will work with impacted customers to help them make alternate plans," Hobart wrote, before expounding on the decision. "Many different factors determine a successful route, and our decisions include careful evaluation of our overall network, fleet, resources at our regional partners and yields. With that in mind, we have determined that this particular route is not sustainable for the long-term."

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