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Major US airlines, including Delta Air, US Airways, Continental Airlines and United Airlines, are cutting services to Mexico due to the flu outbreak, reported Reuters.
Delta, the world's biggest airline, still offers services to all of its 11 destinations to Mexico, spokeswoman Betsy Talton said. But the Atlanta-based carrier was making "some adjustments to flight frequencies and the type of aircraft flown on certain routes to reduce capacity and ensure it is appropriately matched to demand," she added.
Continental and United announced reductions in their service to Mexico.
US Airways said it would cut 38 percent of its scheduled flights to 12 cities in Mexico between May 10 and July 1.
The US carriers join some global airlines that have reduced links to the country. Air Canada has said it was temporarily suspending operations to popular resorts such as Cancun and Puerto Vallarta, and Spain's Air Europa said it would cut charter flights.
Germany's Lufthansa announced contingency plans to cut flights and drop routes amid the crisis, and said it would place doctors on its planes to Mexico in hopes of detecting any flu infections early.
Chicago-based United said on Friday it would cut flight departures to Mexico by 60 percent in May to just 24 flights a week. In June, United, which has less than 2 percent of its consolidated capacity dedicated to the country, will offer 52 weekly flights.
Continental said it would cut flight departures by about 40 percent and also halve its capacity on flights.
Prior to these reductions, Continental said it operated an average of 450 weekly flights to the country.
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