United adds 2 San Francisco routes, indefinitely postpones Chicago expansion

United Airlines is growing where it can.The Chicago-based Star Alliance carrier will add two new routes from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this winter even as it indefinitely postpones 10 new routes Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), where the Federal Aviation Administration has capped flight numbers.From SFO, United will launch daily flights to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) on Oct. 25, and Saturday-only flights to President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT) in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 7, schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows. Both routes will be flown with a Boeing 737-800. DJT was previously known as Palm Beach International Airport and used airport code PBI.The new routes come days after the FAA eased restrictions on the number of hourly flights allowed at SFO. The agency cut flights to 36 an hour in April citing runway construction and safety concerns. It raised the number of flights to 40 an hour on Aug. 12 and is expected to bump it up again to 42 an hour by the end of August, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.Even at 42 flights an hour, SFO will continue to operate below the up to 54 flig...