This article isolates the effect of this virus to the Pacific and primarily China. It does not grasp the scope of this spreading across the whole globe including the United States. There are various scenarios that could play out but most will put an extreme stress on airlines including United. Hopefully the virus spread will slow/stop during the summer months but most experts predict it returning in the fall. In a year of two we will have a vaccine but in the meantime air travel is going to be depressed even domestically. The company I am sure is working on various contingencies.