Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outb...
A tourist wears a mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as she arrives at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunAir Canada said on Jan. 28 it was cancelling select flights to China.Air France said on Jan. 30 it had suspended all scheduled flights to and from mainland China until Feb. 9.Air India said it was cancelling its Mumbai-Delhi-Shanghai flight from Jan. 31 to Feb. 14.Air New Zealand said on Feb.
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific said it would progressively reduce capacity to and from mainland China by 50% or more from Jan. 30 to the end of March.Delta Air Lines accelerated earlier announced suspensions: the last China-bound flights were due to leave on Feb. 1, and the last returning flights from China were due to leave China on Feb. 2.Egypt’s flag carrier said on Jan. 30 it would suspend all flights to and from China starting Feb. 1.El Al Israel Airlines said on Jan.
Moscow Sheremetyevo airport later said small Russian airline Ikar would also continue its flights between Moscow and China. Four Chinese airlines - China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Air China, China Eastern – will keep flying to Moscow. All planes arriving from China will be sent to a separate terminal in the Sheremetyevo airport, it said.Rwandan carrier RwandAir has halted flights to and from China until further notice, the airline said on Jan. 31.
The cuts include flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xiamen and Chongqing, some of which are flown by regional arm SilkAir. Its budget carrier Scoot is also cutting back on flights to China.Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said all flights from China would be suspended from Wednesday until the end of the month and that passengers on flights from Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia would be screened with thermal cameras.
United had previously suspended 24 U.S. flights to Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai between Feb. 1 and Feb. 8 because of a significant drop in demand.UPS has cancelled 22 China flights, as a result of the Wuhan quarantines and normal manufacturing closures due to the Lunar New Year holiday, UPS Chief Executive David Abney said on Jan. 30. He did not specify how many flights cancellations were due to the virus.Vietnam’s Vietjet will suspend all flights to and from China from Feb.
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