Airlines have started suspending flights to China in the wake of a new coronavir...
- Airlines have started suspending flights to China in the wake of a new coronavirus outbreak, which as of Thursday had killed 170 people and infected almost 8,000.
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.The U.S. airline said on Jan. 29 it was reducing flights to China to 21 per week from 42, starting Feb. 6 through April 30.Egypt’s flag carrier said on Jan. 30 it would suspend all flights to and from China starting Feb. 1.The African carrier on Jan. 30 denied reports it had suspended all flights to China.
The cancellations will reduce the carrier’s daily departures for mainland China and Hong Kong to four daily departures from 12.
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