NSTworld: Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the novelcoronavirus (2019nCoV) outbreak. China Wuhan Coronavirus
Air 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. 1 it would suspend its Auckland-Shanghai service from Feb. 9 to March 29 due to travel restrictions affecting crew and a decline in forward bookings.South Korean budget carrier Air Seoul said on Jan.
t. It said it would continue to serve Filipinos and Chinese nationals returning from the Lunar New Year holidays.Australia’s Qantas said on Feb. 1 it was suspending direct flights to mainland China. The Australian national carrier’s direct flights from Sydney to Beijing and Sydney to Shanghai will be halted from Feb. 9 until March 29.Qatar Airways said on Feb. 1 it would suspend flights to mainland China from Feb. 3 until further notice.
The cuts include flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xiamen and Chongqing, some of which are flown by regional arm SilkAir.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.Turkmenistan Airlines, the Central Asian nation’s state carrier, said on Feb.
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