Qantas will suspend its two direct routes to Beijing and Shanghai from February 9 to March 29, the Australian airline said in a statement, amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
Airline staff at Haneda Airport on January 31, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
The Association of Flight Attendants, an American union representing 50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines, is urging the US government to halt all flights to China until the coronavirus outbreak has been contained. "The government must work with our airlines to discontinue all service, with consideration for evacuation of flight crew, and with consideration to service that facilitates efforts by public health officials to contain spread of the virus," said AFA president Sara Nelson in a statement.“The coronavirus may be spread by infected persons not yet displaying symptoms.
We need responsible leadership from our government and we need it now. We will continue to work with our airlines, who have been exceeding precautions suggested by the administration – albeit now these actions are clearly not enough. This must end now. This is an emergency and our government must take a leadership role, in consultation with all stakeholders, in order to end this public health threat and protect American workers.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
East African airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirusKenya Airways and RwandAir said on Friday that they had suspended all flights to...
Read more »
Airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirusAirlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outb...
Read more »
Factbox: Airlines suspend China flights over coronavirusSee the airlines suspending China flights over coronavirus, which has killed 170 people and infected almost 8,000 Full coverage here:
Read more »
Airlines suspend China flights over coronavirusAirlines have started suspending flights to China in the wake of a new coronavir...
Read more »
Delta, American suspend all U.S.-China flightsDelta Air Lines Inc and American Airlines Group Inc decided on Friday to tempora...
Read more »