Coronavirus: Air France, BA, 5 Others Halt, Reduce Flights to China

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e385825b coronavirus Coronavirus: Air France, BA, 5 Others Halt, Reduce Flights to China

By Chinedu Eze

Seven airlines have announced that they are halting or reducing flights to China as the country struggles to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

The airlines are Air France, British Airways, United Airlines, Lion Air, Finnair, Cathay Pacific and Urals Airlines

Air France suspended its three weekly flights to Wuhan on January 24, but as of Wednesday morning said it was maintaining its 23 weekly flights to Beijing and Shanghai.

AFP reported that British Airways, which flies daily from London’s Heathrow airport to Shanghai and Beijing, said it had suspended all its flights to and from mainland China.

Indonesia’s Lion Air Group, Southeast Asia’s biggest carrier by fleet size, is halting all its flights to and from China owing to the deadly coronavirus, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Hong Kong-based carrier, Cathay Pacific, said it would progressively reduce capacity by 50 per cent or more on its routes to…



Source: Thisday Newspaper