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<p>Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak, which as of Saturday had killed more than 250 people and infected nearly 12,000.</p><p>Here is the latest on their plans (in alphabetical order):</p><div><strong>AIR CANADA</strong></div><p>Air Canada said on Jan. 28 it was cancelling select flights to China.</p><div><strong>AIR FRANCE</strong></div><p>Air France said on Jan. 30 it suspended all scheduled flights to and from mainland China until Feb. 9.</p><div><strong>AIR INDIA</strong></div><p>Air India said it was cancelling its Mumbai-Delhi-Shanghai flight from Jan. 31 to Feb. 14.</p><div><strong>AIR NEW ZEALAND</strong></div><p>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.</p><div><strong>AIR SEOUL</strong></div><p>South Korean budget carrier Air Seoul said on Jan. 28 it had suspended all flights to China.</p><div><strong>AIR TANZANIA</strong></div><p>Tanzania&#x27;s state-owned carrier said it would postpone its maiden flights to China. It had planned to begin charter flights to China in February.</p><div><strong>AMERICAN AIRLINES</strong></div><p>American Airlines said it would cancel flights to Beijing and Shanghai starting Jan. 31, and run through March 27, but continue to fly to Hong Kong.</p><div><strong>BRITISH AIRWAYS</strong></div><p>BA said on Jan. 30 it had cancelled all flights to mainland China for a month.</p><div><strong>CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS</strong></div><p>Hong Kong&#x27;s Cathay Pacific said it would progressively reduce capacity to and from mainland China by 50 percent or more from Jan. 30 to the end of March.</p><div><strong>CEBU PACIFIC AIR</strong></div><p>Philippine budget carrier Cebu Pacific said it would cancel all flights between the Philippines and mainland China from Feb. 2 to March 29, 2020. </p><div><strong>DELTA AIR LINES</strong></div><p>Delta Air Lines announced cancellations, with its last flights out of mainland China on Feb. 5, running through April 30.</p><div><strong>EGYPTAIR</strong></div><p>Egypt&#x27;s flag carrier said on Jan. 30 it would suspend all flights to and from China starting Feb. 1.</p><div><strong>EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES</strong></div><p>El Al Israel Airlines said on Jan. 30 it was suspending flights to Beijing until March 25. Israel&#x27;s Health Ministry said it would not allow flights from China to land at its airports.</p><div><strong>ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES</strong></div><p>The African carrier on Jan. 30 denied reports it had suspended all flights to China. The airline&#x27;s statement contradicted its passenger call center, which told Reuters earlier in the day that flights to China had been suspended.</p><div><strong>ETIHAD AIRWAYS</strong></div><p>Abu Dhabi&#x27;s Etihad Airways said passenger flights between Beijing and Nagoya, in Japan, had been temporarily suspended due to low travel demand.</p><div><strong>FINNAIR</strong></div><p>Finland&#x27;s Finnair said on Jan. 31 it was cancelling all flights to mainland China between Feb. 6 and Feb. 29 and to Guangzhou between Feb. 5 and March 29.</p><div><strong>KENYA AIRWAYS</strong></div><p>Kenya Airways said on Jan. 31 it has suspended all flights to China until further notice.</p><div><strong>LION AIR</strong></div><p>Indonesia&#x27;s Lion Air Group said on Jan. 29 it would suspend all flights to China from February. The airline has suspended six flights from several Indonesian cities to China so far and will suspend the rest next month.</p><div><strong>LOT POLISH AIRLINES</strong></div><p>Polish carrier LOT said it had decided to temporarily suspend its flights to Beijing until Feb. 9.</p><div><strong>LUFTHANSA</strong></div><p>Germany&#x27;s Lufthansa said on Jan. 29 it was suspending Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines flights to and from China until Feb. 9. The airline continues to fly to Hong Kong, but it will stop taking bookings for flights to mainland China until the end of February.</p><div><strong>PHILIPPINE AIRLINES</strong></div><p>The Philippine flag carrier said it was reducing flights between Manila and destinations in China starting Feb. 1 by some 50 percent. </p><div><strong>QANTAS AIRWAYS</strong></div><p>Australia&#x27;s Qantas said on Feb. 1 it was suspending direct flights to mainland China. The Australian national carrier&#x27;s direct flights from Sydney to Beijing and Sydney to Shanghai will be halted from Feb. 9 until March 29.</p><div><strong>ROYAL AIR MAROC</strong></div><p>Moroccan airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has suspended its direct flights to China, the company said on Jan. 30. RAM had on Jan. 16 launched a direct air route with three flights weekly between its Casablanca hub and Beijing.</p><div><strong>RUSSIA</strong></div><p>All Russian airlines, with the exception of national airline Aeroflot, will stop flying to China, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said.</p><div><strong>RWANDAIR</strong></div><p>Rwanda carrier RwandAir has halted flights to and from China until further notice, the airline said in a statement on Friday. The decision will be reviewed later in February, it said.</p><div><strong>SAS</strong></div><p>Nordic airline SAS said on Jan. 30 it has decided to suspend all flights to and from Shanghai and Beijing from Jan. 31 until Feb. 9.</p><p>SAS offers 12 regular weekly connections from and to Shanghai and Beijing.</p><div><strong>SCOOT</strong></div><p>Singapore airline Scoot said it was suspending all flights between Singapore and China from Feb. 8, media reported.</p><div><strong>SHANGHAI AIRLINES</strong></div><p>Shanghai Airlines said on Jan. 31 it would suspend its Chengdu-Budapest flight between Feb. 4 and March 28 and its Xi&#x27;an-Budapest flight between Feb. 6 and March 26 according to a statement on the website of the Budapest Airport operator.</p><p>The airline&#x27;s Shanghai-Budapest flight is unaffected.</p><div><strong>SINGAPORE AIRLINES</strong></div><p>Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Jan. 31 it would reduce capacity on some of its routes to mainland China in February.</p><p>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.</p><div><strong>TURKISH AIRLINES</strong></div><p>Turkey&#x27;s flag carrier said on Jan. 30 it would decrease frequency on scheduled flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xian between Feb. 5 and Feb. 29.</p><div><strong>UNITED AIRLINES</strong></div><p>Chicago-based United announced cancellations, saying last flights out of mainland China will be Feb. 5, running through March 28.</p><p>United had previously suspended 24 US flights to Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai between Feb. 1 and Feb. 8 because of a significant drop in demand.</p><div><strong>UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC</strong></div><p>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 flight cancellations were due to the virus.</p><div><strong>VIETJET</strong></div><p>Vietnam&#x27;s Vietjet will suspend all flights to and from China from Feb. 1, the company said on Jan. 31. Vietnam Airlines will suspend some flights to China.</p><div><strong>VIETNAM AIRLINES</strong></div><p>Vietnam Airlines will suspend its flights to destinations in China next week over coronavirus concerns, the company said on Friday.</p><div><strong>VIRGIN ATLANTIC</strong></div><p>Virgin Atlantic said on Jan. 30 it would suspend its daily operations to Shanghai for two weeks from Feb. 2. It cited declining demand for flights and the safety of its customers and staff.</p>

<p>Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak, which as of Saturday had killed more than 250 people and infected nearly 12,000.</p>

Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak, which as of Saturday had killed more than 250 people and infected nearly 12,000.