Coronavirus Forces Airlines to Suspend Flights to and from China
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Coronavirus forces airlines to suspend flights to and from China In the meantime almost all airlines have discontinued or at least significantly reduced their connections to and from China. In addition, some airlines have moved their dates from and to which flights are or are not flown forward or backward. Those affected travellers should therefore in any case contact our travel agents for booked or planned trips. Below is the current overview of the affected routes: North America Airline Based in Suspended Dates of suspension Air Canada Canada Flights to Beijing and Shanghai Jan. 30 - Feb. 29 American U.S. All flights to China; and Hong Kong service from Dallas (from Feb. 1 Jan. 31 - Mar. 27 Airlines to Feb. 21) and Los Angeles (Feb. 1 to March 27) Delta U.S. All flights to China Feb. 2 - Apr. 30 United Airlines U.S. Service to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu; and Hong Kong service Feb. 5 - Mar. 28 from Feb. 8 until Feb. 20 Asia Airline Based in Suspended Dates of suspension Air India India Flights between Delhi and Shanghai, and between Delhi and Hong Jan. 31 - Feb. 14 Kong (from Feb. 8) Air Seoul South Korea Flights between Incheon and Zhangjiajie and Linyi in China Jan. 28* AirAsia Malaysia All flights to Wuhan and selected flights to mainland China; all Jan. 24 - Feb. 29 flights between the Philippines and mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau (until further notice) All Nippon Japan Flights to nine cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Jan. 23 - Mar. 29 Airways Guangzhou, from Tokyo and Osaka; flights between Osaka and Hong Kong (Feb. 17 through March 28); downsized or reduced flights to four cities in China including the route between Osaka and Shanghai (various suspension dates) Cathay Dragon Hong Kong Flights to and from Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Sanya and Jan. 24 - Mar. 31 Haikou (from Feb. 2 to March 28); Guangzhou and Chongqing (from Feb. 5 to March 28); Wuhan (from Jan. 24 to March 31) and cut capacity of flights to and from the rest of mainland China by 50% or more (from Jan. 30 to March 31) Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cut capacity of flights to and from mainland China by 90%; cut Jan. 30 - Mar. 31 global capacity by about 30% China Airlines Taiwan Flights to and from Wuhan Jan. 23 - Feb. 29 Eastar Jet South Korea Flights to Shanghai, Zhengzhou and another four cities in China; Jan. 30 - Mar. 1 flights to Macau and Hong Kong (various suspension dates) HK Express Hong Kong Cut capacity of flights between Hong Kong and Seoul (Feb. 12– Feb. 12 - Mar. 26 March 26), Osaka (Feb. 16–March 16), Nagasaki (Feb. 20–March 5) and Ishigaki (Feb. 22–March 3) IndiGo India Flights between Bengaluru and Hong Kong, between Delhi and Feb. 1 - Feb. 26 Chengdu (both from Feb. 1 to Feb. 20), and between Kolkata and Guangzhou (from Feb. 6 to Feb. 26) Japan Airlines Japan Flights from Tokyo Narita and Tokyo Haneda to Beijing, Shanghai, Feb. 6 - Mar. 29 Guangzhou and Dalian (various suspension dates) Jeju Air South Korea Flights between Incheon and Macau (Feb. 7 to Feb. 29); between Feb. 7 - Mar. 29 Jeju and Hong Kong (Feb. 19 to March 29); flight to seven cities in China (various suspension dates) Jetstar Japan Japan Flights between Tokyo Narita and Shanghai Feb. 5 - Mar. 28 Jetstar Pacific Vietnam Hanoi-Hong Kong route (Feb. 6), Hanoi-Guangzhou (Feb. 9) and Feb. 6* Ho Chi Minh City-Guangzhou (Feb. 11) Korean Air South Korea Flights between Incheon and Wuhan (from Jan. 24); between Jan. 24 - Mar. 27 Incheon and Huangshan, Zhangjiajie, Changsha or Kunming (from Feb. 2); and between Busan and Beijing/Nanjing. Also reduced frequency to four more routes Mandarin Taiwan Flights to and from Taiwan Jan. 23 - Feb. 29 Airlines Myanmar Myanmar Flights to Guangzhou (Feb. 1 to Feb. 29); charter flights to 10 cities Jan. 31 - Feb. 29 Airways in China (Jan. 31 until further notice) International Pakistan Pakistan Had suspended all direct flights to and from China; flights resumed Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 International on Feb. 2 Airlines Peach Aviation Japan Flights to Shanghai from Osaka (Feb. 10) and Tokyo (Feb. 11) Feb. 10 - Mar. 28 Philippine Philippines Flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Feb. 2 - Feb. 29 Airlines Hong Kong and Macau Scoot Singapore Flights to 19 cities to China including Wuhan, Guangzhou and Feb. 23 - Mar. 29 Xi’an (various suspension dates); ad-hoc cancellations of flights to Hong Kong and Macau (from Feb. 1 to March 28) SilkAir Singapore Flights to Shenzhen, Xiamen and Chongqing Feb. 4 - Mar. 1 Singapore Singapore Flights to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Feb. 3 - Mar. 1 Airlines SriLankan Sri Lanka Halved total number of flights to Beijing, Shanghai and Canton Feb. 6 - Mar. 28 Airlines Thai Airways Thailand Cut capacity of flights to and from Beijing and Guangzhou (from Feb. 6 - Feb. 29 Feb. 8 to Feb. 29); Shanghai (from Feb. 10 to Feb. 29); Chengdu and Xiamen (from Feb. 6 to Feb. 27) and Kunming (from Feb. 6 to Feb. 29) Thai Lion Air Thailand All flights to mainland China Jan. 24 - Feb. 29 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Flights to Beijing Feb. 1* Airlines VietJet Air Vietnam All flights to mainland China; maintaining services to Hong Kong Feb. 1* and Taiwan Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Flights between Vietnam and Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Feb. 4* Shenzhen (Feb. 4), Chengdu (Feb. 5), Macau (Feb. 6). Carrier will also suspend Hanoi-Hong Kong route Feb. 6 while reducing its Ho Chi Minh City-Hong Kong flights to 7 per week from 10 flights per week Middle East Airline Based in Suspended Dates of suspension EgyptAir Egypt Flights to Hangzhou (from Feb. 1) and to Beijing and Guangzhou Feb. 1* (Feb. 4) El Al Israel Flights to Beijing; maintaining other routes to China Jan. 30 - Mar. 25 Emirates U.A.E. Flights to Shanghai and Guangzhou; maintaining service to Beijing Feb. 5* Etihad Airways U.A.E. Flights to Shanghai and Chengdu; maintaining service to Beijing Feb. 5* Qatar Airways Qatar All flights to mainland China Feb. 3* Saudia Saudi All flights to China Feb. 2* Arabia Turkish Airlines Turkey Flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xi’an Jan. 31 - Feb. 29 Europe Airline Based in Suspended Dates of suspension Air France France All scheduled flights to China (Jan. 30 to March 28); will resume Jan. 30 - Mar. 28 once-daily flights alternating to either Beijing or Shanghai March 16 Austrian Airlines Austria Flights to Beijing and Shanghai Jan. 29 - Mar. 28 British Airways U.K. Flights to Beijing and Shanghai Jan. 29 - Feb. 29 Finnair Finland All flights to mainland China (from Feb. 6) and one weekly flight to Feb. 6 - Feb. 29 Hongkong Iberia Spain Flights between Madrid and Shanghai Jan. 31 - Apr. 30 KLM Netherlands Flights to Chengdu, Hangzhou and Xiamen (from Jan. 30 to March Jan. 30 - Mar. 28 28) and to Beijing and Shanghai (from Feb. 3 to March 15); will resume once-daily flights alternating to either Beijing or Shanghai March 16 LOT Polish Poland Flights between Warsaw and Beijing Feb. 1b - Feb. 29 Airlines Lufthansa Germany Flights to Beijing and Shanghai (until Feb. 29) and to Nanjing, Jan. 29 - Mar. 28 Shenyang and Qingdao (until March 28); maintaining flights to Hong Kong Neos Italy All flights to and from China Jan. 30* SAS Scandinavia Flights to Beijing and Shanghai Jan. 31 - Mar. 29 Swiss Switzerland Flights to Beijing and Shanghai Jan. 29 - Mar. 28 Ukraine Ukraine All flights to China Feb. 4* International Airlines Virgin Atlantic U.K. Flights to Shanghai; maintaining Hong Kong service Feb. 1 - Mar. 28 Africa Airline Based in Suspended Dates of suspension Kenya Airways Kenya Flights to and from Guangzhou Jan. 31* Royal Air Maroc Morocco Direct flights between Casablanca and Beijing Jan. 31 - Feb. 29 RwandAir Rwanda Flights between Kigali and Guangzhou Jan. 31* Oceania Airline Based in Suspended Dates of suspension Air New Zealand New Flights between Auckland and Shanghai Feb. 9 - Mar. 29 Zealand Qantas Airways Australia Flights to Beijing and Shanghai; maintaining services to Hong Kong Feb. 9 - Mar. 29 Virgin Australia Australia Permanent cancelation of routes to Hong Kong from Melbourne Feb. 11 - Dec. 31 (from Feb. 11) and Sydney (from March 2) * Denotes airlines that have not specified a date for restoring their services, or that have announced an indefinite halt (Source: Bloomberg) .