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Airlines flying to China Star Alliance Group. Cancelled all flights to 1. AEGEAN AIRLINES mainland China Greece Due to the virus pandemic in China, Aeroflot 2. AEROFLOT is offering passengers booked for flights to/from Chinese destinations to change their Russia flight dates or return tickets. This applies to passengers booked for flights to/from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Harbin, and to passengers booked for code- share flights operated by China Eastern and China Southern to/from Sanya, Dalian and Wuhan. Passengers who booked tickets on or before 24 January 2020 for SU-flights scheduled between 24 January and 7 February can: • change departure dates for any date before 29 February 2020; • get a refund for tickets at sales offices where they were purchased. Tickets that were purchased online can be returned at any of the airline’s sales offices or via the contact centre. The service is offered at no extra cost. Air Algeria has decided to suspend its two 3. AIR ALGERIE weekly flights to Beijing "under temporary preventive arrangements", spokesman Algeria Amine Andaloussi announced on February 3 at the Agence Presse Presse (APS). Kazakhstan's flag carrier will be forced to 4. AIR ASTANA stop serving mainland China on February 3 per a government mandate to cut Kazakhstan transportation ties following the spread of coronavirus. Reuters reported that both air and land routes between the two countries will be closed. The airline canceled all flights to Mainland 5. AIR CANADA China from January 30th to February 29th 2020. Canada 6. AIR CHINA China One of the few European airlines that served 7. AIR FRANCE Wuhan before the closure of its airport, Air France has canceled all of its flights to France mainland China. The cancellations will remain in effect only until February 9, with the airline offering relief flights to Beijing and Shanghai using volunteer crew to evacuate passengers and crew. Air France has also issued a travel waiver allowing passengers to change or cancel flights until the end of February. 8. AIR KORYO North Korea The airline currently operates daily services 9. AIR NEW ZEALAND from Auckland to Shanghai, which will be suspended from February 9 through to New Zealand March 29, it is confirmed. Flights to Hong Kong will continue as scheduled. 10. AIRASIA X Malasya Could not find any information related but it 11. ALITALIA is not possible to book a flight from China for the next days Italia Air India is axing flights to Shanghai until 12. AIR INDIA mid-February and reducing service to Hong Kong. India For its flights to Hong Kong, crews will be required to wear special masks and come straight home as passengers to avoid staying in the region. The Myanmar-based airline which operates 13. AIR KBZ an extensive route network to mainland Chinese cities has announced that it will cut Myanmar service to Guangzhou. The city is one of over ten in China that the airline serves but no further cancellations have been announced. Air Macau has canceled a handful of flights 14. AIR MACAU to China for February 7, the airline's website reports. The mainland Chinese cities Macau of Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Hangzhou are affected, though it appears the frequencies are only being cut for one day. Air Madagascar is suspending its sole link 15. AIR MADAGASCAR between its island homeland and mainland China, according to the airline's website. IATA Code: Services to Guangzhou from Antananarivo will be cut for the month of February and are scheduled to resume in March. Air Mauritius is suspending its route between 16. AIR MAURITIUS its island homeland and Shanghai, the only service to mainland China offered by the IATA Code: airline, according to a company press release. The carrier did not say when it will resume service but plans to reroute passengers still wanting to travel or return to the country via other Asian cities it serves including Hong Kong, which remains unaffected. Air New Zealand is temporarily canceling 17. AIR NEW ZEALAND service to its sole Chinese destination, Shanghai, according to the airline's New Zealand website. The suspension will last until the end of March. Japan’s top airline, All Nippon Airways, may 18. ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS - need to consider suspending flights bound for China, Jiji news agency cited the ANA company’s chief executive, Yuji Hirako, as Japon saying on Friday. The report comes as pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines to stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus. The Korean budget airline Air Seoul 19. AIR SEOUL extended its cancellation of flights to mainland China to include Zhangjiajie and IATA Code: Linyi in addition to Wuhan. The airline is one of only a few South Korean airlines to suspend service to Chinese cities outside of Wuhan following the outbreak. 20. AIR SERBIA Serbia Air Tanzania pushed back its inaugural flight 21. AIR TANZANIA from Dar es Salaam to China, Reuters reported. The airline had been aiming to take Tanzania advantage of China's increasing involvement in East Africa to offer flights between Tanzania's economic hub and mainland China. Safety concerns due to the virus, however, have indefinitely pushed back the flight, which would likely have been operated by the airline's Boeing 787 Dreamliner. American Airlines joined its US colleagues in 22. AMERICAN AIRLINES suspending service to mainland China through the end of March. Service to Hong USA Kong remains unaffected Korea's Asiana Airlines is suspending flights 23. ASIANA AIRLINES starting Saturday to three Chinese cities — Guilin, Changsha, and Haikou — because of South Korea the virus, its website said. The airline also issued a travel waiver for passengers traveling to mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. 24. AURORA Subsidiary to AEROFLOT Russia Joining its fellow Lufthansa Group airlines, 25. AUSTRIAN AIRLINES Austrian Airlines said it would cut services to mainland China from its Vienna hub, Reuters Austria reported. 26. AZAL AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES Azerbaijan 27. BANGKOK AIRWAYS Tailand Operated by Hainan Airlines 28. BRUSSELS AIRLINES Belgium British Airways announced it would suspend 29. BRITISH AIRWAYS all its flights to China until further notice. The UK's flag carrier connects London with UK Beijing and Shanghai. Cambodia Airways has cancelled flights to 30. CAMBODIA AIRWAYS both mainland China and autonomous Cambodia regions such as Macau, according to its website. The cancellations vary in length with some extending to the end of February. Flights directly to Wuhan operated by 31. CATHAY DRAGON Cathay Dragon, have been cancelled. Hong-Kong The closest carrier to the affected 32. CATHAY PACIFIC region, Cathay Pacific said it would keep its flights to mainland China but cut capacity by Hong-Kong half. Passengers can change or cancel flights to mainland China, less than 10 miles from the airline's base at Hong Kong International Airport. Cathay Pacific sometimes takes cues from the Chinese government, as seen during its CEO's recent resignation. The airline also said it would cut back on amenities such as hot towels, pillows, blankets, and magazines. The Filipino low-cost carrier is scaling back 33. CEBU PACIFIC the number of flights it's offering to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, according to Philippines the airline's website. The reduction begins February 5 and is expected to last until the end of March. Customers on flights still operating are able to change or cancel their travel plans. Taiwan's China Airlines has cancelled some 34. CHINA AIRLINES flights to cities across mainland China, though it hasn't completely suspended Taiwan service, the airline's website shows. Passengers flying to Taiwan from China must also now fill out a Health Declaration Form. The airline is also allowing passengers scheduled to fly to mainland China and Hong Kong between now and the end of March to cancel or change their travel plans. 35. CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES China 36. CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES China 37. CHONGQING AIRLINES China EU Del received the info today that this 38. CZECH AIRLINES company cancelled all flights to and from China. Czech Republic Delta has suspended all flights to China until 39. DELTA AIR LINES the end of April, according to its website. The airline currently serves the country from USA Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Seattle. The last Delta flight bound for China departs February 3. 40. DONGHAI AIRLINES China Egypt's national carrier will be suspending all 41. EGYPTAIR of its flights to mainland China indefinitely, according to the airline's website. The airline Egypt connects Cairo with the Chinese cities of Beijing, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou, with the suspensions beginning on February 1. El Al Israel Airlines is suspending its only 42. EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES route to mainland China from Tel Aviv to Beijing starting Friday, Haaretz reported. Israel The airline has given a date of March 25 for the resumption of service. It will, however, continue its flights to Hong Kong. The Korean low-cost carrier is suspending 43. EASTAR JET services to cities across China, the airline's website reported, as well as reducing South Korea services to Macau. The suspensions are due to last until the end of February into early March. Due to a new mandate from the United Arab 44. EMIRATES Emirates government, Emirates is being forced to temporarily suspend its services to UAE mainland China, according to the airline's website. Flights to Guangzhou and Shanghai are affected, while the government is allowing flights to Beijing to proceed as normal. The airline is advising passengers to arrive at the airport eight hours early for screening. The African carrier on Jan 30 denied reports 45.