British Airways halted all flights to China and American Airlines suspended flights to and from Shanghai and Beijing as efforts to contain a new and deadly virus intensifies.
American Airlines said on Wednesday it will suspend flights between Los Angeles and both Shanghai and Beijing from February 9 through to March 27. The airline cited "the significant decline in demand for travel to and from China."
-Air Seoul, a budget airline, became the first South Korean airline to suspend its fights to mainland Chinese destinations apart from Wuhan, stopping its flights to the cities of Zhangjiajie and Linyi. -Cathay Pacific Group said flights to 24 mainland destinations would be reduced to 240 weekly. The company owns Cathay Pacific Airways, cargo carrier Air Hong Kong, Cathay Dragon and Hong Kong Express.-Air India is suspending Delhi-Shanghai flights, which operate six times a week, from Friday until February 14.
-South Korea's second-largest carrier, Asiana Airlines, will temporarily suspend flights to the Chinese cities of Guilin, Changsha and Haikou starting next month.
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