Coronavirus

British Airways (BA) announced Jan. 29 that it will suspend all direct flights to China, effective immediately, after the Foreign Office urged all Britons to cancel any nonessential trips to China as the novel coronavirus outbreak expands.

United Airlines announced on Jan. 28 it will temporarily suspend some flights between China and Hong Kong and several of its large U.S. hub cities, citing a “significant decline in demand for travel to China” as a result of the spread of a deadly coronavirus in the country.

Governments around the globe are planning special charter flights to repatriate their citizens from Wuhan, China, as the city lockdown nears its first full week.

EASA has published a bulletin giving guidance on how airlines and airport operators can limit the risk of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections spreading on flights, among crew members and in spaces they control.

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China has closed all airports in Hubei, the central province worst hit by a contagious and deadly virus emanating from its capital, Wuhan.

As part of efforts to curb the Wuhan coronavirus, the Chinese central government has begun to isolate the city and close all public transport nodes, including airports and train stations.

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The Chinese health authority has reported a threefold spike in confirmed cases of the Wuhan pneumonia, now known as the Wuhan coronavirus, prompting tighter actions from air travel stakeholders around the globe.

Major gateways around Asia are taking additional precautions after an unidentified pneumonia broke out in Wuhan, China early this year.