Some of the airlines that fly to China began to cancel their flights. In some cases for more than a month, before the advance of the coronavirus, which so far has killed 213 people and has infected another 9,776 throughout the World. (see map online and in real time)
Travel agencies and tour operators call for calm, but at the same time advocate suspending or postponing trips to that destination. These are the airlines that have suspended or reduced their flights to China.
The British airline that flies daily to Beijing and Shanghai on Wednesday announced the immediate suspension of all its flights to mainland China. This decision was taken after the United Kingdom authorities recommended that their citizens avoid traveling to the Asian country.
This is the first European airline that announces this type of measure. British Airways performs, in normal time, daily flights connecting London with Beijing and Shanghai.
The Lufthansa airline group on Wednesday canceled all its flights to China and from China until February 9. The decision was made after a case of infection in a man was suspected aboard one of the German company's planes, which was classified as risky by the Chinese authorities, local media reported.
Its Swiss and Austrian subsidiaries will also cancel their flights to China until February 9. However, the Lufthansa group will continue to fly to Hong Kong and will fly once again to several destinations in China to pick up crew and passengers still in the country.
Lufthansa, Austrian and Swiss offer weekly 54 flights to China and 19 air connections to Hong Kong from the airports of Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Vienna.
