SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines said on Friday (Jan 31) it would reduce capacity on some of its routes to mainland China in February due to the growing scale of the coronavirus epidemic.
The cuts include flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xiamen and Chongqing, some of which are flown by regional arm SilkAir, it said on its Facebook page.
AdvertisementAdvertisementSingapore Airlines' low-cost carrier Scoot said it would be suspending flights to 11 cities in China from early February until the end of March and it would reduce frequencies to eight other Chinese destinations.
[h=3]MORE: Our coverage on the Wuhan virus and its developments[/h]Scoot will be suspending flights between Singapore and Harbin, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Xi’an, Changsha, Nanchang, Zhengzhou, Ningbo, Jinan, Nanning and Wuxi, said the carrier on Facebook.
AdvertisementAdvertisementFlight frequency will be reduced for Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Tianjin and Macau, from Feb 1 to Mar 28, 2020.
Some flights between Singapore and Guangzhou, Nanjing, Macau and Hong Kong will also be cancelled, it added.
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