Airlines suspend flights due to coronavirus outbreak

Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying service in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Below are details (in alphabetical order):

AIRLINES THAT HAVE CANCELLED ALL FLIGHTS TO MAINLAND CHINA

* American Airlines - Extends suspension of Chinaand Hong Kong flights through April 24 * Air France - Said on Feb. 6 it would suspendflights to and from mainland China for much of March * Air India - Suspends flights to Shanghai, Hong Kong untilJune 30 * Air Seoul - The South Korean budget carrier suspendedChina flights from Jan. 28 until further notice. * Air Tanzania - Tanzania's state-owned carrier, which had planned to begin charter flights to China in February, postponedits maiden flights. * Air Mauritius - Suspended all flights to China and HongKong * Austrian Airlines - until end-February. * British Airways - Jan. 29-March 31. * Delta Airlines - Feb. 2-April 30 * Egyptair suspended flights on Feb. 1, but on Feb. 20 saidit would resume some flights to and from China starting nextweek. * El Al Israel Airlines - Extended its suspensionof flights to Hong Kong and Beijing until May 2. * Iberia Airlines - The Spanish carrier extendedits suspension of flights from Madrid to Shanghai, its onlyroute, from Feb. 29 until the end of April. * JejuAir Co Ltd - Korean airline to suspend allChina routes starting March 1 * Kenya Airways - Jan. 31 until further notice. * KLM - Will extend its ban up to March 28 * Lion Air - All of February. * LOT - Extends flight suspension until March 28 * Lufthansa extends China flight cancellations to March 28 * Oman and Saudia, Saudi Arabia's state airline, bothsuspended flights on Feb. 2 until further notice. * Qatar Airways - Feb. 1 until further notice. * Rwandair - Jan. 31 until further notice. * Scoot, Singapore Airlines' low-cost carrier -Feb. 8 until further notice. * United Airlines - Feb. 5-April 23. Service to HongKong suspended Feb. 8-April 23. * Vietjet and Vietnam Airlines - Suspendedflights to the mainland as well as Hong Kong and Macau Feb.1-April 30, in line with its aviation authority's directive.

AIRLINES THAT HAVE CANCELLED SOME CHINA FLIGHTS/ROUTES OR MODIFIED SERVICE

* Air Canada - Extended the suspension of itsflights to Beijing and Shanghai until March 27. It alsosuspended its Toronto to Hong Kong flights from March 1 to March27, but its Vancouver to Hong Kong route remains active. [https://bit.ly/39zgmI0] * Air China - Said on Feb. 12 it will cancel flights toAthens, Greece, from Feb. 17 to March 18 * Air China - State carrier said onFeb. 9 it will "adjust" flights between China and the UnitedStates. * Air New Zealand - Suspended Auckland-Shanghaiservice Feb. 9-March 29. Reduced capacity on Shanghai routethroughout April and Hong Kong route throughout April and May. * ANA Holdings - Suspended routes includingShanghai and Hong Kong from Feb. 10 until further notice. * Cathay Pacific Airways - Plans to cut a third ofits capacity over the next two months, including 90% of flightsto mainland China. It has encouraged its 27,000 employees totake three weeks of unpaid leave in a bid to preserve cash. * Emirates and Etihad - The United Arab Emirates, a majorinternational transit hub, suspended flights to and from China,except for Beijing. * Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways has suspended flights to HongKong until March 28, the airline said on Feb. 26, citing a dropin demand. * The UAE suspended all flights to mainland China, exceptBeijing, on Feb. 5. * Finnair - Cancelled all flights to mainlandChina and decreased the number of flights to Hong Kong untilMarch 28. * Hainan Airlines - Suspended flights between Budapest,Hungary, and Chongqing Feb. 7-March 27. * Korean Air Lines Co. - The national flagcarrier suspended eight routes to China and reduced services onnine Chinese routes between Feb. 7 and Feb. 22. * Philippine Airlines [PHL.UL] - Cut the number of flightsbetween Manila and China by over half. * Qantas Airways - Suspended direct flights toChina from Feb. 1. The Australian national carrier haltedflights from Sydney to Beijing and Sydney to Shanghai betweenFeb. 9-March 29. * Royal Air Maroc - The Moroccan airline suspended directflights to China Jan. 31-Feb. 29. On Jan. 16, it had launched adirect air route with three flights weekly between itsCasablanca hub and Beijing. * Russia - All Russian airlines, with the exception ofnational airline Aeroflot, stopped flying to Chinafrom Jan. 31. Small airline Ikar will also continue flightsbetween Moscow and China. All planes arriving from China will besent to a separate terminal in the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport.Aeroflot reduced the frequency of flights to Beijing, Shanghaiand Guangzhou until Feb. 29. * Vistara Airlines makes temporary reduction in flights toand from Bangkok and Singapore. * Nordic airline SAS - Extended its suspension offlights to Shanghai and Beijing until March 29. * Singapore Airlines - Suspended or cut capacityon flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu,Xiamen and Chongqing, some of which are flown by regional armSilkAir. * UPS - Cancelled 22 flights to China because of thevirus and normal manufacturing closures due to the Lunar NewYear holiday. * Virgin Atlantic - Extended its suspension of dailyoperations to Shanghai until March 28. * Virgin Australia - Said it will withdraw from theSydney-Hong Kong route from March 2 because it was "no longer aviable commercial route" due to growing concerns over the virusand civil unrest in Hong Kong.

AIRLINES THAT HAVE MODIFIED SERVICE ON OTHER ROUTES

* Asiana Airlines has decided to halt allflights to Daegu until March 9, while Korean Air Lines will also suspend flights until March 28. * Air Canada to allow travellers to rebook flightsto parts of Italy at no charge.United Airlines adds South Koreato travel waiver list but is not cancelling flights. * Bahrain civil aviation authority suspends all its flightsfrom Dubai and Sharjah airports for 48 hours. * British Airways said it would cancel some flights to andfrom Milan and Seoul as a result of reduced demand due tocoronavirus. * El Al Israel Airlines said it would suspendflights to Italy, including Milan and Rome from Feb. 28 to March14, and to Bangkok from March 2-27. It will also delay launchinga new route to Tokyo from March until April 4. * Kazakhstan plans to suspend flights to Iran from March 1and reduce the number of South Korea flights * Kuwait's civil aviation authority halts all its flights toand from South Korea, Thailand, and Italy. Kuwait had earliersuspended all its flights to and from Iraq. * Mongolia's National Emergency Commission said on Feb. 24it had halted all flights from South Korea and would block entrythrough its borders until March 2. Mongolia had previouslysuspended all entries from China. * Oman's civil aviation authority halted all flights betweenthe sultanate and Iran. * Royal Jordanian Airlines has suspended flights betweenAmman and Rome until further notice starting from Feb. 26. * Tajikistan has suspended all flights to and from Iranuntil the virus situation there stabilises, the Civil AviationAgency said on Feb. 24. * Tunisia may suspend some flights to Italy. * Turkish Airlines extended a cancellation offlights to Iranian cities, with the exception to flights toTehran, until March 10. * Turkish commercial flights between Turkey and Iran aresuspended until further notice. "The Iranian carriers will flyempty to Turkey and be permitted to carry passengers destinedfor Iran. Turkish passengers will not be transported on theseflights," Turkey's Civil Aviation Authority announced on itsTwitter account. * Vietnam's Bamboo Airways suspends flights between Da Nangand Nha Trang to Seoul's Incheon International Airport, startingFeb. 26

(Compiled by Jagoda Darlak, Tommy Lund and Amy Caren Daniel; Editing by Arun Koyyur, Sriraj Kalluvila, Robert Birsel)