British Airways, Qantas and Lufthansa -- among others -- have announced they will stop flying to mainland China as coronavirus cases rise. Other airlines are reducing the number of flights.
Delta said it will suspend flights between the United States and China starting on Sunday until at least April 30, according to a press release. That's four days earlier than it had initially planned. Delta's last China-bound flight leaves on Saturday, February 1 and its last returning flight from China to the United States leaves on Sunday.
"While Hong Kong is a special administrative region, this virus does not recognize such a geopolitical wording," said Captain Dennis Tajer, spokesperson for the Allied Pilots Association, which represents 15,000 American Airlines pilots."Just look at the map. Hong Kong geographically is a landmass that's part of China. The geopolitical issues, which we obviously respect, the virus doesn't.
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