Daily Briefing: SIA, Scoot to cut capacity on China-bound flights; Travel agencies suspend trips to China

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From Channel News Asia:

Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced on Friday that it will 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, and Shenzhen. Flights slated for Chengdu, Xiamen and Chongqing, some of which are flown by its regional arm will also see reduction in capacity, it said on its Facebook page.

SIA's low-cost carrier Scoot also announced that it will suspend flights to 11 cities in China from early February until the end of March and will reduce frequencies to eight other Chinese destinations.

Scoot will suspend flights between Singapore and China regions, namely Harbin, Hangzhou, Shenyang, and Xi’an as well as Changsha, Nanchang, Zhengzhou, and Ningbo. Flights to Jinan, Nanning and Wuxi will also be on suspension, said the carrier on Facebook.

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