Cairo – Mubasher: EgyptAir on Thursday decided to suspend flights from and to China, according to a statement.
Flights to Hangzhou will be suspended as of 1 February, while flights to Beijing and Guangzhou will be suspended effective 4 February, EgyptAir announced.
The Egyptian carrier decision was one of the measures taken by Egypt to counter the spread of Coronavirus.
Several international airlines have stopped or scaled back their routes to China, whereas global companies including Google, Ikea, Starbucks, and Tesla closed their shops or stopped operations in the country.
Coronaviruses are transmitted by animals and people. The outbreak of the virus has been linked to a market in China’s Wuhan city that was selling seafood and live animals, including wild species.
