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Cathay Pacific reducing flights worldwide by 30%, including flights to Singapore

About 3 flights cancelled daily between Singapore and Hong Kong, out of eight With the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (or some call it the Wuhan Virus) all the rage right now, my original plan of visiting China is now bust, so I was looking at alternative destinations, including Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. This is when I found that it seems like Cathay Pacific is looking at cancelling some flights. Cathay Pacific has since come out to say that it will be slashing 90% of flights to Mainland China, and dropping 30% of its services worldwide given the sluggish demand due to the virus. Cathay Pacific stops selling some flights While Cathay Pacific has not published the cancellations, I was looking through Expertflyer and notice something rather interesting: Cathay Pacific has zerorised some of the inventory to and from Singapore. Cathay Pacific runs up to eight flights between Singapore and Hong Kong most days, including one CX712 that operates via Bangkok. While the airline has not officially reduced capacity between Hong Kong and Singapore, a …

Wuhan Virus: Status of all Singapore-China flights

With connections from Singapore to over 20 cities in China, which flights are still operating, and which are not? Note: This is a developing article, updates will be made periodically. Last update: 10 Feb 11pm, Singapore Time:– Further reductions to Singapore Airlines & Silkair services to China Update on 5 February 10am, Singapore Time: – Update to Scoot in-flight services to Macau & Hong Kong– Update to Jetstar schedules The Wuhan coronavirus (nothing to do with Corona beer, guys) is definitely making everyone sit up and mask up, with many countries issuing travel advisories to defer or cancel non-essential travel to China. Some airlines, such as British Airways and Qantas, have gone a step further to cancel all flights to China, so if you still have to make that trip for one reason or another, it can be pretty confusing trying to find out how and if you can still get in. Last update as of 10 Feb Singapore Airlines have announced further cuts to their flights following a plummeting of demand to Mainland China, …