More than 1,200 Beijing flights slashed as Covid-19 makes comeback

Wednesday, 17 June 2020Newsdesk

Chinese airlines have suspended half of all inbound and almost 70 percent of all outbound Beijing flights as part of emergency measures designed to contain a spike in coronavirus infections that was discovered days ago. At least 1,255 scheduled flights were canceled as of Wednesday morning, local media reported, just as Chinese authorities introduced a travel ban for residents dwelling in medium- and high-risk areas of Beijing.

New Delhi, 17 June 2020

As per news report of rt.com, the cancelations affect flights arriving at, or departing from, Beijing Daxing International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport. Most of those flights were bound for domestic locations like Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and others. China’s major carriers Air China and China Southern have already offered full refunds to passengers who could not board their flights.

Source -rt.com