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CHICAGO, Jan 29 — Airlines including United Airlines Holdings Inc said they were cancelling some flights to China as demand fell sharply and global companies told their employees not to travel on deepening fears over the spread of a flu-like virus. The coronavirus that originated in the city of...

Wednesday, 29 Jan 2020 07:03 AM MYT

The coronavirus that originated in the city of Wuhan has killed 106 people in China and spread across the world, rattling financial markets. Chicago-based United said it was suspending 24 US flights to Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai between February 1 and February 8 due to a significant drop in demand.

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc said it was urging employees to avoid all non-essential travel to China, while banking group Standard Chartered restricted travel to both mainland China and Hong Kong. South Korean budget carrier Air Seoul said it will halt all flights to China, while Taiwan's China Airlines rescheduled and canceled some flights to China to February 10.Air Canada said it was cancelling some of its 33 weekly flights to China, and Germany's Lufthansa pointed to subdued bookings to and from the country.

 

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