All travelers who have visited the Italian regions of Lombardy, Beneto or Emilia Romagna in the last 2 weeks before arriving in Hong Kong to be placed in quarantine centers.

According to the Italian Consulate in Hong Kong, the following restrictions will be put in place from midnight on February 29th:

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Korean Air Cancels flights to Hong Kong until end of March 2020

Hong Kong has recently introduced travel restrictions for people traveling from South Korea to Hong Kong – only holders of Hong Kong ID cards are allowed to enter Hong Kong, and they would have to go to 2 weeks home quarantine, whereas travelers with no Hong Kong ID are not allowed to enter at all.

Korean Air Boeing 777-200 departing Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong International Airport traffic numbers for January 2020 released.

Cathay Pacific Boeing 777.

The provisional Civil International Air Traffic Statistics at HKIA January 2020 has been released, and as expected it continues to show the downwards trend from earlier months. This downwards trend is mostly due to the Hong Kong Protests, as the effect of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) was not taking place yet.

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Hong Kong Airlines to cancel inflight service

Hong Kong Airlines A359

Hong Kong Airlines has announced that they will effective today cancel inflight service on their flights.

According to the airline it is ” To further strengthen our precautionary measures and reduce the risk of our crew and customers from being potentially exposed to coronavirus, Hong Kong Airlines will be limiting inflight cabin activity and making temporary adjustments to our onboard services. “

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Hong Kong airlines to cut jobs and forcing staff to take unpaid leave

Hong Kong Airlines A350 getting airborne from Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong Airlines has asked their staff to take 2 weeks unpaid leave each month until the end of June, or to work 3 days a week in the same period. At the same time the company says they are planning to slash 400 jobs completely from the airline.

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SpiceJet cancels flights to Hong Kong temporarily

SpiceJet has announced that they are temporarily canceling all flights between Delhi and Hong Kong until the 29th of February 2020. This is a lot shorter that most other operators (most other airlines who have canceled has done so until late March or April), so I think there is a good chance that we will see further extensions to this suspension as well.

Royal Brunei cancels most flights to Hong Kong until March 27th

Royal Brunei has announced that they are canceling most of their flights between Brunei and Hong Kong until the 27th of March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Their schedule seems to indicate that they are still operating a couple of flights per week, so if you are planning to travel with them, check their website before making alternative arrangements.

Update on travel restrictions as of February 15.

Below is a list of travel restrictions with reference to the COVID19 (coronavisus) outbreak.

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Qantas reducing flights to Hong Kong

Qantas A380 first class on-board lounge.

Qantas is temporarily reducing capacity between Australia and Hong Kong amid the Coronavirus (COVID19) outbreak.

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United is further extending its suspension on flights between the US and Hong Kong

United Airlines Boeing 777-300 ER.

United Airlines had earlier announced that they would suspend flights between the US and Hong Kong until February 20th, however, they have now announced that the suspension is extended until April 24th.

American Airlines already announced them extending the suspension until late April, so this does not come as a surprise to anyone I believe.