Finnair China travel waivers??
Jan 26, 20, 11:26 pm
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Just got off AY101 to HKG. Four pax in C and maybe some 50 pax in Y. The purser said the flight to PEK had even less pax. The inbound flights might obviously have higher loads. This is the middle of CNY holidays but it does appear the virus outbreak is hitting AY hard. My guess is they will announce cutbacks in flights to China in the coming days.
The cabin crew were all wearing protective face masks, felt like I was in a hospital
The cabin crew were all wearing protective face masks, felt like I was in a hospital
Jan 27, 20, 12:27 am
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Jan 27, 20, 1:03 am
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Jan 27, 20, 1:58 am
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Mischievous people should keep in mind the following when they hear people speaking with some Upper Midwest American accent who they want denied travel: 11 people this winter have died of complications from less novel flus in a primarily rural Midwest state in the US whose population is only a couple hundred thousand different from Finland’s. Flu-related deaths take place even where this Wuhan coronavirus is not (yet) reported to have hit.
Last edited by GUWonder; Jan 27, 20 at 2:03 am
Jan 28, 20, 11:00 am
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Finnair is temporarily halting some of its China service. It may be two routes for now, but I expect it will turn out to be more.
Jan 28, 20, 11:26 am
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XIY cannot be suspended at this point because it's summer-seasonal. I suppose CAN could be suspended, but the remaining PEK, PVG and HKG routes are far more likely to see reduced frequencies over plain suspension.
Jan 28, 20, 7:48 pm
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile..../idUSL8N29X469 mentions two Finnair routes:
Originally Posted by Reuters
Jan 28 (Reuters) - Finnish airline Finnair said it would suspend its routes to Nanjing and Beijing's Daxing airport until the end of March, the first European airline to cancel flights to mainland China amid growing fears about the spread of a new flu-like virus.
Jan 29, 20, 2:57 am
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Hong Kong already cut off most piblic transportation link with mainland China starting fr Jan 30th (railway, flight, ferry suspended and no personal / group entry visa for mainlander). Under this condition, CAN route might still remain for a while since southern China has no departure point for finnair except Shanghai (more central China located that 2.5hrs flight from CAN)
Jan 29, 20, 7:17 am
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Just asked for a refund of a flight to HKG at the end of Feb and was confirmed.
Booked via pricilne and took a while and call to Finnair to convince the agent that HKG is covered. I did not fight is/isnt in China though
Now waiting for answer abour re-routing mid Feb trip to Sydney from Expedia through Japan or Singapore.
Booked via pricilne and took a while and call to Finnair to convince the agent that HKG is covered. I did not fight is/isnt in China though
Now waiting for answer abour re-routing mid Feb trip to Sydney from Expedia through Japan or Singapore.
Jan 29, 20, 11:45 am
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Jan 29, 20, 12:03 pm
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There are also health authorities reports that say the corona is not really critically worse than the seasons flu every year here. some even claim it is just similar. Corona overestimated then? I am not a doctor...
Jan 29, 20, 12:10 pm
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